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Ty Alhadeff, JIMENA’s Director of Education, has been featured in Conversations Journal, Issue 45, published by the Institute for Jewish Ideas and Ideals. In his article, Lessons from the Sephardic and Mizrahi Traditions, Ty offers a powerful overview of JIMENA’s educational vision and the transformative work we are doing to ensure Sephardic and Mizrahi history, identity, and voices are fully represented across Jewish and public education.
From launching our groundbreaking Sephardi & Mizrahi Education Toolkit to leading fellowships and building partnerships with public schools and national institutions, this article is a testament to how far our community has come—and how much more we’re ready to do.
We invite you to read and share this important piece as we continue to expand inclusive, representative Jewish education for all.
With gratitude, The JIMENA Team
Visit Ideals: https://www.jewishideas.org/
From Harif UK:
EIGHTY YEARS SINCE THE 1945 TRIPOLITANIA POGROM
WITH VIVIENNE ROUMANI-DENN
TUESDAY 6 MAY 2025
7:00 pm UK/ 11:00 am PT/ 2:00 pm ET / 8:00 pm Europe / 9:00 pm Israel
PLEASE NOTE EARLIER TIMES
Info: https://www.harif.org/event/the-little-known-tripolitania-riots-of-1945/
It is 80 years since 130 Libyan Jews were brutally killed during three days in November 1945 in Tripoli and elsewhere in Tripolitania. Shops and homes were looted, synagogues burnt down, such as the Zawia synagogue shown here, and property destroyed. This tragic episode, which is hardly known, was followed by a second pogrom in 1948. Over 90 per cent of Jews participated in the Aliyah starting in 1949.
What happened exactly and what were the root causes? Oral historian Vivienne Roumani-Denn has made a study of these terrible events and gathered survivors’ testimonies.
From Harif UK:
CAN WE PRESERVE JUDEO-ARABIC
FOR THE NEXT GENERATION?
WITH SAMANTHA ELLIS
TUESDAY 22 APRIL 2025
7:30 pm UK/ 11:30 am PT/ 2:30 pm ET / 8:30 pm Europe / 9:30 pm Israel
Samantha Ellis’s mother tongue is dying out. An urgent need to find out more becomes an expansive investigation into how to keep hold of her culture – and when to let it go.
Info: https://www.harif.org/event/can-we-preserve-judeo-arabic-for-the-next-generation/
Available in the UK (so far) or online: https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/452893/chopping-onions-on-my-heart-by-ellis-samantha/9781784745028
The daughter of Iraqi Jewish refugees, Samantha grew up surrounded by the noisy, vivid, hot sounds of Judeo-Iraqi Arabic. A language that’s now on the verge of extinction.
She will be in conversation with Lyn Julius about her new book ‘Chopping onions on my heart’ (The Judeo-Arabic equivalent of ‘Rubbing salt in the wound’).
I just felt the need to tell y’all that my synagogue’s Passover Seder will be held at a local church this year. Interesting choice.
The Jewish community cannot center fears about ‘Jewish safety’ while supporting genocide in Gaza https://mondoweiss.net/2025/04/the-jewish-community-cannot-center-fears-about-jewish-safety-while-supporting-genocide-in-gaza/
#judaism #zionism #palestine #genocide #ethniccleansing
Mondoweiss · The Jewish community cannot center fears about ‘Jewish safety’ while supporting genocide in GazaBecause the Jewish community has not shown the minimal moral capacity to call out genocide I cannot take concern around alleged pro-Palestine antisemitism seriously as it appears to just be a strategy to aid and abet Israel’s crimes.
From the Kabbalah Experience:
We all live within stories, shaped by metaphors and narratives. Sometimes these metaphors serve us well, guiding us toward wisdom and connection. Other times, they hold us back, like a thistle caught in our shoe. How often do we pause to examine these stories? How might we shift our personal and communal narratives to create new, more meaningful ones?
Read more: https://kabbalahexperience.com/we-are-all-storytellers-whats-your-story/
If you need an online place to say Kaddish for your loved ones, join the Nechamah Minyan.
Email to register: https://aleph.org/civicrm/mailing/url/?u=16448&qid=6297817
The religion of the majority of the population is 
#Orthodox.
Other Christian denominations present in 
#Romania include 
#Catholic, #GreekCatholic, and various #Protestant ones.
There are also some other minority religions, including 
#Judaism, 
#Islam, and 
#Buddhism, which are practiced by small communities within the country.
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I don't really understand why people are into all the extra lambdas.
From Harif UK:
As we approach Passover, the festival which marks the exodus of the Jews from Egypt and celebrates their freedom, three Jews talk about their personal exodus from Arab countries – Lisette Stalbow, forced to flee from Egypt in 1956, David Gerbi, who fled from Libya in 1967, and Nadia, who left Iraq in 1951.
More Info: https://www.harif.org/event/my-exodus/
"Opposing Donald Trump’s authoritarian power grab is the political fight of our lifetime. Democrats must meet this moment, and that starts with messaging and communicating with the American people."
Join JDCA on Tuesday, April 8, at 12:00 p.m. ET to discuss Democratic messaging with expert political commentator Brian Tyler Cohen.
Does this include #AntiZionists? You know that #Zionism and #Judaism are different things, right?
You also know #Zionists will call anyone they see as a threat to the #Isreali state #antisemite, right?
Doesn't matter if they're wrong, you're now giving a #judicial weapon to a bunch of #theocratic #nationalist #fascists who pine for their own "final solution" against all #Palestinians.
#Germany could withdraw #citizenship due to '#antisemitism' – DW – 04/01/2025
https://www.dw.com/en/germany-could-withdraw-citizenship-due-to-antisemitism/a-72104457?tg_rhash=08a3949f8533ef
Deutsche Welle · Germany could withdraw citizenship due to 'antisemitism'
From Europe to Mar-a-Lago: Addressing the existential threat to Judaism https://www.byteseu.com/?p=884885 #antisemitism #Antizionism #DonaldTrump #Europe #Judaism #UnitedStates
Manchester Jewish Museum in Manchester, England
A Victorian synagogue-turned-museum chronicles centuries of Jewish life.#judaism #religion #history&culture #history #synagogues #museumsandcollections #museums #jewishart #jewish #section-Atlas
Manchester Jewish Museum
Atlas Obscura · Manchester Jewish MuseumA Victorian synagogue-turned-museum chronicles centuries of Jewish life.