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New Books in American StudiesAdam S. Ferziger. "Agents of Change: American Jews and the Transformation of Israeli Judaism" (NYU Press, 2025)In this episode Drora Arussy speaks with historian Adam S. Ferziger about his latest book, Agents of Change: American Jews and the Transformation of Israeli Judaism (New York University Press, 2025). Ferziger, a professor at Bar-Ilan University and one of the leading voices in the study of modern religious movements, offers a compelling exploration of the transnational interactions that have reshaped Israeli Judaism and redefined the contours of religious Zionism.
Agents of Change investigates how ideas, teachers, and institutions moved across the Atlantic between America and Israel, creating new hybrid forms of Jewish religious expression. Ferziger focuses on a group o...
2026-01-1257 min
New Books in Jewish StudiesAdam S. Ferziger. "Agents of Change: American Jews and the Transformation of Israeli Judaism" (NYU Press, 2025)In this episode Drora Arussy speaks with historian Adam S. Ferziger about his latest book, Agents of Change: American Jews and the Transformation of Israeli Judaism (New York University Press, 2025). Ferziger, a professor at Bar-Ilan University and one of the leading voices in the study of modern religious movements, offers a compelling exploration of the transnational interactions that have reshaped Israeli Judaism and redefined the contours of religious Zionism.
Agents of Change investigates how ideas, teachers, and institutions moved across the Atlantic between America and Israel, creating new hybrid forms of Jewish religious expression. Ferziger focuses on a group o...
2026-01-0457 min
New Books in ReligionAdam S. Ferziger. "Agents of Change: American Jews and the Transformation of Israeli Judaism" (NYU Press, 2025)In this episode Drora Arussy speaks with historian Adam S. Ferziger about his latest book, Agents of Change: American Jews and the Transformation of Israeli Judaism (New York University Press, 2025). Ferziger, a professor at Bar-Ilan University and one of the leading voices in the study of modern religious movements, offers a compelling exploration of the transnational interactions that have reshaped Israeli Judaism and redefined the contours of religious Zionism.
Agents of Change investigates how ideas, teachers, and institutions moved across the Atlantic between America and Israel, creating new hybrid forms of Jewish religious expression. Ferziger focuses on a group o...
2026-01-0457 min
New Books in Israel StudiesAdam S. Ferziger. "Agents of Change: American Jews and the Transformation of Israeli Judaism" (NYU Press, 2025)In this episode Drora Arussy speaks with historian Adam S. Ferziger about his latest book, Agents of Change: American Jews and the Transformation of Israeli Judaism (New York University Press, 2025). Ferziger, a professor at Bar-Ilan University and one of the leading voices in the study of modern religious movements, offers a compelling exploration of the transnational interactions that have reshaped Israeli Judaism and redefined the contours of religious Zionism.
Agents of Change investigates how ideas, teachers, and institutions moved across the Atlantic between America and Israel, creating new hybrid forms of Jewish religious expression. Ferziger focuses on a group o...
2026-01-0457 min
New Books NetworkAdam S. Ferziger. "Agents of Change: American Jews and the Transformation of Israeli Judaism" (NYU Press, 2025)In this episode Drora Arussy speaks with historian Adam S. Ferziger about his latest book, Agents of Change: American Jews and the Transformation of Israeli Judaism (New York University Press, 2025). Ferziger, a professor at Bar-Ilan University and one of the leading voices in the study of modern religious movements, offers a compelling exploration of the transnational interactions that have reshaped Israeli Judaism and redefined the contours of religious Zionism.
Agents of Change investigates how ideas, teachers, and institutions moved across the Atlantic between America and Israel, creating new hybrid forms of Jewish religious expression. Ferziger focuses on a group o...
2026-01-0457 min
The ABQ AccentABQ Accent | EP 38 - ABQ Volunteer ConnectionsValerie Greif, Foster & Community Engagement Coordinator, CABQ Animal Welfare Department Drora Shub, Manager of Volunteer Engagement, Explora Science Center and Children’s Museum Chaplain Ryan Wooley, Director of Chaplaincy & Volunteer Services, Lovelace Medical Center The Office of Civic Engagement hosted the 2nd Volunteer Fest at the ABQ Museum on October 24. As part of that event we hosted a live recording of the podcast which was a panel discussion on Volunteer Connections. Here you’ll hear from three outstanding, local volunteer coordinators who have a deep understanding of their volunteers and share more about the work itself...
2025-11-0435 min
New Books in Business, Management, and MarketingLior Arussy, "Dare to Author!: Take Charge of the Narrative of Your Life" (Greenleaf, 2024)In this episode Drora Arussy interviews her husband, Lior. As this book brings in personal accounts and builds on experiences, there was some banter and stories that normally do not come up in discussions like this. Lior Arussy’s latest book, Dare to Author! from Greenleaf book club press, 2024, is a call for people to write—and therefore own—their life’s story, even when events are unexpected and don’t always turn out the way we want. The book is a manifesto and a guide to converting life experiences into future strength, resilience, and development and, in the process...
2024-11-1131 min
Kol HasaftotDrora Shance - Ep12 דרורה שאנס מרדכי היא סבתא מיוחדת. אחרי שעברה בעצמה הרבה ניסים בחיים, היא החליטה לכתוב ספר שמלקט ניסים שקרו לאנשים מסביבה מתוך הבנה שההכרה בנס היא החשובה מהכל. רוב חייה עסקה בחינוך ובטיפול וכעת היא מטפלת בשיטת ה-NLP ועוזרת לרווקות שמחפשות זוגיות. כסבתא, דרורה נהנית לתת לנכדים את מלוא תשומת הלב שלה וגם סירים מלאים בכל טוב
2024-07-0859 min
The Nightingale of IranBonus #3 - Reclaiming IdentityDanielle and Galeet speak with Drora and Dalya on this episode of the Reclaiming Identity podcast. They discuss growing up un-Persian, discovering their family’s story, and the personal impact of The Nightingale of Iran podcast.
2024-05-0743 min
Reclaiming IdentityExploring the Jewish Story: Michel GordonDrora and Dalya talk to Michel Gordon about what it means to him to be part of the Jewish story and his travels to find out more about the greater Jewish world.Michel Gordon is a Brazilian photographer who has traveled several times to Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia, searching for Jewish heritage in those places. He published his first book about Jews in Islam in 2009 (in Brazil) and the last one in 2023 (in the Netherlands).Between these works, he published a book about his perspective as...
2024-05-0244 min
Reclaiming IdentityRemembering Libya: Professor Yitzchak SabbanDrora is joined by Professor Yitzchak Sabban to discuss growing up in Libya, living in Israel and coming to the US.For more about Jewish Unity Through Diversity: https://www.unitytdiversity.com/Donate to support this and other JUTD projects: http://tinyurl.com/JUniTDiDonateAbout the Podcast:Producer: Moshe SingerExecutive producers: Drora Arussy and Dalya Arussy Di VeroliIntro music by Vanessa Paloma
2024-04-1435 min
Reclaiming IdentityStorytelling and Embracing Identity: Sarah SassoonDalya and Drora speak with Sarah Sassoon, an author and educator about her Iraqi heritage and discovering her family history through her writing.Sarah Sassoon is an Australian, Iraqi Jewish writer, poet and educator. She is the author of the award winning children’s picture book Shoham’s Bangle and online poetry chapbook This is Why We Don’t Look Back. She is a Pushcart Prize nominee and her work has appeared in Michigan Quarterly Review, Lilith, MER, Ruminate and elsewhere. Her forthcoming picture book This is Not a Cholent is forthcoming in 2024 with Kar-Ben Publishing.Sara...
2024-04-0834 min
Reclaiming IdentityFrom Un-Persian to Persian Discovery: Danielle and GaleetDrora and Dalya speak with Danielle and Galeet Dardashti about growing up un-Persian, discovering their family's story and the personal impact of their new podcast, The Nightingale of Iran.For more about Danielle and Galeet's podcast, The Nightingale of Iran: https://www.nightingaleofiran.com/For more on Galeet's album, Monajat: https://www.galeetdardashti.com/monajatDanielle Dardashti is an Emmy award-winning documentary writer/producer, a former on-air TV news reporter, and a storySLAM champion who has been featured on NPR’s Moth Radio Hour. She is the co-author of the Jewish Family Fun Bo...
2024-03-1343 min
Reclaiming IdentityConnecting Across Oceans: Dóra and SebastianDrora and Dalya speak with Dóra and Sebastian, co-founders of Qesher. We talk to them about where they grew up, how they got to starting their enlightening initiative and what they've learned along the way, about other Jewish communities and about themselves!Dóra Koranyi is a psychologist and tour guide in the Jewish quarter of Budapest. After completing her studies in Israel, Dóra returned to Hungary where she worked actively in different Jewish organizations and also took an active role in a grassroots, egalitarian Jewish community.Originally from Venezuela, Sebastian Mizrahi has liv...
2024-03-0731 min
New Books in Middle Eastern StudiesUri Kaufman, "Eighteen Days in October: The Yom Kippur War and How It Created the Modern Middle East" (St. Martin's Press, 2023)October 2023 marks the 50th anniversary of the Yom Kippur War, a conflict that shaped the modern Middle East. The War was a trauma for Israel, a dangerous superpower showdown, and, following the oil embargo, a pivotal reordering of the global economic order. The Jewish State came shockingly close to defeat. A panicky cabinet meeting debated the use of nuclear weapons. After the war, Prime Minister Golda Meir resigned in disgrace, and a 9/11-style commission investigated the "debacle."But, argues Uri Kaufman in Eighteen Days in October: The Yom Kippur War and How It Created the Modern Middle E...
