A SEPHARDI AND MIZRAHI JOURNAL

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Sephardi and Mizrahi women hold many influential leadership positions within the Jewish communal professional workforce. This inaugural issue of Distinctions is devoted to them, as we elevate the voices of several outstanding women who are fighting antisemitism.

/ summer 2023 — antisemitism /

One day after the U.S. Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism visits a celebrated synagogue in Tunisia, festivities turn to terror.

/ summer 2023 — antisemitism /

One day after the U.S. Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism visits a celebrated synagogue in Tunisia, festivities turn to terror.

/ summer 2023 — antisemitism /

One day after the U.S. Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism visits a celebrated synagogue in Tunisia, festivities turn to terror.
A ride through the daunting streets of the center of Tehran sparks a reminder of what her family had earned, and what her family has lost.
A ride through the daunting streets of the center of Tehran sparks a reminder of what her family had earned, and what her family has lost.
Past a point of no return, the daughter of a Jewish family forced out of its Persian homeland comes to terms with the one identity that glows wherever she goes.
Past a point of no return, the daughter of a Jewish family forced out of its Persian homeland comes to terms with the one identity that glows wherever she goes.
‘Robust debate’ or Jewish hate? An uproar at George Washington University puts Jewish and Israeli students on the defensive — and their advocate, a Syrian Jew, on offense.
‘Robust debate’ or Jewish hate? An uproar at George Washington University puts Jewish and Israeli students on the defensive — and their advocate, a Syrian Jew, on offense.
Told she doesn’t look Jewish, her Mizrahi gifts of olive skin and dark hair refute faulty narratives that cluster Jews as white and Israelis as Eastern European colonizers.
Told she doesn’t look Jewish, her Mizrahi gifts of olive skin and dark hair refute faulty narratives that cluster Jews as white and Israelis as Eastern European colonizers.
Artist Nessim Zalayet never could suppress his fears of living through a deadly pogrom in Iraq. His daughter shares a series of paintings that illustrate the depth of his courage.
Artist Nessim Zalayet never could suppress his fears of living through a deadly pogrom in Iraq. His daughter shares a series of paintings that illustrate the depth of his courage.
As far as her eyes can see, a Jew of Moroccan heritage perceives an oasis of coexistence emerging within the divisive desert that is the Middle East and North Africa.
As far as her eyes can see, a Jew of Moroccan heritage perceives an oasis of coexistence emerging within the divisive desert that is the Middle East and North Africa.