JIMENA Engaging Leaders and Advancing Our Cause
[ad_1] From Matthew Nouriel, Community Engagement Director: This spring I had the privilege of representing JIMENA on two missions to Israel. The first was with the Jewish Federation of North America’s (JFNA) first ever JEDI (Jewish Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion) mission. During this mission 30 Jewish communal leaders traveled throughout Israel and met with organizations […]
For Indian Iraqi Jews, No Celebration Is Complete Without This Fancy Jello
[ad_1] Ask any Jewish Indian Iraqi, or anyone descended from these lands, about their memories of agar agar jello and they will nostalgically recall it being served at family gatherings. From bar mitzvahs to Shabbat tables and everything in between, you will be told of the brightly colored sweets flavored with rose water and decorated […]
JIMENA is excited to launch Distinctions: A Sephardi and Mizrahi Journal. The online quarterly publication will explore contemporary Jewish questions through a classical Sephardi and Mizrahi lens.
[ad_1] Addressing contemporary Jewish concerns through a classical Sephardi and Mizrahi lens, JIMENA launched Distinctions: A Sephardi and Mizrahi Journal. The online quarterly publication offers fresh and impactful content that elevates the perspectives and raises the profile of Sephardi and Mizrahi people and communities. The Summer 2023 issue focuses on the topic of antisemitism. Articles include […]
Can Wikipedia save the dying languages of Jewish Iran? – The Forward
[ad_1] A stone slab with Aramaic inscription. Photo by iStock By Aviya Kushner July 20, 2023 For centuries in Iran, each Jewish community had its own language. Judeo-Iranian languages include Esfāhāni, Yazdi, Kermāni, Shīrāzi, Hamedāni, Kāshāni, Nehavandi, Borujerdi, Khunsāri and Golpāygān. For the uninitiated, Esfāhāni is the language of Jews of Esfahan, and Shīrāzi is […]
Why Are You Shocked That I’m a Syrian Jewish Woman?
[ad_1] In the rich immigrant-focused culture of my Syrian Jewish community, stories of sunflower gardens in Damascus, wedding nights in Haifa, and the furns – communal ovens of Aleppo, where women would gather to cook lehme b’agine and ka’ak — are always being told and re-told. I grew up listening to these stories, collecting […]
Renovated Kos synagogue reopens | eKathimerini.com
[ad_1] [Central Board of Jewish Communities in Greece] Seventy-eight years after the deportation of Kos’ Jews by the Nazis and their murder in Auschwitz, the Dodecanese island’s synagogue reopened its doors on Sunday, following extensive renovations. “The historic Kal Shalom once again functions as a synagogue and opens its doors to the local community and […]
14 Facts About the Historic Jewish Communities in Egypt
[ad_1] By: Menachem Posner Our People Left Egypt After 200 Years of Slavery Passover, the first Jewish holiday, celebrates our people’s miraculous exodus from Egypt. Led by Moses and Aaron, our ancestors witnessed G‑d bringing 10 plagues upon our Egyptian slavemasters before leaving for freedom. Before G‑d split the sea for his nascent nation, He […]
Discovery of rabbis’ tombs fuels restoration of Morocco’s Jewish history
[ad_1] After being lost for over six decades, the tombs of three celebrated 17th and 18th-century rabbis – Jacob Ben Malca, Hasday Almosino and Jacob Marrache – were rediscovered in the northern Moroccan town of Tétouan, sparking a renewed enthusiasm to excavate the over 500-year-old Jewish cemetery, Morocco’s largest, according to a report by Jewish […]
500 years of Sephardic Jews in Türkiye
[ad_1] The 15th century witnessed enormous and dramatic changes in Spain, culminating in the centuries-long “Reconquista” movement by Catholics aimed at capturing Andalusia from Muslim control. The union of Queen Isabella of Castile-Leon and King Fernando II of Aragon in 1469 marked a watershed moment in Catholic unity, leading to the tipping point in this […]
Google Doodle celebrates the Jewish designer of cat-eye glasses, Altina Schinasi
[ad_1] (New York Jewish Week) – The Google Doodle for Friday, Aug. 4 features a cartoon image of a bespectacled woman peering out from one of the lenses of orange cat-eye glasses. The Doodle celebrates the 116th birthday of Altina “Tina” Schinasi, the Sephardic Jewish artist, inventor and New Yorker who devised the distinctive eyeglasses. […]