2024-01-1557 min
New Books in Diplomatic HistoryUri Kaufman, "Eighteen Days in October: The Yom Kippur War and How It Created the Modern Middle East" (St. Martin's Press, 2023)October 2023 marks the 50th anniversary of the Yom Kippur War, a conflict that shaped the modern Middle East. The War was a trauma for Israel, a dangerous superpower showdown, and, following the oil embargo, a pivotal reordering of the global economic order. The Jewish State came shockingly close to defeat. A panicky cabinet meeting debated the use of nuclear weapons. After the war, Prime Minister Golda Meir resigned in disgrace, and a 9/11-style commission investigated the "debacle."But, argues Uri Kaufman in Eighteen Days in October: The Yom Kippur War and How It Created the Modern Middle E...
2024-01-1557 min
New Books in World AffairsUri Kaufman, "Eighteen Days in October: The Yom Kippur War and How It Created the Modern Middle East" (St. Martin's Press, 2023)October 2023 marks the 50th anniversary of the Yom Kippur War, a conflict that shaped the modern Middle East. The War was a trauma for Israel, a dangerous superpower showdown, and, following the oil embargo, a pivotal reordering of the global economic order. The Jewish State came shockingly close to defeat. A panicky cabinet meeting debated the use of nuclear weapons. After the war, Prime Minister Golda Meir resigned in disgrace, and a 9/11-style commission investigated the "debacle."But, argues Uri Kaufman in Eighteen Days in October: The Yom Kippur War and How It Created the Modern Middle E...
2024-01-1557 minNew Books in Jewish StudiesUri Kaufman, "Eighteen Days in October: The Yom Kippur War and How It Created the Modern Middle East" (St. Martin's Press, 2023)October 2023 marks the 50th anniversary of the Yom Kippur War, a conflict that shaped the modern Middle East. The War was a trauma for Israel, a dangerous superpower showdown, and, following the oil embargo, a pivotal reordering of the global economic order. The Jewish State came shockingly close to defeat. A panicky cabinet meeting debated the use of nuclear weapons. After the war, Prime Minister Golda Meir resigned in disgrace, and a 9/11-style commission investigated the "debacle."But, argues Uri Kaufman in Eighteen Days in October: The Yom Kippur War and How It Created the Modern Middle E...
2024-01-1557 min
New Books in Military HistoryUri Kaufman, "Eighteen Days in October: The Yom Kippur War and How It Created the Modern Middle East" (St. Martin's Press, 2023)October 2023 marks the 50th anniversary of the Yom Kippur War, a conflict that shaped the modern Middle East. The War was a trauma for Israel, a dangerous superpower showdown, and, following the oil embargo, a pivotal reordering of the global economic order. The Jewish State came shockingly close to defeat. A panicky cabinet meeting debated the use of nuclear weapons. After the war, Prime Minister Golda Meir resigned in disgrace, and a 9/11-style commission investigated the "debacle."But, argues Uri Kaufman in Eighteen Days in October: The Yom Kippur War and How It Created the Modern Middle E...
2024-01-1557 minNew Books in Israel StudiesUri Kaufman, "Eighteen Days in October: The Yom Kippur War and How It Created the Modern Middle East" (St. Martin's Press, 2023)October 2023 marks the 50th anniversary of the Yom Kippur War, a conflict that shaped the modern Middle East. The War was a trauma for Israel, a dangerous superpower showdown, and, following the oil embargo, a pivotal reordering of the global economic order. The Jewish State came shockingly close to defeat. A panicky cabinet meeting debated the use of nuclear weapons. After the war, Prime Minister Golda Meir resigned in disgrace, and a 9/11-style commission investigated the "debacle."But, argues Uri Kaufman in Eighteen Days in October: The Yom Kippur War and How It Created the Modern Middle E...
2024-01-1557 minNew Books in Military HistoryBryan Mark Rigg, "The Rabbi Saved by Hitler's Soldiers: Rebbe Joseph Isaac Schneersohn and His Astonishing Rescue" (UP of Kansas, 2016)When Hitler invaded Warsaw in the fall of 1939, hundreds of thousands of civilians were trapped in the besieged city. The Rebbe Joseph Schneersohn, the leader of the ultra-orthodox Lubavitcher Jews, was among them. When word of his plight went out, a group of American Jews initiated what would ultimately become one of the strangest—and most miraculous—rescues of World War II. And this is the incredible but true story that Bryan Mark Rigg tells in The Rabbi Saved by Hitler's Soldiers: Rebbe Joseph Isaac Schneersohn and His Astonishing Rescue (UP of Kansas, 2016).Amid the chaos and hell o...
2024-01-0755 minNew Books in Jewish StudiesBryan Mark Rigg, "The Rabbi Saved by Hitler's Soldiers: Rebbe Joseph Isaac Schneersohn and His Astonishing Rescue" (UP of Kansas, 2016)When Hitler invaded Warsaw in the fall of 1939, hundreds of thousands of civilians were trapped in the besieged city. The Rebbe Joseph Schneersohn, the leader of the ultra-orthodox Lubavitcher Jews, was among them. When word of his plight went out, a group of American Jews initiated what would ultimately become one of the strangest—and most miraculous—rescues of World War II. And this is the incredible but true story that Bryan Mark Rigg tells in The Rabbi Saved by Hitler's Soldiers: Rebbe Joseph Isaac Schneersohn and His Astonishing Rescue (UP of Kansas, 2016).Amid the chaos and hell o...
2024-01-0755 min
New Books in German StudiesBryan Mark Rigg, "The Rabbi Saved by Hitler's Soldiers: Rebbe Joseph Isaac Schneersohn and His Astonishing Rescue" (UP of Kansas, 2016)When Hitler invaded Warsaw in the fall of 1939, hundreds of thousands of civilians were trapped in the besieged city. The Rebbe Joseph Schneersohn, the leader of the ultra-orthodox Lubavitcher Jews, was among them. When word of his plight went out, a group of American Jews initiated what would ultimately become one of the strangest—and most miraculous—rescues of World War II. And this is the incredible but true story that Bryan Mark Rigg tells in The Rabbi Saved by Hitler's Soldiers: Rebbe Joseph Isaac Schneersohn and His Astonishing Rescue (UP of Kansas, 2016).Amid the chaos and hell o...
2024-01-0751 min
New Books in Genocide StudiesBryan Mark Rigg, "The Rabbi Saved by Hitler's Soldiers: Rebbe Joseph Isaac Schneersohn and His Astonishing Rescue" (UP of Kansas, 2016)When Hitler invaded Warsaw in the fall of 1939, hundreds of thousands of civilians were trapped in the besieged city. The Rebbe Joseph Schneersohn, the leader of the ultra-orthodox Lubavitcher Jews, was among them. When word of his plight went out, a group of American Jews initiated what would ultimately become one of the strangest—and most miraculous—rescues of World War II. And this is the incredible but true story that Bryan Mark Rigg tells in The Rabbi Saved by Hitler's Soldiers: Rebbe Joseph Isaac Schneersohn and His Astonishing Rescue (UP of Kansas, 2016).Amid the chaos and hell o...
2024-01-0755 min
New Books in Eastern European StudiesBryan Mark Rigg, "The Rabbi Saved by Hitler's Soldiers: Rebbe Joseph Isaac Schneersohn and His Astonishing Rescue" (UP of Kansas, 2016)When Hitler invaded Warsaw in the fall of 1939, hundreds of thousands of civilians were trapped in the besieged city. The Rebbe Joseph Schneersohn, the leader of the ultra-orthodox Lubavitcher Jews, was among them. When word of his plight went out, a group of American Jews initiated what would ultimately become one of the strangest—and most miraculous—rescues of World War II. And this is the incredible but true story that Bryan Mark Rigg tells in The Rabbi Saved by Hitler's Soldiers: Rebbe Joseph Isaac Schneersohn and His Astonishing Rescue (UP of Kansas, 2016).Amid the chaos and hell o...
2024-01-0755 min
Reclaiming IdentityFrom Ethiopia to Tsion Cafe: Chef BeejhyDrora speaks with Beejhy about arriving and growing up in Israel, becoming a wandering Jew, and finding her home in an Ethiopian-Israeli cafe in Harlem.Beejhy is an Ethiopian-born and Israeli-raised chef and activist who has called Harlem home for the past 20 years. She's a proud Ethiopian, a proud Jew, and a proud black woman. She is also the founder of BINA, Beta Israel of North American Cultural Foundation. She now celebrates her vast heritage through the food and events at Tsion Cafe https://www.tsioncafe.com/For more about Jewish Unity...
2023-12-1732 minNew Books in Middle Eastern StudiesAbdul Galil Shaif, "South Yemen: Gateway to the World?" (Authorhouse UK, 2022)Abdul Galil Shaif's book South Yemen: Gateway to the World? (Authorhouse UK, 2022) tells the story of South Yemen. The book traces the history of the country from the struggle for independence from the British which was gained in 1967. The first part provides an insight into the Peoples Democratic Republic of Yemen, the first and only socialist state in the Arab world its achievements - the emancipation of women, redistribution of land to the people, an impressive mass literacy programme - and its demise due to internecine struggles in the Yemeni Socialist Party. In 1990 South and North Yemen united but th...
