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Job Title: Arabic Outreach Manager
Location: Remote (U.S.-based preferred)
Reports To: Director of Community Outreach
Type: Part-time or Contract (with potential for permanent role) About JIMENA JIMENA: Jews Indigenous to the Middle East and North Africa is dedicated to achieving universal recognition for the heritage, history, and rights of over 850,000 Jewish refugees from the Arab world and Iran. Through social media campaigns, we are pioneers in educating Arabic-speaking audiences about Jewish life, heritage, and history in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) in digital spaces. Position Overview We are seeking an Arabic Outreach Manager to lead and implement JIMENA’s Arabic digital

JIMENA is pleased to share this Sephardic and Mizrahi Passover & Mimouna Guide that includes recipes, songs, Classical Sephardic teachings and customs, and information on Jewish practices from North Africa and the Middle East. We invite you to learn about Sephardic and Mizrahi Passover customs including the Bsisa and Seder Al-Tahwid rituals, the Bibhilu blessing, Sephardic piyutim and passover melodies, and of course Mimouna. We encourage you to dive into the teachings of Sephardic hakhamim (rabbis) and explore haggadot from around the world. In honor of our Sephardic and Mizrahi ancestors, and in full recognition and respect to the incredible

As part of our Voices of Jewish Refugees series, JIMENA's Director of Community Outreach, Matthew Nouriel, interviews Dr. Sharon Nazarian — President of the Y&S Nazarian Family Foundation and former Senior Vice President for International Affairs at the ADL. In this clip, Dr. Nazarian explores the Mizrahi perspective on Islamist ideology and the horseshoe theory as it relates to antisemitism.

At JIMENA, we are committed to educating and engaging a diversity of individuals and institutions on the legacies of Jews from the Middle East and North Africa while confronting the rising antisemitism we see today. From advocating for the recognition of Jewish refugees at the United Nations, to supporting students, educators, and activists, we’re ensuring that the history and contributions of Sephardic and Mizrahi Jews are not forgotten or erased. This year, JIMENA will publish critical research on Sephardic and Mizrahi Jewish Americans, expand our educational resources, and continue amplifying the stories and voices of our communities across diverse, multi-lingual

Last week, JIMENA concluded Mizrahi Heritage Month with the final installment of our Voices of Jewish Refugees series—a deeply moving conversation with Noam Safir,granddaughter of Israeli hostage Shlomo Mantzur. Noam shared Shlomo’s extraordinary journey: his childhood in Iraq, surviving the horrors of the Nazi-inspired Farhud pogrom, immigrating to Israel at 16, and co-founding Kibbutz Kissufim. She also revealed the powerful story of his wife, Mazal who fled Syria to Israel as a young woman. Together, they built a family, a community, and a legacy, only to have their lives torn apart when Shlomo was taken hostage by Hamas on October 7, 2023.

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In honor of the tenth anniversary of Israel's legislation designating November 30th as the National Day to Commemorate Jewish Refugees from North Africa and the Middle East, and the subsequent launch of JIMENA’s Mizrahi Heritage Month in the United States, JIMENA, The Consulate General of Israel to the Pacific Northwest, and The Consulate General of Israel to Los Angeles invite you to special commemoration programs with keynote speaker Fleur Hassan-Nahoum.