#jimena — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #jimena, aggregated by home.social.
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From JIMENA:
On June 1–2, 1941, the Farhud pogrom in Baghdad marked a devastating turning point for Iraq’s Jewish community and reflected the spread of Nazi influence and antisemitism into the Middle East and North Africa during the Holocaust era.Join JIMENA and Executive Director Sarah Levin for a special virtual training exploring the Farhud and the often-overlooked experiences of Jews in the Middle East during this period of history. The session will provide historical context, educational tools, and insight into why these histories remain essential today.
This event is open to all. Educators, museum professionals, students, and community leaders are especially encouraged to attend.
Registration: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/AOeRRcMGQEa_4SrJrFcbSw#/registration
#JewishHistory #Farhud #JIMENA #Sephardi #Mizrahi #Mazeldon #Jewish #Judaism #MENA
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From JIMENA:
On June 1–2, 1941, the Farhud pogrom in Baghdad marked a devastating turning point for Iraq’s Jewish community and reflected the spread of Nazi influence and antisemitism into the Middle East and North Africa during the Holocaust era.Join JIMENA and Executive Director Sarah Levin for a special virtual training exploring the Farhud and the often-overlooked experiences of Jews in the Middle East during this period of history. The session will provide historical context, educational tools, and insight into why these histories remain essential today.
This event is open to all. Educators, museum professionals, students, and community leaders are especially encouraged to attend.
Registration: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/AOeRRcMGQEa_4SrJrFcbSw#/registration
#JewishHistory #Farhud #JIMENA #Sephardi #Mizrahi #Mazeldon #Jewish #Judaism #MENA
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From JIMENA:
On June 1–2, 1941, the Farhud pogrom in Baghdad marked a devastating turning point for Iraq’s Jewish community and reflected the spread of Nazi influence and antisemitism into the Middle East and North Africa during the Holocaust era.Join JIMENA and Executive Director Sarah Levin for a special virtual training exploring the Farhud and the often-overlooked experiences of Jews in the Middle East during this period of history. The session will provide historical context, educational tools, and insight into why these histories remain essential today.
This event is open to all. Educators, museum professionals, students, and community leaders are especially encouraged to attend.
Registration: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/AOeRRcMGQEa_4SrJrFcbSw#/registration
#JewishHistory #Farhud #JIMENA #Sephardi #Mizrahi #Mazeldon #Jewish #Judaism #MENA
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From JIMENA:
On June 1–2, 1941, the Farhud pogrom in Baghdad marked a devastating turning point for Iraq’s Jewish community and reflected the spread of Nazi influence and antisemitism into the Middle East and North Africa during the Holocaust era.Join JIMENA and Executive Director Sarah Levin for a special virtual training exploring the Farhud and the often-overlooked experiences of Jews in the Middle East during this period of history. The session will provide historical context, educational tools, and insight into why these histories remain essential today.
This event is open to all. Educators, museum professionals, students, and community leaders are especially encouraged to attend.
Registration: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/AOeRRcMGQEa_4SrJrFcbSw#/registration
#JewishHistory #Farhud #JIMENA #Sephardi #Mizrahi #Mazeldon #Jewish #Judaism #MENA
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From JIMENA:
On June 1–2, 1941, the Farhud pogrom in Baghdad marked a devastating turning point for Iraq’s Jewish community and reflected the spread of Nazi influence and antisemitism into the Middle East and North Africa during the Holocaust era.Join JIMENA and Executive Director Sarah Levin for a special virtual training exploring the Farhud and the often-overlooked experiences of Jews in the Middle East during this period of history. The session will provide historical context, educational tools, and insight into why these histories remain essential today.
This event is open to all. Educators, museum professionals, students, and community leaders are especially encouraged to attend.