2023-12-1245 min
New Books in the Indian Ocean WorldAbdul Galil Shaif, "South Yemen: Gateway to the World?" (Authorhouse UK, 2022)Abdul Galil Shaif's book South Yemen: Gateway to the World? (Authorhouse UK, 2022) tells the story of South Yemen. The book traces the history of the country from the struggle for independence from the British which was gained in 1967. The first part provides an insight into the Peoples Democratic Republic of Yemen, the first and only socialist state in the Arab world its achievements - the emancipation of women, redistribution of land to the people, an impressive mass literacy programme - and its demise due to internecine struggles in the Yemeni Socialist Party. In 1990 South and North Yemen united but th...
2023-12-1245 minNew Books in Jewish StudiesSasha Goldstein-Sabbah et al., "Life & Legacy: A Window into Jewish Life Across the Islamic World" (U Groningen Press, 2023)Through stunning images, maps and insightful commentary, Life & Legacy: A Window into Jewish Life Across the Islamic World (U Groningen Press, 2023) offers a glimpse into the diversity, historical legacy, and rich culture of Jewish communities within the Muslim world. From the growing Jewish community of Dubai to ancient synagogues and shrines, these photographs capture the beauty and complexity of Jewish life around North Africa, the Middle East, and Central Asia. Above all, this photographic book serves as a reminder of the enduring spirit of the Jewish people and the diversity of lived experiences within Islamic societies.This vo...
2023-12-0850 min
New Books in Central Asian StudiesSasha Goldstein-Sabbah et al., "Life & Legacy: A Window into Jewish Life Across the Islamic World" (U Groningen Press, 2023)Through stunning images, maps and insightful commentary, Life & Legacy: A Window into Jewish Life Across the Islamic World (U Groningen Press, 2023) offers a glimpse into the diversity, historical legacy, and rich culture of Jewish communities within the Muslim world. From the growing Jewish community of Dubai to ancient synagogues and shrines, these photographs capture the beauty and complexity of Jewish life around North Africa, the Middle East, and Central Asia. Above all, this photographic book serves as a reminder of the enduring spirit of the Jewish people and the diversity of lived experiences within Islamic societies.This vo...
2023-12-0850 minNew Books in Middle Eastern StudiesSasha Goldstein-Sabbah et al., "Life & Legacy: A Window into Jewish Life Across the Islamic World" (U Groningen Press, 2023)Through stunning images, maps and insightful commentary, Life & Legacy: A Window into Jewish Life Across the Islamic World (U Groningen Press, 2023) offers a glimpse into the diversity, historical legacy, and rich culture of Jewish communities within the Muslim world. From the growing Jewish community of Dubai to ancient synagogues and shrines, these photographs capture the beauty and complexity of Jewish life around North Africa, the Middle East, and Central Asia. Above all, this photographic book serves as a reminder of the enduring spirit of the Jewish people and the diversity of lived experiences within Islamic societies.This vo...
2023-12-0850 min
Reclaiming IdentityBringing My Ladino Home to Readers: Roz KohenRoz Kohen was born and raised in İstanbul, Türkiye. She attended the Jewish Lycée, B'nai B'rith in the Galata region and graduated from the American College for Girls in İstanbul. She has a graduate degree in Library Science. She retired recently after working as manager of one of St. Louis County Library branches in St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.A.Roz shares with us her life growing up in Istanbul, making her way to Israel and then the US, finding out along the way what it means to be "Sephardic."
2023-09-2040 min
Reclaiming IdentityFrom Uzbekistan to the US and Back: Manashe KhaimovManashe Khaimov is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of SAMi which focuses on the Leadership Development of under-served Jewish communities on college campuses and in their communities in North America. Manashe is a fourth-generation community organizer, serial entrepreneur, and social innovator who builds and consults organizations on Jewish diversity. Manashe is an Adjunct Professor in Jewish Studies, with a specialty in the History and Culture of the Central Asian Jews at Queens College. In his previous role as a Director of Community Engagement and Development at Queens College Hillel, he focused on creating Sepharadi and Mizrahi Leadership at...
2023-09-1249 min
Reclaiming IdentityCarrying Ladino from Izmir to the US: Rachel Amado BortnickRachel Amado Bortnick is a Sephardic Jew, a Ladino speaker, born and raised in Izmir, Turkey. She came to the United States in 1958 on a scholarship from Lindenwood University in Missouri, from which she received a BA in Chemistry. Now, Rachel resides in Dallas, and is retired after teaching ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) for 35 years. For many years Rachel has been active in the preservation and promotion of Judeo-Spanish language and culture. In the San Francisco Bay Area she founded and was president of Los Amigos Sefaradis. She is featured in the documentary film, "Trees Cry for...
2023-09-0556 min
Exchanges: A Cambridge UP PodcastNicholas W. S. Smith, "Colonial Chaos in the Southern Red Sea" (Cambridge UP, 2021)Today, the countries bordering the Red Sea are riven with instability. Why are the region's contemporary problems so persistent and interlinked? Through the stories of three compelling characters, Colonial Chaos in the Southern Red Sea (Cambridge UP, 2021) sheds light on the unfurling of anarchy and violence during the colonial era. A noble Somali sultan, a cunning Yemeni militia leader, and a Machiavellian French merchant ran amok in the southern Red Sea in the nineteenth and twentieth century. In response to colonial hostility and gunboat diplomacy, they attacked shipwrecks, launched piratical attacks, and traded arms, slaves, and drugs. Their actions co...
2023-06-1255 minNew Books in Middle Eastern StudiesNicholas W. S. Smith, "Colonial Chaos in the Southern Red Sea" (Cambridge UP, 2021)Today, the countries bordering the Red Sea are riven with instability. Why are the region's contemporary problems so persistent and interlinked? Through the stories of three compelling characters, Colonial Chaos in the Southern Red Sea (Cambridge UP, 2021) sheds light on the unfurling of anarchy and violence during the colonial era. A noble Somali sultan, a cunning Yemeni militia leader, and a Machiavellian French merchant ran amok in the southern Red Sea in the nineteenth and twentieth century. In response to colonial hostility and gunboat diplomacy, they attacked shipwrecks, launched piratical attacks, and traded arms, slaves, and drugs. Their actions co...
2023-06-1255 minNew Books in Military HistoryNicholas W. S. Smith, "Colonial Chaos in the Southern Red Sea" (Cambridge UP, 2021)Today, the countries bordering the Red Sea are riven with instability. Why are the region's contemporary problems so persistent and interlinked? Through the stories of three compelling characters, Colonial Chaos in the Southern Red Sea (Cambridge UP, 2021) sheds light on the unfurling of anarchy and violence during the colonial era. A noble Somali sultan, a cunning Yemeni militia leader, and a Machiavellian French merchant ran amok in the southern Red Sea in the nineteenth and twentieth century. In response to colonial hostility and gunboat diplomacy, they attacked shipwrecks, launched piratical attacks, and traded arms, slaves, and drugs. Their actions co...
2023-06-1255 minNew Books in Diplomatic HistoryNicholas W. S. Smith, "Colonial Chaos in the Southern Red Sea" (Cambridge UP, 2021)Today, the countries bordering the Red Sea are riven with instability. Why are the region's contemporary problems so persistent and interlinked? Through the stories of three compelling characters, Colonial Chaos in the Southern Red Sea (Cambridge UP, 2021) sheds light on the unfurling of anarchy and violence during the colonial era. A noble Somali sultan, a cunning Yemeni militia leader, and a Machiavellian French merchant ran amok in the southern Red Sea in the nineteenth and twentieth century. In response to colonial hostility and gunboat diplomacy, they attacked shipwrecks, launched piratical attacks, and traded arms, slaves, and drugs. Their actions co...
2023-06-1255 minNew Books in the Indian Ocean WorldNicholas W. S. Smith, "Colonial Chaos in the Southern Red Sea" (Cambridge UP, 2021)Today, the countries bordering the Red Sea are riven with instability. Why are the region's contemporary problems so persistent and interlinked? Through the stories of three compelling characters, Colonial Chaos in the Southern Red Sea (Cambridge UP, 2021) sheds light on the unfurling of anarchy and violence during the colonial era. A noble Somali sultan, a cunning Yemeni militia leader, and a Machiavellian French merchant ran amok in the southern Red Sea in the nineteenth and twentieth century. In response to colonial hostility and gunboat diplomacy, they attacked shipwrecks, launched piratical attacks, and traded arms, slaves, and drugs. Their actions co...
