Sephardi is a term used to refer to Jews who live(d) in Sepharad, the ancient name for Spain, mainly after the Roman exile. As Solomon did not live in Spain, nor was from Spain, he was not a Sephardi Jew.

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American Sephardi Federation was created in 1952.

Neil Sedaka (b. 1939) is a pop/rock singer, pianist and composer. Born in Brooklyn, New York, his father, Mac, was a taxi driver and Sephardi Jew of Turkish origin. His mother, Eleanor, was an Ashkenazi Jew of Polish/Russian origin.

As of 2011, the most famous Sephardi rabbi in Israel is former Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel, Rabbi Ovadia Yosef.