Podcasts
Explore JIMENA's collection of podcasts featuring engaging conversations, personal stories, and expert perspectives on Sephardic and Mizrahi Jewish history, culture, identity, and contemporary life. Through interviews, storytelling, and thought-provoking discussions, these episodes amplify diverse voices and illuminate the experiences, traditions, and contributions of Jewish communities from the Middle East and North Africa and their diasporas.
Podcasts
Episode 119: Erez Zobary Sings Her Yemenite Roots
A Toronto musician talks about how her Yemenite Jewish heritage shapes her music, recorded to open Mizrahi Heritage Month.
Episode 107: A Persian Family's Musical Legacy
Two sisters rediscover their grandfather's career as a celebrated singer in Iran's golden age and the family history behind it.
Episode 111: Ladino Makes a Comeback
A warm look at the people reviving Ladino, the Judeo Spanish language of Sephardic Jews, for a new generation.
Baghdad to the Andes: Live! With Jordan Salama and Samantha Ellis
Two writers discuss Judeo Iraqi Arabic, Syrian Jewish roots in Latin America, family archives and food in a lively live recording.
Storytelling and Embracing Identity: Sarah Sassoon
Australian Iraqi Jewish writer and educator Sarah Sassoon talks about storytelling and embracing her heritage.
Ashtidek: Preserving the beauty of Judeo Arabic, with Sarah Sassoon
Writer Sarah Sassoon shares the Baghdadi Judeo Arabic words and stories passed down in her Iraqi Jewish family.
Bukharian Jews: The Journey from Israel to Iran, and the Silk Road
An engaging introduction to the history, customs and cuisine of Bukharian Jews of Central Asia.
Jews & Muslims: Can the Abraham Accords Transcend History? Featuring Rabbi Dr. Elie Abadie
Rabbi Elie Abadie traces his family's Sephardic and Mizrahi history and describes Jewish life and Muslim Jewish relations in the Gulf today.
Robert Satloff
Historian Robert Satloff explores how the Holocaust reached North Africa and remembers the Arabs who helped save Jewish neighbors.
Vanessa Hidary
Spoken word poet Vanessa Hidary discusses her poem Hebrew Mamita and how she learned to push back against stereotypes about what Jews look like.