2023-06-1255 min
Music, Book & Beyond特拉維夫．木笛紀事04｜以色列特拉維夫國際木笛大賽的車尾燈｜Tel Aviv Records 04讀書共和國podcast 特拉維夫．木笛紀事 Tel Aviv Records 04｜ 看見以色列特拉維夫國際木笛大賽的車尾燈 主持／吳家恆 來賓／陳孟亨（清大音樂系副教授） 播出日期 2023/6/1 Thu 本節目由數位傳聲製作 Copyright © 2023 Echo Digital 合作、節目建議歡迎來信：echodigital2022@gmail.com 也歡迎小額贊助支持本節目，讓講者與出版社得到實質回饋，製作單位也有資源推出更多節目： https://open.firstory.me/user/cl6aqx0u8045801sb731bcdqi 2022年12月，清大木笛樂團和新竹國高中團隊在陳孟亨教授的率領下遠赴以色列特拉維夫，參加第5屆國際木笛音樂節和競賽，表現突出，是參賽20個國家中奪牌最多的團隊。 數位傳聲策畫了「台北－特拉維夫．木笛紀事」，4月15日在郭怡美書店舉辦了一整天的活動，由陳孟亨教授與清大木笛樂團負責，有快閃演出、工作坊、演講與兩場音樂會。這個專輯是當天下午由陳孟亨教授主講的「我從特拉維夫國際木笛大賽學到的事情」。 陳孟亨老師娓娓道出她多次參加特拉維夫國際木笛競賽的觀察與體驗，經過前面幾集的內容，聽眾也會對這個比賽有更多的認識，知道這個比賽成功的條件：這個比賽有一個非常投入、人脈廣的策劃者Drora Bruck，她邀集國際好手擔任評審、上大師班、開音樂會，並邀請以色列作曲家提供豐富的曲目，給各組參賽者當作指定曲。這項比賽也得到特拉維夫音樂院在行政上的支持，才能讓這個比賽在國際樂壇的地位越來越重要。 特拉維夫．木笛紀事 03｜陳孟亨教授分享在木笛國際大賽的選曲眉角 https://open.firstory.me/story/clibwqmq901gq01v70aao06nq 台灣木笛樂團以色列音樂節放異彩 奪牌數居冠 https://www.cna.com.tw/news/acul/202212240018.aspx 陳孟亨 2010年取得美國波士頓大學音樂藝術博士學位，主修古樂演奏，樂器為木笛，在校期間榮獲優異學生表現獎(Student Presentation Honor Award)。取得博士學位回台灣後，致力於木笛的系統化教學與專業化，並積極將台灣的木笛推向國際：自2005年起多次率團參加全日本木笛大賽榮獲「金賞獎」；2013年帶團前往韓國參加春川木笛大賽，榮獲「指導者大賞」。 曾多次前往比利時、荷蘭、德國、以色列、大陸、韓國、日本、香港等地演出與講習，並與多位世界知名演奏家合作演出，如Maurice Steger、Drora Bruck、 Aldo Abreu、Erik Bosgraaf、Matthias Maute、Flanders Recorder Quartet等，並於2017年榮獲「德國國際巴洛克音樂節」室內樂比賽第三名。 此外也受邀擔任韓國春川木笛大賽、以色列特拉維夫國際木笛大賽、德國諾德霍恩木笛大賽等國內外木笛大賽評審。 2021年以【非洲狂想】專輯入圍第32屆傳統藝術金曲獎最佳藝術音樂專輯獎，並獲頒波士頓大學古樂系傑出校友。 陳孟亨在教學上也有優異表現；於2018年獲得清華大學校傑出教學獎及藝術學院傑出優良教師，2019年獲得107學年度清華大學音樂系傑出導師，2022年再獲藝術學院傑出教學獎。 現為國立清華大學音樂系副教授，並擔任東方巴洛克樂團、新竹直笛合奏團和高雄直笛合奏團藝術總監。 5th International Tel Aviv Recorder Festival & Competition https://telavivrecorderfes.wixsite.com/tarf 小額贊助支持本節目： https://open.firstory.me/user/cl6aqx0u8045801sb731bcdqi 留言告訴我你對這一集的想法： https://open.firstory.me/user/cl6aqx0u8045801sb731bcdqi/comments Powered by Firstory Hosting
2023-06-0109 minMusic, Book & Beyond特拉維夫．木笛紀事03｜陳孟亨教授分享在木笛國際大賽的選曲眉角｜Tel Aviv Records 03讀書共和國podcast 特拉維夫．木笛紀事 Tel Aviv Records 03 陳孟亨教授分享在木笛國際大賽的選曲眉角 主持／吳家恆 來賓／陳孟亨（清大音樂系副教授） 播出日期 2023/5/31 Wed 本節目由數位傳聲製作 Copyright © 2023 Echo Digital 合作、節目建議歡迎來信：echodigital2022@gmail.com 也歡迎小額贊助支持本節目，讓講者與出版社得到實質回饋，製作單位也有資源推出更多節目： https://open.firstory.me/user/cl6aqx0u8045801sb731bcdqi 2022年12月，清大木笛樂團和新竹國高中團隊在陳孟亨教授的率領下遠赴以色列特拉維夫，參加第5屆國際木笛音樂節和競賽，表現突出，是參賽20個國家中奪牌最多的團隊。 數位傳聲策畫了「台北－特拉維夫．木笛紀事」，4月15日在郭怡美書店舉辦了一整天的活動，由陳孟亨教授與清大木笛樂團負責，有快閃演出、工作坊、演講與兩場音樂會。本集節目是當天下午由陳孟亨教授主講的「我從特拉維夫國際木笛大賽學到的事情」。 參加比賽，輸贏當然很重要，但更重要的是從比賽的過程中去檢查自己、調校自己。臺灣的教育重背誦，專業音樂也重技巧，但是如果要在國際賽事脫穎而出，更需要提出自己的見解、磨練自己的表現力。在這一集中，陳老師還分享了選曲的一些眉角。 01｜以色列特拉維夫國際木笛大賽是怎麼崛起的？ https://open.firstory.me/story/cliab1i7i00iq01q6a1wy2znu 台灣木笛樂團以色列音樂節放異彩 奪牌數居冠 https://www.cna.com.tw/news/acul/202212240018.aspx 陳孟亨 2010年取得美國波士頓大學音樂藝術博士學位，主修古樂演奏，樂器為木笛，在校期間榮獲優異學生表現獎(Student Presentation Honor Award)。取得博士學位回台灣後，致力於木笛的系統化教學與專業化，並積極將台灣的木笛推向國際：自2005年起多次率團參加全日本木笛大賽榮獲「金賞獎」；2013年帶團前往韓國參加春川木笛大賽，榮獲「指導者大賞」。 曾多次前往比利時、荷蘭、德國、以色列、大陸、韓國、日本、香港等地演出與講習，並與多位世界知名演奏家合作演出，如Maurice Steger、Drora Bruck、 Aldo Abreu、Erik Bosgraaf、Matthias Maute、Flanders Recorder Quartet等，並於2017年榮獲「德國國際巴洛克音樂節」室內樂比賽第三名。 此外也受邀擔任韓國春川木笛大賽、以色列特拉維夫國際木笛大賽、德國諾德霍恩木笛大賽等國內外木笛大賽評審。 2021年以【非洲狂想】專輯入圍第32屆傳統藝術金曲獎最佳藝術音樂專輯獎，並獲頒波士頓大學古樂系傑出校友。 陳孟亨在教學上也有優異表現；於2018年獲得清華大學校傑出教學獎及藝術學院傑出優良教師，2019年獲得107學年度清華大學音樂系傑出導師，2022年再獲藝術學院傑出教學獎。 現為國立清華大學音樂系副教授，並擔任東方巴洛克樂團、新竹直笛合奏團和高雄直笛合奏團藝術總監。 5th International Tel Aviv Recorder Festival & Competition https://telavivrecorderfes.wixsite.com/tarf 小額贊助支持本節目： https://open.firstory.me/user/cl6aqx0u8045801sb731bcdqi 留言告訴我你對這一集的想法： https://open.firstory.me/user/cl6aqx0u8045801sb731bcdqi/comments Powered by Firstory Hosting
2023-05-3109 minMusic, Book & Beyond特拉維夫．木笛紀事02｜我在特拉維夫國際木笛大賽所感受到的衝擊｜Tel Aviv Records 02讀書共和國podcast 特拉維夫．木笛紀事 Tel Aviv Records 02 我在特拉維夫國際木笛大賽所感受到的衝擊 主持／吳家恆 來賓／陳孟亨（清大音樂系副教授） 播出日期 2023/5/30 Tue 本節目由數位傳聲製作 Copyright © 2023 Echo Digital 合作、節目建議歡迎來信：echodigital2022@gmail.com 也歡迎小額贊助支持本節目，讓講者與出版社得到實質回饋，製作單位也有資源推出更多節目： https://open.firstory.me/user/cl6aqx0u8045801sb731bcdqi 2022年12月，清大木笛樂團和新竹國高中團隊在陳孟亨教授的率領下遠赴以色列特拉維夫，參加第5屆國際木笛音樂節和競賽，表現突出，是參賽20個國家中奪牌最多的團隊。 數位傳聲策畫了「台北－特拉維夫．木笛紀事」，4月15日在郭怡美書店舉辦了一整天的活動，由陳孟亨教授與清大木笛樂團負責，有快閃演出、工作坊、演講與兩場音樂會。本集節目是當天下午由陳孟亨教授主講的「我從特拉維夫國際木笛大賽學到的事情」。 陳老師在第一集介紹了特拉維夫國際木笛競賽的概況，這一集，陳教授繼續談到實際參加比賽所感受到的差異、甚至是文化衝擊。舉例來說，在臺灣的音樂比賽，參賽的孩子以練得滾瓜爛熟、不吹錯一個音為目標，但是陳老師在以色列看到的是年輕的孩子甚至是把舞台當成遊樂場般，在台上跑來跑去，台下的評審和聽眾也感受到這個孩子對音樂的喜愛。 01｜以色列特拉維夫國際木笛大賽是怎麼崛起的？ https://open.firstory.me/story/cliab1i7i00iq01q6a1wy2znu 台灣木笛樂團以色列音樂節放異彩 奪牌數居冠 https://www.cna.com.tw/news/acul/202212240018.aspx 陳孟亨 2010年取得美國波士頓大學音樂藝術博士學位，主修古樂演奏，樂器為木笛，在校期間榮獲優異學生表現獎(Student Presentation Honor Award)。取得博士學位回台灣後，致力於木笛的系統化教學與專業化，並積極將台灣的木笛推向國際：自2005年起多次率團參加全日本木笛大賽榮獲「金賞獎」；2013年帶團前往韓國參加春川木笛大賽，榮獲「指導者大賞」。 曾多次前往比利時、荷蘭、德國、以色列、大陸、韓國、日本、香港等地演出與講習，並與多位世界知名演奏家合作演出，如Maurice Steger、Drora Bruck、 Aldo Abreu、Erik Bosgraaf、Matthias Maute、Flanders Recorder Quartet等，並於2017年榮獲「德國國際巴洛克音樂節」室內樂比賽第三名。 此外也受邀擔任韓國春川木笛大賽、以色列特拉維夫國際木笛大賽、德國諾德霍恩木笛大賽等國內外木笛大賽評審。 2021年以【非洲狂想】專輯入圍第32屆傳統藝術金曲獎最佳藝術音樂專輯獎，並獲頒波士頓大學古樂系傑出校友。 陳孟亨在教學上也有優異表現；於2018年獲得清華大學校傑出教學獎及藝術學院傑出優良教師，2019年獲得107學年度清華大學音樂系傑出導師，2022年再獲藝術學院傑出教學獎。 現為國立清華大學音樂系副教授，並擔任東方巴洛克樂團、新竹直笛合奏團和高雄直笛合奏團藝術總監。 5th International Tel Aviv Recorder Festival & Competition https://telavivrecorderfes.wixsite.com/tarf 小額贊助支持本節目： https://open.firstory.me/user/cl6aqx0u8045801sb731bcdqi 留言告訴我你對這一集的想法： https://open.firstory.me/user/cl6aqx0u8045801sb731bcdqi/comments Powered by Firstory Hosting