Registration: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/AOeRRcMGQEa_4SrJrFcbSw#/registration
#JewishHistory #Farhud #JIMENA #Sephardi #Mizrahi #Mazeldon #Jewish #Judaism #MENA
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https://www.europesays.com/es/312051/ Curso becado de atención sociosanitaria a personas dependientes en instituciones sociales en Jimena de la Frontera #Ayuntamiento #Ciencia #CienciaYTecnología #CienciaYtecnología #ES #España #Jimena #pueblo #Science #ScienceAndTechnology #ScienceAndTechnology #Spain #Technology #Tecnología
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https://www.europesays.com/es/303359/ Premiados del Sorteo de Navidad de Apoyo al Comercio Local de Jimena de la Frontera 2025 #Ayuntamiento #Ciencia #CienciaYTecnología #CienciaYtecnología #ES #España #Jimena #pueblo #Science #ScienceAndTechnology #ScienceAndTechnology #Spain #Technology #Tecnología
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https://www.europesays.com/es/253291/ Zambomba Flamenca en Jimena de la Frontera #Ayuntamiento #Ciencia #CienciaYTecnología #CienciaYtecnología #ES #España #Jimena #pueblo #Science #ScienceAndTechnology #ScienceAndTechnology #Spain #Technology #Tecnología
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https://www.europesays.com/es/248160/ El Ayuntamiento de Jimena de la Frontera mejora las zonas ajardinadas en la Avenida de los Deportes y el Parque del Pensionista #Ayuntamiento #Ciencia #CienciaYTecnología #CienciaYtecnología #ES #España #Jimena #pueblo #Science #ScienceAndTechnology #ScienceAndTechnology #Spain #Technology #Tecnología
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https://www.europesays.com/es/246039/ Día de la Eliminación de la Violencia de Género #Ayuntamiento #Ciencia #CienciaYTecnología #CienciaYtecnología #ES #España #Jimena #pueblo #Science #ScienceAndTechnology #ScienceAndTechnology #Spain #Technology #Tecnología
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https://www.europesays.com/es/244399/ Ayudas contra la pobreza energética 2025 #Ayuntamiento #Ciencia #CienciaYTecnología #CienciaYtecnología #ES #España #Jimena #pueblo #Science #ScienceAndTechnology #ScienceAndTechnology #Spain #Technology #Tecnología
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https://www.europesays.com/es/229192/ El Ayuntamiento de Jimena de la Frontera presenta la III Edición de las Charlas con Café y Piñonate 2025 #Ayuntamiento #Ciencia #CienciaYTecnología #CienciaYtecnología #ES #España #Jimena #pueblo #Science #ScienceAndTechnology #ScienceAndTechnology #Spain #Technology #Tecnología
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https://www.europesays.com/es/207251/ Convocada una plaza como Técnico de Proyectos y Obras en Arcgisa #Ayuntamiento #Ciencia #CienciaYTecnología #CienciaYtecnología #ES #España #Jimena #pueblo #Science #ScienceAndTechnology #ScienceAndTechnology #Spain #Technology #Tecnología
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https://www.europesays.com/es/195159/ Jimena Blázquez dimite como directora del CAAC por motivos personales #blazquez #caac #dimite #directora #Entertainment #Entretenimiento #ES #España #Jimena #motivos #personales #Spain
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From Jimena, for those still on Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/jimena_voice/?hl=enClick on the icon that looks like this photo:
#Mazeldon #Judaism #Jewish #YomHaShoah #JIMENA #MENA #Sephardi #Mizrahi
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From Jimena, for those still on Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/jimena_voice/?hl=enClick on the icon that looks like this photo:
#Mazeldon #Judaism #Jewish #YomHaShoah #JIMENA #MENA #Sephardi #Mizrahi
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From Jimena, for those still on Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/jimena_voice/?hl=enClick on the icon that looks like this photo:
#Mazeldon #Judaism #Jewish #YomHaShoah #JIMENA #MENA #Sephardi #Mizrahi
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From Jimena, for those still on Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/jimena_voice/?hl=enClick on the icon that looks like this photo:
#Mazeldon #Judaism #Jewish #YomHaShoah #JIMENA #MENA #Sephardi #Mizrahi
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From Jimena, for those still on Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/jimena_voice/?hl=enClick on the icon that looks like this photo:
#Mazeldon #Judaism #Jewish #YomHaShoah #JIMENA #MENA #Sephardi #Mizrahi
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From JIMENA: Bukharian Jews are a Mizrahi community that adopted Sephardic customs in 1795, when Moroccan Rabbi Joseph Maman Maghribi settled there. The Bukharan Emirate was under the jurisdiction of the Umar caliphate & its laws that granted Jews limited religious liberty only in exchange for payment of a jizya tax. Devastated, community members searched for a rabbi, and Rabbi Maghribi accepted their invitation with the understanding that since his practice was rooted in Sephardic tradition, the community would need to follow.
The Umar caliphate’s laws stayed in effect through 1865, when Tsarist Russia began to conquer the land, although remnants of those laws persisted as late as 1920.
Under the rule of Russia, Bukharian Jews were granted more rights, which benefited their trading businesses. That golden age ended abruptly, when the Soviet Union took hold in Central Asia in 1924.
