JIMENA
Speakers Bureau

The JIMENA Speakers Bureau is composed of former Mizrahi and Sephardi refugees who visit local, national, and international organizations and institutions where they share their story of flight and introduce the audience to the rich culture and history of Mizrahi and Sephardi Jews. From the U.N to Harvard to local High Schools in the Bay Area the roster of institutions visited by the Bureau is impressive and has been effective in raising awareness to this history and culture of Jews Indigenous to the Middle East and North Africa (JIMENA). All members of the Bureau undergo professional Speakers Training before sharing their story with an audience.

Speakers trained through our Eye Witness Speakers Program have been placed to present at the following universities:

• U.C. Berkeley Boalt Law School
• Stanford University
• U. C. Davis Law School
• U.C. Santa Cruz
• Santa Clara University
• San Francisco State University
• San Jose State University
• Sonoma State University
• Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government
• Harvard’s School of Education
• Wellesley
• Yale
• Georgetown University
• NYU
• Columbia
• University of Minnesota
• Northeastern University
• Tufts University
• Boston University
• Sarah Lawrence College
• University of Michigan
• John Hopkins University

Speakers trained through our Eye Witness Speakers Program have also been placed in:

• Public Schools
• Churches
• Synagogues
• Jewish Community Centers
• Jewish Historical Societies
• Business Clubs



Members of the bureau have provided testimony and participated in delegations to the UN Human Rights Council, US Congress, European Parliament, Italian Parliament and British Parliment.




If you would like to join the JIMENA Speakers Bureau and spread the story of Jews from Arab countries, please contact us.