2023-05-3107 minMusic, Book & Beyond特拉維夫．木笛紀事01｜以色列特拉維夫國際木笛大賽是怎麼崛起的？｜Tel Aviv Records 01讀書共和國podcast 特拉維夫．木笛紀事 Tel Aviv Records 01｜ 以色列特拉維夫國際木笛大賽是怎麼崛起的？ 主持／吳家恆 來賓／陳孟亨（清大音樂系副教授） 播出日期 2023/5/29 Mon 本節目由數位傳聲製作 Copyright © 2023 Echo Digital 合作、節目建議歡迎來信：echodigital2022@gmail.com 也歡迎小額贊助支持本節目，讓講者與出版社得到實質回饋，製作單位也有資源推出更多節目： https://open.firstory.me/user/cl6aqx0u8045801sb731bcdqi 2022年12月，清大木笛樂團和新竹國高中團隊在陳孟亨教授的率領下遠赴以色列特拉維夫，參加第5屆國際木笛音樂節和競賽，表現突出，是參賽20個國家中奪牌最多的團隊。 於是，數位傳聲策畫了「台北－特拉維夫．木笛紀事」，4月15日在郭怡美書店舉辦了一整天的活動，由陳孟亨教授與清大木笛樂團負責，有快閃演出、工作坊、演講與兩場音樂會。這個節目是當天下午由陳孟亨教授主講的「我從特拉維夫國際木笛大賽學到的事情」。 2018年，特拉維夫國際木笛競賽首次舉辦，陳教授就受邀參加，因此，她對這個比賽有長時間、近距離的觀察。不管聽眾是否從事音樂工作，她在節目中分享的內容都值得一聽。 台灣木笛樂團以色列音樂節放異彩 奪牌數居冠 https://www.cna.com.tw/news/acul/202212240018.aspx 陳孟亨 2010年取得美國波士頓大學音樂藝術博士學位，主修古樂演奏，樂器為木笛，在校期間榮獲優異學生表現獎(Student Presentation Honor Award)。取得博士學位回台灣後，致力於木笛的系統化教學與專業化，並積極將台灣的木笛推向國際：自2005年起多次率團參加全日本木笛大賽榮獲「金賞獎」；2013年帶團前往韓國參加春川木笛大賽，榮獲「指導者大賞」。 曾多次前往比利時、荷蘭、德國、以色列、大陸、韓國、日本、香港等地演出與講習，並與多位世界知名演奏家合作演出，如Maurice Steger、Drora Bruck、 Aldo Abreu、Erik Bosgraaf、Matthias Maute、Flanders Recorder Quartet等，並於2017年榮獲「德國國際巴洛克音樂節」室內樂比賽第三名。 此外也受邀擔任韓國春川木笛大賽、以色列特拉維夫國際木笛大賽、德國諾德霍恩木笛大賽等國內外木笛大賽評審。 2021年以【非洲狂想】專輯入圍第32屆傳統藝術金曲獎最佳藝術音樂專輯獎，並獲頒波士頓大學古樂系傑出校友。 陳孟亨在教學上也有優異表現；於2018年獲得清華大學校傑出教學獎及藝術學院傑出優良教師，2019年獲得107學年度清華大學音樂系傑出導師，2022年再獲藝術學院傑出教學獎。 現為國立清華大學音樂系副教授，並擔任東方巴洛克樂團、新竹直笛合奏團和高雄直笛合奏團藝術總監。 5th International Tel Aviv Recorder Festival & Competition https://telavivrecorderfes.wixsite.com/tarf 小額贊助支持本節目： https://open.firstory.me/user/cl6aqx0u8045801sb731bcdqi 留言告訴我你對這一集的想法： https://open.firstory.me/user/cl6aqx0u8045801sb731bcdqi/comments Powered by Firstory Hosting
2023-05-3010 min
Reclaiming IdentityEducating for Jewish Pride: Ruben ShimonovRuben Shimonov is a Jewish educator and community builder of Bukhara heritage. today he is the Director of the American Sephardi Federation's Sephardi House Fellows helping to bring Sephardi culture and education to college campuses across the United States. He is a lecturer and calligrapher who is in demand at venues across the globe. Ruben serves as the Director of the Sephardi-Mizrachi Q Network and the VP of Education and Community Engagement of the ASF Young Leadership Board.He shares with us here his life growing up in different communities and the importance he sees in educating...
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New Books in Medieval HistoryOded Zinger, "Living with the Law: Gender and Community Among the Jews of Medieval Egypt" (U Pennsylvania Press, 2023)Living with the Law: Gender and Community Among the Jews of Medieval Egypt (U Pennsylvania Press, 2023) explores the marital disputes of Jews in medieval Islamic Egypt (1000-1250), relating medieval gossip, marital woes, and the voices of men and women of a world long gone. Probing the rich documents of the Cairo Geniza, a unique repository of discarded paper discovered in a Cairo synagogue, the book recovers the life stories of Jewish women and men working through their marital problems at home, with their families, in the streets of old Cairo, and in Jewish and Muslim courts. Despite a voluminous li...
2023-05-1154 min
New Books in GenderOded Zinger, "Living with the Law: Gender and Community Among the Jews of Medieval Egypt" (U Pennsylvania Press, 2023)Living with the Law: Gender and Community Among the Jews of Medieval Egypt (U Pennsylvania Press, 2023) explores the marital disputes of Jews in medieval Islamic Egypt (1000-1250), relating medieval gossip, marital woes, and the voices of men and women of a world long gone. Probing the rich documents of the Cairo Geniza, a unique repository of discarded paper discovered in a Cairo synagogue, the book recovers the life stories of Jewish women and men working through their marital problems at home, with their families, in the streets of old Cairo, and in Jewish and Muslim courts. Despite a voluminous li...
2023-05-1154 minNew Books in Jewish StudiesOded Zinger, "Living with the Law: Gender and Community Among the Jews of Medieval Egypt" (U Pennsylvania Press, 2023)Living with the Law: Gender and Community Among the Jews of Medieval Egypt (U Pennsylvania Press, 2023) explores the marital disputes of Jews in medieval Islamic Egypt (1000-1250), relating medieval gossip, marital woes, and the voices of men and women of a world long gone. Probing the rich documents of the Cairo Geniza, a unique repository of discarded paper discovered in a Cairo synagogue, the book recovers the life stories of Jewish women and men working through their marital problems at home, with their families, in the streets of old Cairo, and in Jewish and Muslim courts. Despite a voluminous li...
2023-05-1154 minNew Books in ReligionOded Zinger, "Living with the Law: Gender and Community Among the Jews of Medieval Egypt" (U Pennsylvania Press, 2023)Living with the Law: Gender and Community Among the Jews of Medieval Egypt (U Pennsylvania Press, 2023) explores the marital disputes of Jews in medieval Islamic Egypt (1000-1250), relating medieval gossip, marital woes, and the voices of men and women of a world long gone. Probing the rich documents of the Cairo Geniza, a unique repository of discarded paper discovered in a Cairo synagogue, the book recovers the life stories of Jewish women and men working through their marital problems at home, with their families, in the streets of old Cairo, and in Jewish and Muslim courts. Despite a voluminous li...