Read the article: https://www.distinctionsjournal.org/resilience-on-campus/
#Mazeldon #Jewniverse #Jewdiverse #MENA #Mizrahi #Sephadi #JIMENA
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From JIMENA: Bukharian Jews are a Mizrahi community that adopted Sephardic customs in 1795, when Moroccan Rabbi Joseph Maman Maghribi settled there. The Bukharan Emirate was under the jurisdiction of the Umar caliphate & its laws that granted Jews limited religious liberty only in exchange for payment of a jizya tax. Devastated, community members searched for a rabbi, and Rabbi Maghribi accepted their invitation with the understanding that since his practice was rooted in Sephardic tradition, the community would need to follow.
The Umar caliphate’s laws stayed in effect through 1865, when Tsarist Russia began to conquer the land, although remnants of those laws persisted as late as 1920.
Under the rule of Russia, Bukharian Jews were granted more rights, which benefited their trading businesses. That golden age ended abruptly, when the Soviet Union took hold in Central Asia in 1924.
Read the article: https://www.distinctionsjournal.org/resilience-on-campus/
#Mazeldon #Jewniverse #Jewdiverse #MENA #Mizrahi #Sephadi #JIMENA
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From JIMENA: Bukharian Jews are a Mizrahi community that adopted Sephardic customs in 1795, when Moroccan Rabbi Joseph Maman Maghribi settled there. The Bukharan Emirate was under the jurisdiction of the Umar caliphate & its laws that granted Jews limited religious liberty only in exchange for payment of a jizya tax. Devastated, community members searched for a rabbi, and Rabbi Maghribi accepted their invitation with the understanding that since his practice was rooted in Sephardic tradition, the community would need to follow.
The Umar caliphate’s laws stayed in effect through 1865, when Tsarist Russia began to conquer the land, although remnants of those laws persisted as late as 1920.
Under the rule of Russia, Bukharian Jews were granted more rights, which benefited their trading businesses. That golden age ended abruptly, when the Soviet Union took hold in Central Asia in 1924.
Read the article: https://www.distinctionsjournal.org/resilience-on-campus/
#Mazeldon #Jewniverse #Jewdiverse #MENA #Mizrahi #Sephadi #JIMENA
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From JIMENA: Bukharian Jews are a Mizrahi community that adopted Sephardic customs in 1795, when Moroccan Rabbi Joseph Maman Maghribi settled there. The Bukharan Emirate was under the jurisdiction of the Umar caliphate & its laws that granted Jews limited religious liberty only in exchange for payment of a jizya tax. Devastated, community members searched for a rabbi, and Rabbi Maghribi accepted their invitation with the understanding that since his practice was rooted in Sephardic tradition, the community would need to follow.
The Umar caliphate’s laws stayed in effect through 1865, when Tsarist Russia began to conquer the land, although remnants of those laws persisted as late as 1920.
Under the rule of Russia, Bukharian Jews were granted more rights, which benefited their trading businesses. That golden age ended abruptly, when the Soviet Union took hold in Central Asia in 1924.
Read the article: https://www.distinctionsjournal.org/resilience-on-campus/
#Mazeldon #Jewniverse #Jewdiverse #MENA #Mizrahi #Sephadi #JIMENA
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From JIMENA: Bukharian Jews are a Mizrahi community that adopted Sephardic customs in 1795, when Moroccan Rabbi Joseph Maman Maghribi settled there. The Bukharan Emirate was under the jurisdiction of the Umar caliphate & its laws that granted Jews limited religious liberty only in exchange for payment of a jizya tax. Devastated, community members searched for a rabbi, and Rabbi Maghribi accepted their invitation with the understanding that since his practice was rooted in Sephardic tradition, the community would need to follow.
The Umar caliphate’s laws stayed in effect through 1865, when Tsarist Russia began to conquer the land, although remnants of those laws persisted as late as 1920.
Under the rule of Russia, Bukharian Jews were granted more rights, which benefited their trading businesses. That golden age ended abruptly, when the Soviet Union took hold in Central Asia in 1924.
