Mizrahi
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.
If A-Wa Wants Real Mizrahi Revival, It’s Time To Get Political
Just singing in Arabic isn’t enough.
Jews of Color Get Personal and Political at First-Ever National Gathering
What happens when Jews of color, including Sephardic and Mizrahi Jews, get together for a historic three-day gathering? Sigal Samuel found out.
Mizrahi Artists Are Here To Incite a Culture War
When Adi Keissar launched the poetry series Ars Poetica, she had no idea it would become the best party in town — and the most significant cultural phenomenon in Israel today.
The Mizrahi-Palestinian Intersectionality Nobody’s Talking About
Israel’s Mizrahi Jews and indigenous Arabs were uniting in solidarity way back in the 1950s. So why is everyone talking about intersectionality as if it’s some foreign new idea?
Mizrahi Music Gets Its Rock Star Moment
Contemporary Israeli women are increasingly looking back to their grandparents’ Arabic, Persian and French dialects for inspiration — with great success.