2023-05-1154 minNew Books in Middle Eastern StudiesOded Zinger, "Living with the Law: Gender and Community Among the Jews of Medieval Egypt" (U Pennsylvania Press, 2023)Living with the Law: Gender and Community Among the Jews of Medieval Egypt (U Pennsylvania Press, 2023) explores the marital disputes of Jews in medieval Islamic Egypt (1000-1250), relating medieval gossip, marital woes, and the voices of men and women of a world long gone. Probing the rich documents of the Cairo Geniza, a unique repository of discarded paper discovered in a Cairo synagogue, the book recovers the life stories of Jewish women and men working through their marital problems at home, with their families, in the streets of old Cairo, and in Jewish and Muslim courts. Despite a voluminous li...
2023-05-1154 min
Reclaiming IdentityASF Institute of Jewish Experience: Meet the Team - Dalya, Avrom, Yona, Drora (Moshe)Meet the team behind the content, concepts, themes, and programs of the ASF IJE. Four of us sat down together to discuss why we are involved in this process, what it means to us as individuals, and what it means the the greater Jewish mosaic. Please share with us your thoughts and stories.Avrom ArievDalya Arussy Di VeroliDrora ArussyYona ShemeshProducer: Avrom ArievExecutive Producers: Dalya Arussy Di Veroli, Drora Arussy
2023-05-0440 min
Reclaiming IdentityFrom Samarkand to Israel - from one minority to another: Aaron PazDalya speaks with Aaron PazAaron Paz is a visual artist and cultural entrepreneur. He made Aliyah from Samarkand, Uzbekistan in 2008 and lives in Jerusalem. He manages Shashmaqom, a platform for the dissemination of the culture of Central Asia. Throughout his work, he intertwines parts of his biography with collective memory and narrative and in so doing reveals cultural and historical unknowns and disproves conventions.Producer and editor: Moshe SingerExecutive Producers: Drora Arussy and Dalya Arussy Di VeroliASF Institute of Jewish Experience
2023-04-2735 minNew Books in Jewish StudiesLaura Arnold Leibman, "Once We Were Slaves: The Extraordinary Journey of a Multiracial Jewish Family" (Oxford UP, 2021)An obsessive genealogist and descendent of one of the most prominent Jewish families since the American Revolution, Blanche Moses firmly believed her maternal ancestors were Sephardic grandees. Yet she found herself at a dead end when it came to her grandmother's maternal line. Using family heirlooms to unlock the mystery of Moses's ancestors, Once We Were Slaves: The Extraordinary Journey of a Multiracial Jewish Family (Oxford UP, 2021) overturns the reclusive heiress's assumptions about her family history to reveal that her grandmother and great-uncle, Sarah and Isaac Brandon, actually began their lives as poor Christian slaves in Barbados. Tra...
2023-04-0550 min
New Books in BiographyLaura Arnold Leibman, "Once We Were Slaves: The Extraordinary Journey of a Multiracial Jewish Family" (Oxford UP, 2021)An obsessive genealogist and descendent of one of the most prominent Jewish families since the American Revolution, Blanche Moses firmly believed her maternal ancestors were Sephardic grandees. Yet she found herself at a dead end when it came to her grandmother's maternal line. Using family heirlooms to unlock the mystery of Moses's ancestors, Once We Were Slaves: The Extraordinary Journey of a Multiracial Jewish Family (Oxford UP, 2021) overturns the reclusive heiress's assumptions about her family history to reveal that her grandmother and great-uncle, Sarah and Isaac Brandon, actually began their lives as poor Christian slaves in Barbados. Tra...
2023-04-0550 min
In Conversation: An OUP PodcastLaura Arnold Leibman, "Once We Were Slaves: The Extraordinary Journey of a Multiracial Jewish Family" (Oxford UP, 2021)An obsessive genealogist and descendent of one of the most prominent Jewish families since the American Revolution, Blanche Moses firmly believed her maternal ancestors were Sephardic grandees. Yet she found herself at a dead end when it came to her grandmother's maternal line. Using family heirlooms to unlock the mystery of Moses's ancestors, Once We Were Slaves: The Extraordinary Journey of a Multiracial Jewish Family (Oxford UP, 2021) overturns the reclusive heiress's assumptions about her family history to reveal that her grandmother and great-uncle, Sarah and Isaac Brandon, actually began their lives as poor Christian slaves in Barbados. Tra...
2023-04-0550 min
New Books in Caribbean StudiesLaura Arnold Leibman, "Once We Were Slaves: The Extraordinary Journey of a Multiracial Jewish Family" (Oxford UP, 2021)An obsessive genealogist and descendent of one of the most prominent Jewish families since the American Revolution, Blanche Moses firmly believed her maternal ancestors were Sephardic grandees. Yet she found herself at a dead end when it came to her grandmother's maternal line. Using family heirlooms to unlock the mystery of Moses's ancestors, Once We Were Slaves: The Extraordinary Journey of a Multiracial Jewish Family (Oxford UP, 2021) overturns the reclusive heiress's assumptions about her family history to reveal that her grandmother and great-uncle, Sarah and Isaac Brandon, actually began their lives as poor Christian slaves in Barbados. Tra...
2023-04-0549 min
Reclaiming IdentityFrom Uruguay to New York part of the Jewish ExperienceDr. Mijal Bitton is a Torah teacher, thought leader, and spiritual entrepreneur.As the Rosh Kehilla (communal leader) of the Downtown Minyan in New York City and Scholar-in-Residence at the Shalom Hartman Institute, she is committed to building vibrant and welcoming traditional Jewish life.Mijal earned her doctorate from New York University where she is now directing the first national study of Sephardic Jews in the United States. She is an alumna of the Wexner Graduate Fellowship and was selected in 2018 for inclusion in “36 under 36” in the New York Jewish Week as a “Public Intellectual (with...
2023-03-2636 min
New Books in African StudiesSharon Shalom, "From Sinai to Ethiopia: The Halakhic and Conceptual World of the Ethiopian Jews" (Gefen Books, 2016)Some two thousand years ago, a group of Jews settled in Ethiopia and was for millennia cut off from the rest of world Jewry, preserving its heritage with great self-sacrifice. When this community, the Beta Israel, ultimately made its way to Israel to rejoin its brethren in the late twentieth century, a host of complex dilemmas emerged. Should the Beta Israel shed its venerated customs, based on ancient, pre-rabbinic Jewish law, and adopt the rabbinic halakhah of modern-day Jewry? Or is there a place for the unique legacy of the Ethiopian Jews within the umbrella of the wider Jewish...
2023-03-0856 minNew Books in Israel StudiesSharon Shalom, "From Sinai to Ethiopia: The Halakhic and Conceptual World of the Ethiopian Jews" (Gefen Books, 2016)Some two thousand years ago, a group of Jews settled in Ethiopia and was for millennia cut off from the rest of world Jewry, preserving its heritage with great self-sacrifice. When this community, the Beta Israel, ultimately made its way to Israel to rejoin its brethren in the late twentieth century, a host of complex dilemmas emerged. Should the Beta Israel shed its venerated customs, based on ancient, pre-rabbinic Jewish law, and adopt the rabbinic halakhah of modern-day Jewry? Or is there a place for the unique legacy of the Ethiopian Jews within the umbrella of the wider Jewish...
2023-03-0856 minNew Books in ReligionSharon Shalom, "From Sinai to Ethiopia: The Halakhic and Conceptual World of the Ethiopian Jews" (Gefen Books, 2016)Some two thousand years ago, a group of Jews settled in Ethiopia and was for millennia cut off from the rest of world Jewry, preserving its heritage with great self-sacrifice. When this community, the Beta Israel, ultimately made its way to Israel to rejoin its brethren in the late twentieth century, a host of complex dilemmas emerged. Should the Beta Israel shed its venerated customs, based on ancient, pre-rabbinic Jewish law, and adopt the rabbinic halakhah of modern-day Jewry? Or is there a place for the unique legacy of the Ethiopian Jews within the umbrella of the wider Jewish...
2023-03-0857 min
New Books in Ancient HistorySharon Shalom, "From Sinai to Ethiopia: The Halakhic and Conceptual World of the Ethiopian Jews" (Gefen Books, 2016)Some two thousand years ago, a group of Jews settled in Ethiopia and was for millennia cut off from the rest of world Jewry, preserving its heritage with great self-sacrifice. When this community, the Beta Israel, ultimately made its way to Israel to rejoin its brethren in the late twentieth century, a host of complex dilemmas emerged. Should the Beta Israel shed its venerated customs, based on ancient, pre-rabbinic Jewish law, and adopt the rabbinic halakhah of modern-day Jewry? Or is there a place for the unique legacy of the Ethiopian Jews within the umbrella of the wider Jewish...
2023-03-0853 minNew Books in Jewish StudiesSharon Shalom, "From Sinai to Ethiopia: The Halakhic and Conceptual World of the Ethiopian Jews" (Gefen Books, 2016)Some two thousand years ago, a group of Jews settled in Ethiopia and was for millennia cut off from the rest of world Jewry, preserving its heritage with great self-sacrifice. When this community, the Beta Israel, ultimately made its way to Israel to rejoin its brethren in the late twentieth century, a host of complex dilemmas emerged. Should the Beta Israel shed its venerated customs, based on ancient, pre-rabbinic Jewish law, and adopt the rabbinic halakhah of modern-day Jewry? Or is there a place for the unique legacy of the Ethiopian Jews within the umbrella of the wider Jewish...
