Mizrahi
You’ve probably never heard about the world’s first female rabbi. Sigal Samuel wants to change that
“We don’t have to react as if it’s some kind of crazy thing for a woman to lead a spiritual community.”
Yad Vashem Amends Yom Hashoah Prayers To Include Jews From Arab Countries
The changes were spurred by a high school student, the granddaughter of a Holocaust survivor from Libya.
Only 5 Jews Are Left In Cairo Following The Death Of Jewish Matriarch
Haroun is the mother of the current president of Cairo’s Jewish community.
Can Ashkenazi Jews Face Israel’s Dark History Of Family Separation?
Jews must face Israel’s history — its destruction of immigrant Mizrahi families — and demand the truth.
Finally, A Safe Space For Sephardic And Mizrahi LGBTQ Jews
Sephardic and Mizrahi queer Jews face the fear of rejection from their communities. One young man is determined to change that.
Purim Project Tells Women Of Color’s Stories, In Esther’s Honor
Jewish holidays and narratives often fail to acknowledge the critical stories of these women.
The Kurdish Immigrants Who Built Israel
The story of one Kurdish Jewish family and its journey to Palestine, on foot and donkey, in the 1920’s.
This Dating Site Connects Jews Of Middle Eastern Descent
Eldelala users fill out a questionnaire that is examined by a matchmaker to determine compatibility.
Can Amir Peretz Finish What Israel’s Black Panthers Started?
The racial and cultural schisms dividing the Mizrahi and Ashkenaz communities have never been more problematic, but can this soon come to an end?
For Sephardic and Mizrahi Jews, Whiteness Was a Fragile Identity Long Before Trump
Sigal Samuel says today’s white supremacist surge is pushing Ashkenazim into the racially ambiguous space occupied by Sephardic and Mizrahi Jews.