Read the article: https://www.distinctionsjournal.org/resilience-on-campus/
#Mazeldon #Jewniverse #Jewdiverse #MENA #Mizrahi #Sephadi #JIMENA
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For our friends in San Francisco:
JIMENA - Jews Indigenous to the Middle East & North Africa, and
Malka Productions presents:Judean Queens Panel + Party
Location TBA
Sun, Jan 12 at 5:00 PM - 9:00 PM (PST)
in San Francisco, CA, USAMore info and registration: https://posh.vip/e/judean-queens-panel-party
#Mazeldon #Jewniverse #Jewdiverse #MENA #Sephardi #Mizrahi #JIMENA #Judaism #Jewish
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For our friends in San Francisco:
JIMENA - Jews Indigenous to the Middle East & North Africa, and
Malka Productions presents:Judean Queens Panel + Party
Location TBA
Sun, Jan 12 at 5:00 PM - 9:00 PM (PST)
in San Francisco, CA, USAMore info and registration: https://posh.vip/e/judean-queens-panel-party
#Mazeldon #Jewniverse #Jewdiverse #MENA #Sephardi #Mizrahi #JIMENA #Judaism #Jewish
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From JIMENA - esp if you're a member of the American Psychological Association or the Association of Jewish Psychologists:
This panel will feature the narrative of a Jewish woman who was expelled from her home in Libya in 1967 and is today a prominent human rights activist. She was born in Tripoli to a family that had lived in Libya for centuries, persecuted, nearly murdered and brutally expelled from her homeland in 1967 for being Jewish.
...Together with Joseph Abdel Wahed, Waldman founded JIMENA (Jews Indigenous to the Middle East and North Africa) in 2002 to bear witness to the suffering of other Jewish refugees from Arab lands. The second panelist is the Executive Director of JIMENA, who has testified in the White House about the plight of Jewish refugees from Arab lands.
The discussant is a former president of the APA. The stories and traumas of these refugees have been unaddressed. It is time to hear them.
#Mazeldon #Jewniverse #JewishWomen #JIMENA #Sephardic #Mizrahi #Jewish
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I’m a Jewish linguist, and unlike some in Congress, I think ‘Ashkenormativity’ is a perfectly fine word.
Sarah Bunin Benor May 2, 2024The term arose in Jewish discourse around 2014. It has since been used by North American Jews of Moroccan, Bukharian, Turkish, Ashkenazi, Ethiopian, Persian, Black, Japanese-American & other backgrounds to critique and debate the orientations of various educational, cultural & communal institutions & products...
The Sephardi/Mizrahi advocacy organization JIMENA...has created a toolkit to help day schools... “The schools were built and the curriculum was created at a time when Jewish life was ‘Ashkenormative’ — Ashkenazi Jews catering to Ashkenazi Jews,” JIMENA’s executive director explained. “And there’s a need for the schools to meet the current needs of their student populations.”
Jews discuss Ashkenormativity not to perpetuate the power imbalance, but to counter it..."
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I’m a Jewish linguist, and unlike some in Congress, I think ‘Ashkenormativity’ is a perfectly fine word.
Sarah Bunin Benor May 2, 2024The term arose in Jewish discourse around 2014. It has since been used by North American Jews of Moroccan, Bukharian, Turkish, Ashkenazi, Ethiopian, Persian, Black, Japanese-American & other backgrounds to critique and debate the orientations of various educational, cultural & communal institutions & products...
The Sephardi/Mizrahi advocacy organization JIMENA...has created a toolkit to help day schools... “The schools were built and the curriculum was created at a time when Jewish life was ‘Ashkenormative’ — Ashkenazi Jews catering to Ashkenazi Jews,” JIMENA’s executive director explained. “And there’s a need for the schools to meet the current needs of their student populations.”
Jews discuss Ashkenormativity not to perpetuate the power imbalance, but to counter it..."
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I’m a Jewish linguist, and unlike some in Congress, I think ‘Ashkenormativity’ is a perfectly fine word.
Sarah Bunin Benor May 2, 2024The term arose in Jewish discourse around 2014. It has since been used by North American Jews of Moroccan, Bukharian, Turkish, Ashkenazi, Ethiopian, Persian, Black, Japanese-American & other backgrounds to critique and debate the orientations of various educational, cultural & communal institutions & products...
The Sephardi/Mizrahi advocacy organization JIMENA...has created a toolkit to help day schools... “The schools were built and the curriculum was created at a time when Jewish life was ‘Ashkenormative’ — Ashkenazi Jews catering to Ashkenazi Jews,” JIMENA’s executive director explained. “And there’s a need for the schools to meet the current needs of their student populations.”
Jews discuss Ashkenormativity not to perpetuate the power imbalance, but to counter it..."
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I’m a Jewish linguist, and unlike some in Congress, I think ‘Ashkenormativity’ is a perfectly fine word.