2023-03-0857 min
Reclaiming IdentityYoni Avi Battat: From Klezmer to Maqam and bridging those worldsYoni's new album, "Fragments," is a collection of original and traditional music surrounding my Iraqi-Jewish identity. With lyrics in Arabic, Hebrew, English, and Yiddish, the music utilizes Arabic modes and rhythms with an ensemble of traditional Arabic instruments to grapple with the fragmentation of ancestry and memory. This project offers visibility and recognition for the many unseen Middle Eastern Jews in America, while making room for listeners of all backgrounds to take something from my message of resilience and healing.Yoni Avi Battat is a multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, and composer specializing in contemporary and traditional...
2023-02-1336 minNew Books in Medieval HistoryMeir M. Bar-Asher, "Jews and the Qur'an" (Princeton UP, 2022)In this panoramic and multifaceted book, Meir Bar-Asher examines how Jews and Judaism are depicted in the Qur'an and later Islamic literature, providing needed context to those passages critical of Jews that are most often invoked to divide Muslims and Jews or to promote Islamophobia. He traces the Qur'anic origins of the protection of Jews and other minorities living under the rule of Islam, and shows how attitudes toward Jews in Shi'i Islam are substantially different from those in Sunni Islam. Bar-Asher sheds light on the extraordinary contribution of Jewish tradition to the Muslim exegesis of the Qur'an, and...
2023-02-011h 09New Books in Middle Eastern StudiesMeir M. Bar-Asher, "Jews and the Qur'an" (Princeton UP, 2022)In this panoramic and multifaceted book, Meir Bar-Asher examines how Jews and Judaism are depicted in the Qur'an and later Islamic literature, providing needed context to those passages critical of Jews that are most often invoked to divide Muslims and Jews or to promote Islamophobia. He traces the Qur'anic origins of the protection of Jews and other minorities living under the rule of Islam, and shows how attitudes toward Jews in Shi'i Islam are substantially different from those in Sunni Islam. Bar-Asher sheds light on the extraordinary contribution of Jewish tradition to the Muslim exegesis of the Qur'an, and...
2023-02-011h 10New Books in Jewish StudiesMeir M. Bar-Asher, "Jews and the Qur'an" (Princeton UP, 2022)In this panoramic and multifaceted book, Meir Bar-Asher examines how Jews and Judaism are depicted in the Qur'an and later Islamic literature, providing needed context to those passages critical of Jews that are most often invoked to divide Muslims and Jews or to promote Islamophobia. He traces the Qur'anic origins of the protection of Jews and other minorities living under the rule of Islam, and shows how attitudes toward Jews in Shi'i Islam are substantially different from those in Sunni Islam. Bar-Asher sheds light on the extraordinary contribution of Jewish tradition to the Muslim exegesis of the Qur'an, and...
2023-02-011h 10New Books in ReligionMeir M. Bar-Asher, "Jews and the Qur'an" (Princeton UP, 2022)In this panoramic and multifaceted book, Meir Bar-Asher examines how Jews and Judaism are depicted in the Qur'an and later Islamic literature, providing needed context to those passages critical of Jews that are most often invoked to divide Muslims and Jews or to promote Islamophobia. He traces the Qur'anic origins of the protection of Jews and other minorities living under the rule of Islam, and shows how attitudes toward Jews in Shi'i Islam are substantially different from those in Sunni Islam. Bar-Asher sheds light on the extraordinary contribution of Jewish tradition to the Muslim exegesis of the Qur'an, and...
2023-02-011h 10
New Books in Islamic StudiesMeir M. Bar-Asher, "Jews and the Qur'an" (Princeton UP, 2022)In this panoramic and multifaceted book, Meir Bar-Asher examines how Jews and Judaism are depicted in the Qur'an and later Islamic literature, providing needed context to those passages critical of Jews that are most often invoked to divide Muslims and Jews or to promote Islamophobia. He traces the Qur'anic origins of the protection of Jews and other minorities living under the rule of Islam, and shows how attitudes toward Jews in Shi'i Islam are substantially different from those in Sunni Islam. Bar-Asher sheds light on the extraordinary contribution of Jewish tradition to the Muslim exegesis of the Qur'an, and...
2023-02-011h 09
Princeton UP Ideas PodcastMeir M. Bar-Asher, "Jews and the Qur'an" (Princeton UP, 2022)In this panoramic and multifaceted book, Meir Bar-Asher examines how Jews and Judaism are depicted in the Qur'an and later Islamic literature, providing needed context to those passages critical of Jews that are most often invoked to divide Muslims and Jews or to promote Islamophobia. He traces the Qur'anic origins of the protection of Jews and other minorities living under the rule of Islam, and shows how attitudes toward Jews in Shi'i Islam are substantially different from those in Sunni Islam. Bar-Asher sheds light on the extraordinary contribution of Jewish tradition to the Muslim exegesis of the Qur'an, and...
2023-02-011h 09New Books in Jewish StudiesMichael Frank, "One Hundred Saturdays: Stella Levi and the Search for a Lost World" (Simon and Schuster, 2022)With nearly a century of life behind her, Stella Levi had never before spoken in detail about her past. Then she met Michael Frank. He came to her Greenwich Village apartment one Saturday afternoon to ask her a question about the Juderia, the neighborhood in Rhodes where she'd grown up in a Jewish community that had thrived there for half a millennium.Neither of them could know this was the first of one hundred Saturdays over the course of six years that they would spend in each other's company. During these meetings Stella traveled back in time...
2022-11-171h 00New Books in Genocide StudiesMichael Frank, "One Hundred Saturdays: Stella Levi and the Search for a Lost World" (Simon and Schuster, 2022)With nearly a century of life behind her, Stella Levi had never before spoken in detail about her past. Then she met Michael Frank. He came to her Greenwich Village apartment one Saturday afternoon to ask her a question about the Juderia, the neighborhood in Rhodes where she'd grown up in a Jewish community that had thrived there for half a millennium.Neither of them could know this was the first of one hundred Saturdays over the course of six years that they would spend in each other's company. During these meetings Stella traveled back in time...
2022-11-1759 minNew Books in BiographyMichael Frank, "One Hundred Saturdays: Stella Levi and the Search for a Lost World" (Simon and Schuster, 2022)With nearly a century of life behind her, Stella Levi had never before spoken in detail about her past. Then she met Michael Frank. He came to her Greenwich Village apartment one Saturday afternoon to ask her a question about the Juderia, the neighborhood in Rhodes where she'd grown up in a Jewish community that had thrived there for half a millennium.Neither of them could know this was the first of one hundred Saturdays over the course of six years that they would spend in each other's company. During these meetings Stella traveled back in time...
2022-11-171h 00
New Books in Women's HistoryMichael Frank, "One Hundred Saturdays: Stella Levi and the Search for a Lost World" (Simon and Schuster, 2022)With nearly a century of life behind her, Stella Levi had never before spoken in detail about her past. Then she met Michael Frank. He came to her Greenwich Village apartment one Saturday afternoon to ask her a question about the Juderia, the neighborhood in Rhodes where she'd grown up in a Jewish community that had thrived there for half a millennium.Neither of them could know this was the first of one hundred Saturdays over the course of six years that they would spend in each other's company. During these meetings Stella traveled back in time...
2022-11-171h 00New Books in Jewish StudiesAlan Verskin, "A Vision of Yemen: The Travels of a European Orientalist and His Native Guide--a Translation of Hayyim Habshush's Travelogue" (Stanford UP, 2019)In 1869, Hayyim Habshush, a Yemeni Jew, accompanied the European orientalist Joseph Halévy on his archaeological tour of Yemen. Twenty years later, Habshush wrote A Vision of Yemen a memoir of their travels, that provides a vivid account of daily life, religion, and politics. More than a simple travelogue, it is a work of trickster-tales, thick anthropological descriptions, and reflections on Jewish-Muslim relations. At its heart lies the fractious and intimate relationship between the Yemeni coppersmith and the "enlightened" European scholar and the collision between the cultures each represents. The book thus offers a powerful indigenous response to European Ori...
2022-10-311h 03New Books in Middle Eastern StudiesAlan Verskin, "A Vision of Yemen: The Travels of a European Orientalist and His Native Guide--a Translation of Hayyim Habshush's Travelogue" (Stanford UP, 2019)In 1869, Hayyim Habshush, a Yemeni Jew, accompanied the European orientalist Joseph Halévy on his archaeological tour of Yemen. Twenty years later, Habshush wrote A Vision of Yemen a memoir of their travels, that provides a vivid account of daily life, religion, and politics. More than a simple travelogue, it is a work of trickster-tales, thick anthropological descriptions, and reflections on Jewish-Muslim relations. At its heart lies the fractious and intimate relationship between the Yemeni coppersmith and the "enlightened" European scholar and the collision between the cultures each represents. The book thus offers a powerful indigenous response to European Ori...
2022-10-311h 03
New Books in Iranian StudiesReeva Spector Simon, "The Jews of the Middle East and North Africa: The Impact of World War II" (Routledge, 2019)Incorporating published and archival material, Reeva Spector Simon's book The Jews of the Middle East and North Africa: The Impact of World War II (Routledge, 2019) fills an important gap in the history of the Jewish experience during World War II, describing how the war affected Jews living along the southern rim of the Mediterranean and the Levant, from Morocco to Iran.Surviving the Nazi slaughter did not mean that Jews living in the Middle East and North Africa were unaffected by the war: there was constant anti-Semitic propaganda and general economic deprivation; communities were bombed; and Jews su...
