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Sephardi Voices UK Exhibit

 

June 7, 2017

Sephardi Voices: Jews from North Africa, the Middle East and Iran opened June 7th at the Jewish Museum of London to a rapt audience. CLICK HERE to read more and for more photos.

 

104 year-old interviewed

 

May 23, 2017

The Iraqi Jewish Voices Project photographs Meir Murad of Givataim, Israel, who at age 104 is the project’s oldest participant. CLICK HERE to read more and for more photos

 

Rediscovering Egyptian Jewish History

 

June 1, 2017 

Executive Director, Henry Green and Media Director, David Langer received special permission from the Jewish Community in Cairo to visit and photograph the magnificent Sha’ar Hashamayam Synagogue in Cairo. Built in 1899, it was the religious centre for the Sephardic Jewish community in Cairo.

Sephardi Voices Partners with Tel Aviv University

May 25, 2017
Sephardi Voices Executive Director, Dr. Henry Green and Professor Uzi Rabi, Director of Tel Aviv University’s Moshe Dayan Center, sign a partnership agreement to collect the stories of the last generation of Sephardi Jews from Islamic lands.

Sephardi Voices Holds Italian Production Workshops

February 10, 2017
 
Sephardi Voices Executive Director Henry Green and Media Director David Langer are in Italy holding production workshops at the American University of Rome. This is a pilot project to interview members of Libyan Jewish community in Italy. Rome is home to thousands of Libyan Jews who fled their country after the 1967 Arab-Israel war. CLICK HERE to watch the video.

Israel Launches $2.6m project to interview Jews displaced from Arab Lands

Haaretz, Dec. 13, 2016

The stories, heritage and history of Jews who immigrated to Israel from Arab lands will be documented as part of a new national project. Sephardi Voices will be recognized in this incredible initiative. Please CLICK HERE to read the full article in Haaretz.

Sephardi Voices and Jewish Refugee Day

November 30, 2016, By Lior Haiat and Henry Green

In recognition of Jewish Refugee Day [Yom Sephardi], the Miami Herald published an op-ed piece recognizing the importance of the plight of Jews from Arab lands. Please CLICK HERE for the full article.

Israel’s Consulate in Miami introduces Sephardi Voices

October 27, 2016

Consul General Lior Haiat presents Danny Ayalon and Sephardi Voices to a captivated audience in the Aventura district of Miami.

Sephardi Voices Co-hosts Event at University of Miami

Octover 26, 2016

Danny Ayalon, Israel’s former ambassador to the United States and Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, speaks on Religion, Human Rights and Refugees at the University of Miami. This special event is co-sponsored by Sephardi Voices, the Consulate General of Israel in Miami, and the University of Miami College of Arts & Sciences.

WATCH A VIDEO OF THE EVENT