Sarah Bunin Benor May 2, 2024The term arose in Jewish discourse around 2014. It has since been used by North American Jews of Moroccan, Bukharian, Turkish, Ashkenazi, Ethiopian, Persian, Black, Japanese-American & other backgrounds to critique and debate the orientations of various educational, cultural & communal institutions & products...
The Sephardi/Mizrahi advocacy organization JIMENA...has created a toolkit to help day schools... “The schools were built and the curriculum was created at a time when Jewish life was ‘Ashkenormative’ — Ashkenazi Jews catering to Ashkenazi Jews,” JIMENA’s executive director explained. “And there’s a need for the schools to meet the current needs of their student populations.”
Jews discuss Ashkenormativity not to perpetuate the power imbalance, but to counter it..."
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I’m a Jewish linguist, and unlike some in Congress, I think ‘Ashkenormativity’ is a perfectly fine word.
Sarah Bunin Benor May 2, 2024The term arose in Jewish discourse around 2014. It has since been used by North American Jews of Moroccan, Bukharian, Turkish, Ashkenazi, Ethiopian, Persian, Black, Japanese-American & other backgrounds to critique and debate the orientations of various educational, cultural & communal institutions & products...
The Sephardi/Mizrahi advocacy organization JIMENA...has created a toolkit to help day schools... “The schools were built and the curriculum was created at a time when Jewish life was ‘Ashkenormative’ — Ashkenazi Jews catering to Ashkenazi Jews,” JIMENA’s executive director explained. “And there’s a need for the schools to meet the current needs of their student populations.”
Jews discuss Ashkenormativity not to perpetuate the power imbalance, but to counter it..."
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The Fallacies of Israel’s East-West Identity Divide are Dissolving … Gradually
Sephardi? Mizrahi? One of Israel’s leading demographers delves into history to describe who we really are.
By Professor Sergio DellaPergola
Distinctions Journal Fall 2023
Register for the webinar: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcsdeyorTouGNLTbBhyavjogTSHBYP8V-X8#/registration
Read the related article: https://www.distinctionsjournal.org/the-fallacies-of-israels-east-west-identity-divide-are-dissolving-gradually/
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The Fallacies of Israel’s East-West Identity Divide are Dissolving … Gradually
Sephardi? Mizrahi? One of Israel’s leading demographers delves into history to describe who we really are.
By Professor Sergio DellaPergola
Distinctions Journal Fall 2023
Register for the webinar: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcsdeyorTouGNLTbBhyavjogTSHBYP8V-X8#/registration
Read the related article: https://www.distinctionsjournal.org/the-fallacies-of-israels-east-west-identity-divide-are-dissolving-gradually/
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The Fallacies of Israel’s East-West Identity Divide are Dissolving … Gradually
Sephardi? Mizrahi? One of Israel’s leading demographers delves into history to describe who we really are.
By Professor Sergio DellaPergola
Distinctions Journal Fall 2023
Register for the webinar: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcsdeyorTouGNLTbBhyavjogTSHBYP8V-X8#/registration
Read the related article: https://www.distinctionsjournal.org/the-fallacies-of-israels-east-west-identity-divide-are-dissolving-gradually/
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The Fallacies of Israel’s East-West Identity Divide are Dissolving … Gradually
Sephardi? Mizrahi? One of Israel’s leading demographers delves into history to describe who we really are.
By Professor Sergio DellaPergola
Distinctions Journal Fall 2023
Register for the webinar: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcsdeyorTouGNLTbBhyavjogTSHBYP8V-X8#/registration
Read the related article: https://www.distinctionsjournal.org/the-fallacies-of-israels-east-west-identity-divide-are-dissolving-gradually/
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The Fallacies of Israel’s East-West Identity Divide are Dissolving … Gradually
Sephardi? Mizrahi? One of Israel’s leading demographers delves into history to describe who we really are.
By Professor Sergio DellaPergola
Distinctions Journal Fall 2023
Register for the webinar: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcsdeyorTouGNLTbBhyavjogTSHBYP8V-X8#/registration
Read the related article: https://www.distinctionsjournal.org/the-fallacies-of-israels-east-west-identity-divide-are-dissolving-gradually/
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Publishers Note by JIMENA's Director of Education, Ty Alhadeff
"...The Winter issue of Distinctions underscores these existential questions: What defines “home” for Jews? Will we forever be seen as outsiders? How much persecution is tolerable? When is resistance necessary? Why is preservation of cultural heritage in hostile environments worthwhile?
