Antisemitism Issue

/ summer 2023 /

publisher's note

Issue on Antisemitism

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.

By Sarah Levin

/ summer 2023 /

Special introduction

A Short Span Separates Joy from Tragedy

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

By Ambassador Deborah Lipstadt

/ summer 2023 /

Featured article

Viewing Antisemitism Through the Lens of My Mizrahi Experience

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.

By Sharon Nazarian

/ summer 2023 /

I Was an Iranian Jewish Refugee

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.

By Tabby Refael

/ summer 2023 /

Antisemitism on College Campuses — and a Call to Action

‘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.

By Rena Nasar First

/ summer 2023 /

Israel as a Fault Line: What You See Is What You Get

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.

By Regina Sassoon Friedland

/ summer 2023 /

special exhibit

The Farhud, My Father, and Me

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.

By Irit Dallal Zalayet

/ summer 2023 /

Morocco: A Modern-Day Model for Convivencia in the Arab World

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.

By Rachel Benaim-Abudarham

Issue on Antisemitism

A Short Span Separates Joy from Tragedy

Viewing Antisemitism Through the Lens of My Mizrahi Experience

I Was an Iranian Jewish Refugee

Antisemitism on College Campuses — and a Call to Action

Israel as a Fault Line: What You See Is What You Get

The Farhud, My Father, and Me

Morocco: A Modern-Day Model for Convivencia in the Arab World

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