The World Sepharad Congress Foundation is an non-profit organization, established to give impulse projects of a Sepharadi character in order to revive and promote the Sepharadic culture and legacy. Our goal is for the World Sepharad Congress will serve as a bridge across the centuries, uniting over 1300 years of history of those Spaniards of a Jewish faith, who wherever they went they preserved their culture, language and traditions; eventually representing an important social, cultural and economical force, spread all over the world.

In February 13th we have officially presented the Congress to the public in Spain, a date which a new future for the Sephardi Community has begun.

The event was celebrated in the Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Navigation of Barcelona with the presence of more than 300 people. Among the guests were representatives of the Spanish and Catalan Government, Ambassadors and Consuls of different countries, Professors, Entrepreneurs, Members of the Jewish Community of Barcelona and Madrid and many other important social and economical figures.

At the session, Mr. Giaco Ventura, the President of the World Sepharad Congress Foundation, elaborated the strategic lines of the event: "Today Spain and all the Spaniards have the historical duty to open their doors and their hearts to us and to offer us their hands so we can pave together the fantastic way of an international cooperation, and to develop together the moral and cultural values, which we followed up to date. "With our Congress the future will start; perhaps today begins the future of cooperation and progress between Spain and the Sepharad Community of the five continents begins".

In brief speeches, the Minister for Regional Cooperation of Israel, has expressed his government support and recognition for the important task that the Foundation is developing. The Former Ambassador of Israel in Spain and in the Holy Land, His Excellency Mr. Samuel Hadas and the history professor of the University of Salamanca, Mr. Henry Mechoulan, stressed the need and importance of the World Sepharad Congress as the summary of the Sephardies common identify, and as a significant opportunity to revitalize and implement the human relationships.