Personally, I contemplate my family’s history of survival through various exiles, from Babylon, Rome, and Spain to Rhodes, and now Seattle. The uncertainty of what lies ahead, whether it’s a fifth exile or a sense of displacement in the Pacific Northwest, looms large. Ultimately, my physical connection to Israel feels more distant — but my emotional ties have grown stronger — since October 7. I imagine many Jews around the world feel like me here in Seattle, where living outside of Israel seems more like an exile than a diaspora..."
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Publishers Note by JIMENA's Director of Education, Ty Alhadeff
"...The Winter issue of Distinctions underscores these existential questions: What defines “home” for Jews? Will we forever be seen as outsiders? How much persecution is tolerable? When is resistance necessary? Why is preservation of cultural heritage in hostile environments worthwhile?
Personally, I contemplate my family’s history of survival through various exiles, from Babylon, Rome, and Spain to Rhodes, and now Seattle. The uncertainty of what lies ahead, whether it’s a fifth exile or a sense of displacement in the Pacific Northwest, looms large. Ultimately, my physical connection to Israel feels more distant — but my emotional ties have grown stronger — since October 7. I imagine many Jews around the world feel like me here in Seattle, where living outside of Israel seems more like an exile than a diaspora..."
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Publishers Note by JIMENA's Director of Education, Ty Alhadeff
"...The Winter issue of Distinctions underscores these existential questions: What defines “home” for Jews? Will we forever be seen as outsiders? How much persecution is tolerable? When is resistance necessary? Why is preservation of cultural heritage in hostile environments worthwhile?
Personally, I contemplate my family’s history of survival through various exiles, from Babylon, Rome, and Spain to Rhodes, and now Seattle. The uncertainty of what lies ahead, whether it’s a fifth exile or a sense of displacement in the Pacific Northwest, looms large. Ultimately, my physical connection to Israel feels more distant — but my emotional ties have grown stronger — since October 7. I imagine many Jews around the world feel like me here in Seattle, where living outside of Israel seems more like an exile than a diaspora..."
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Publishers Note by JIMENA's Director of Education, Ty Alhadeff
"...The Winter issue of Distinctions underscores these existential questions: What defines “home” for Jews? Will we forever be seen as outsiders? How much persecution is tolerable? When is resistance necessary? Why is preservation of cultural heritage in hostile environments worthwhile?
Personally, I contemplate my family’s history of survival through various exiles, from Babylon, Rome, and Spain to Rhodes, and now Seattle. The uncertainty of what lies ahead, whether it’s a fifth exile or a sense of displacement in the Pacific Northwest, looms large. Ultimately, my physical connection to Israel feels more distant — but my emotional ties have grown stronger — since October 7. I imagine many Jews around the world feel like me here in Seattle, where living outside of Israel seems more like an exile than a diaspora..."
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Publishers Note by JIMENA's Director of Education, Ty Alhadeff
"...The Winter issue of Distinctions underscores these existential questions: What defines “home” for Jews? Will we forever be seen as outsiders? How much persecution is tolerable? When is resistance necessary? Why is preservation of cultural heritage in hostile environments worthwhile?
Personally, I contemplate my family’s history of survival through various exiles, from Babylon, Rome, and Spain to Rhodes, and now Seattle. The uncertainty of what lies ahead, whether it’s a fifth exile or a sense of displacement in the Pacific Northwest, looms large. Ultimately, my physical connection to Israel feels more distant — but my emotional ties have grown stronger — since October 7. I imagine many Jews around the world feel like me here in Seattle, where living outside of Israel seems more like an exile than a diaspora..."
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"When in 2022 the Egyptian authorities seized a geniza (collection of holy documents) from the Bassatine cemetery in Cairo without consulting a rabbi it was a clear sign that Jewish heritage was no longer deemed to belong to Jews. In Libya, in Iraq, Yemen, Syria s well as Egypt, the authorities have taken advantage of the demise of their Jewish communities to claim Jewish artifacts and communal property as their own. By signing agreements with Arab countries (MOUs) to recognize cultural property as theirs, it appears that the US has inadvertently been complicit in the looting of what remains of Jewish heritage. What are the challenges and what can we do to change the situation?"
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https://www.harif.org/event/can-we-save-mena-jewish-heritage/#Mazeldon #Jewniverse #JIMENA #Sephardi #Mizrachi #Jewish #JewishHistory
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The next talk in JIMENA's ongoing series can be heard here:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwsc-GqqzotHdUIPtLkAWJIJBl6yAZ--ANB#/registration -
The next talk in JIMENA's ongoing series can be heard here:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwsc-GqqzotHdUIPtLkAWJIJBl6yAZ--ANB#/registration
