In conjunction with Israel’s inaugural Day of Commemoration for Mizrahi Refugees, Jewish organizations all over the globe are presenting events to raise honor and celebrate the history of Jews from Arab countries & Iran. See below to find events in your area. If you have an event you wish to add to our list, please contact dyanna@jimena.org.
San Francisco Bay Area
YAD Blue Monday Featuring JIMENA
In honor of Mizrahi Remembrance Month, JIMENA will be partnering with SFJCF Young Adult Division to bring the Middle East to SOMA! Join us for our YAD’s hallmark happy hour event, where there will be a henna artist and Middle Eastern delights! Join us at 6:00 pm if you are new to the area or YAD.
EVENT CONTACT: Lauren Becker, 415.512.6248, LaurenB@sfjcf.org
Los Angeles
JIMENA Ceremony Honoring the Official Day of Commemoration of Jews from Arab Countries & Iran
Please join JIMENA, Hillel at UCLA, and the Israeli Consulate in LA for a special ceremony honoring the official day of commemoration of Jewish refugees from Arab countries and Iran!
Come experience live Mizrahi music and dance and taste traditional Sephardic treats. We will have the joy of hearing from a former Mizrahi refugee, a representative from the Israeli Consulate, and engage in words of wisdom led by Rabbi Daniel Bouskila.
Parking available hourly at UCLA Lot #2 on the corner of Hilgard and Westholme.
LOCATION: Hillel at UCLA, 574 Hilgard Ave, Los Angeles CA 90024
Mizrahi Commemoration Ceremony & Reception
Ottowa
Inaugural Commemoration of Jewish Refugees from Arab Countries
The Sephardi Association of Ottawa in partnership with the Embassy of Israel and the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA), with the support of the SJCC, present the untold story of Mizrahi refugees. Featuring a film screening of The Forgotten Refugees, remarks by keynote speaker His Excellency Rafael Barak, Ambassador of Israel to Canada, David Cooper of the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs, and eyewitness accounts from the Ottowa Sephardi Community.
CONTACT: ottawasephardiassociation@yahoo.com
Israel
International Academic Conference on Jewish Refugees from Arab Countries
Sydney, Australia
Jews from Arab Lands Commemoration featuring a screening of The Forgotten Refugees and guest speakers the Ambassador of Israel, Mr Shmuel Ben-Shmuel, and Dr. Racheline Barda
Rome
Cultural Program of Commemoration
London
The Demise of Jewish Communities of the Arab World: Presentation with Nathan Weinstock
On the eve of 30 November, the official day to commemorate Jewish refugees from Arab lands, Harif together with Spiro Ark, is proud to be inviting to London as its special guest the writer and historian Nathan Weinstock, author of Une si longue presence: comment le monde arabe a perdu ses juifs (French and Hebrew).
Mr Weinstock will deliver a lecture explaining how a Belgian Ashkenazi Jew came to write the story of the eradication of the Jews from Arab lands. The story demands an understanding of the dhimma – Jewish social status under Islam – but also an appreciation of the repercussions of the Zionist-Palestinian conflict, leading to the great post WW2 Jewish exodus. Q&A to follow.
LOCATION: The Liberal Jewish Synagogue, 28 St. John’s Wood Road, London NW87HA
EVENT CONTACT: Spiro: education@spiroark.org, tel. 0207 289 6321 or Harif: info@harif.org, tel. 07506033848.
EVENT CONTACT: info@harif.org, 07506033848