2022-09-2822 minNew Books in Jewish StudiesReeva Spector Simon, "The Jews of the Middle East and North Africa: The Impact of World War II" (Routledge, 2019)Incorporating published and archival material, Reeva Spector Simon's book The Jews of the Middle East and North Africa: The Impact of World War II (Routledge, 2019) fills an important gap in the history of the Jewish experience during World War II, describing how the war affected Jews living along the southern rim of the Mediterranean and the Levant, from Morocco to Iran.Surviving the Nazi slaughter did not mean that Jews living in the Middle East and North Africa were unaffected by the war: there was constant anti-Semitic propaganda and general economic deprivation; communities were bombed; and Jews su...
2022-09-2822 minNew Books in Israel StudiesReeva Spector Simon, "The Jews of the Middle East and North Africa: The Impact of World War II" (Routledge, 2019)Incorporating published and archival material, Reeva Spector Simon's book The Jews of the Middle East and North Africa: The Impact of World War II (Routledge, 2019) fills an important gap in the history of the Jewish experience during World War II, describing how the war affected Jews living along the southern rim of the Mediterranean and the Levant, from Morocco to Iran.Surviving the Nazi slaughter did not mean that Jews living in the Middle East and North Africa were unaffected by the war: there was constant anti-Semitic propaganda and general economic deprivation; communities were bombed; and Jews su...
2022-09-2822 minNew Books in African StudiesReeva Spector Simon, "The Jews of the Middle East and North Africa: The Impact of World War II" (Routledge, 2019)Incorporating published and archival material, Reeva Spector Simon's book The Jews of the Middle East and North Africa: The Impact of World War II (Routledge, 2019) fills an important gap in the history of the Jewish experience during World War II, describing how the war affected Jews living along the southern rim of the Mediterranean and the Levant, from Morocco to Iran.Surviving the Nazi slaughter did not mean that Jews living in the Middle East and North Africa were unaffected by the war: there was constant anti-Semitic propaganda and general economic deprivation; communities were bombed; and Jews su...
2022-09-2822 minNew Books in Middle Eastern StudiesReeva Spector Simon, "The Jews of the Middle East and North Africa: The Impact of World War II" (Routledge, 2019)Incorporating published and archival material, Reeva Spector Simon's book The Jews of the Middle East and North Africa: The Impact of World War II (Routledge, 2019) fills an important gap in the history of the Jewish experience during World War II, describing how the war affected Jews living along the southern rim of the Mediterranean and the Levant, from Morocco to Iran.Surviving the Nazi slaughter did not mean that Jews living in the Middle East and North Africa were unaffected by the war: there was constant anti-Semitic propaganda and general economic deprivation; communities were bombed; and Jews su...
2022-09-2822 minNew Books in Military HistoryReeva Spector Simon, "The Jews of the Middle East and North Africa: The Impact of World War II" (Routledge, 2019)Incorporating published and archival material, Reeva Spector Simon's book The Jews of the Middle East and North Africa: The Impact of World War II (Routledge, 2019) fills an important gap in the history of the Jewish experience during World War II, describing how the war affected Jews living along the southern rim of the Mediterranean and the Levant, from Morocco to Iran.Surviving the Nazi slaughter did not mean that Jews living in the Middle East and North Africa were unaffected by the war: there was constant anti-Semitic propaganda and general economic deprivation; communities were bombed; and Jews su...
2022-09-2822 min
Reclaiming IdentityBene Israel Proud: Gail, Sasha, EstherGail, Sasha, and Esther Joseph were all born in Mumbai to a family with ancient Jewish roots, better known as the Bene Israel community. Here they speak with Drora about their the importance of maintaining their Indian Jewish traditions while in small Jewish communities in the US and Mumbai.Gail and Esther Joseph (sisters) were born and brought up in India. Both their parents were Indian Jews. They were raised in a traditional Indian Jewish home. The synagogue was close to home and they attended there Shabbat services every Friday.Gail moved to the United...
2022-07-2851 min
Reclaiming IdentityReclaiming Heritage through Music: Evyatar and David SaidBrothers Evyatar and David Said are musicians with a strong connection to their Yemenite heritage. Having a close relationship with their grandmother throughout their childhood, they feel a responsibility to reclaim the Yemenite pride and heritage. Here they discuss prejudice and pride with Drora.By day Evyatar is a data analyst for a medical company. But in the evenings he is a performer, dancer, choreographer, event planner, and musician with a focus on Yemenite culture. He uses music and dance to relay messages of belonging and past.David is a student of classical music who...
2022-07-2127 min
Reclaiming IdentityMy Sephardi and Ashkenazi Pride: Dr. Isaac AmonDr. Isaac Amon is the Director of Research and Project Development at Jewish Heritage Alliance. Here he spoke with Drora and Dalya about his deep interest in the Sephardi story while still maintaining a strong connection to the Ashkenazi half of his family heritage.Dr. Amon graduated summa cum laude with Highest Honors in Medieval History, with a focus on the Iberian Inquisition, before earning a J. D., LL.M in alternative dispute resolution and a J.S.D. (PhD in Law) in comparative law, criminal procedure, and legal history, all from Washington University...
2022-07-1447 min
On The Hook with Matt WilsonStuart Malina: Tony Award-Winning Music Director/Conductor/Pianist on Creating Movin' Out with Twyla Tharp and Strategies for Masterful PerformanceSend us a textDrawing on the concepts presented in Matt's book, Hooks: Lessons on Performance, Business, and Life from a Working Musician, Stuart Malina joins Matt to discusshis role in creating Movin' Out and a reflection on the show 20 years later,multiple strategies for masterful performance,utilizing and discerning opinions,and maintaining a balanced perspective professionally and personally.In a wide variety of concerts, from masterworks and grand opera to pops, Stuart Malina's ease on the podium, engaging personality, and insightful interpretations have thrilled audiences and helped break down the barriers between performer a...
2022-06-241h 37
Reclaiming IdentityOf Baghdad and New York: Drora speaks with Richard SassoonRichard Sassoon is an Iraqi-American of Jewish heritage who graduated from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service and Fordham University Law School with a J.D. with an LL.M. in European Business Law from Madrid’s Universidad Pontificia Comillas. Here he tells the story of his Iraqi roots amongst his Ashkenazi community in New York.Thank you, Richard, for joining us.Programs like Reclaiming Identity are made possible by patrons like you. Please consider becoming a member today of the Jewish Sephardic Pillars Society at InstituteofJewishExperience.org.For sponsorship opportunities or to share your story (or interview someone you...
2022-03-1034 min
Reclaiming IdentityOf Baghdad and New York: Drora speaks with Richard SassoonRichard Sassoon is an Iraqi-American of Jewish heritage who graduated from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service and Fordham University Law School with a J.D. with an LL.M. in European Business Law from Madrid’s Universidad Pontificia Comillas. Here he tells the story of his Iraqi roots amongst his Ashkenazi community in New York.Thank you, Richard, for joining us.Programs like Reclaiming Identity are made possible by patrons like you. Please consider becoming a member today of the Jewish Sephardic Pillars Society at InstituteofJewishExperience.org.For sponsorship opportunities or to s...
2022-03-1034 min2022-03-1037 minReclaiming IdentityASF President: Drora interviews David DangoorASF President: Drora interviews David Dangoor
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Reclaiming IdentitySpreading Sephardism: Drora interviews Ashley PerryAshley Perry is a proud Sephardi Jew and advocate for educating towards understanding of the Jews of MENA and the greater Sephardi world. he is a former senior Israeli government advisor and international campaign and communication strategist. Here Ashley discusses his own journey as part of the Sephardi world and his passion for bringing to light the rich heritage of the greater Sephardi world.Please consider joining ASF Institute of Jewish Experience by becoming a member today InstituteofJewishExperience.org. Sponsorship and donation opportunities are also available to ensure continued and expanded programming and educational resources. Join the...
2022-03-0431 minReclaiming IdentitySpreading Sephardism: Drora interviews Ashley PerryAshley Perry is a proud Sephardi Jew and advocate for educating towards understanding of the Jews of MENA and the greater Sephardi world. he is a former senior Israeli government advisor and international campaign and communication strategist. Here Ashley discusses his own journey as part of the Sephardi world and his passion for bringing to light the rich heritage of the greater Sephardi world.Please consider joining ASF Institute of Jewish Experience by becoming a member today InstituteofJewishExperience.org. Sponsorship and donation opportunities are also available to ensure continued and expanded programming and educational resources. Join the movement today.Music...
2022-03-0431 minReclaiming IdentityASF Council of Sephardic Sages: Drora and Dalya interview Rabbi Eli Abadie MDRabbi Dr. Eli Abadie was born in Lebanon, raised in Mexico, educated in New York, and now lives in Dubai. His story is one of migration and pride around the world.
Thank you Rabbi Abadie for sharing your story with us here.
Programs like Reclaiming Identity are made possible through sponsors like you. Please consider becoming a member today of the ASF Institute of Jewish Experience: InstituteofJewishExperience.org.
For sponsorship opportunities and to share your story, or that of someone you know, please reach out to drora@americansephardi.org.
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2022-03-0355 minReclaiming IdentityASF Council of Sephardic Sages: Drora and Dalya interview Rabbi Eli Abadie MDRabbi Dr. Eli Abadie was born in Lebanon, raised in Mexico, educated in New York, and now lives in Dubai. His story is one of migration and pride around the world.Thank you Rabbi Abadie for sharing your story with us here.Programs like Reclaiming Identity are made possible through sponsors like you. Please consider becoming a member today of the ASF Institute of Jewish Experience: InstituteofJewishExperience.org.For sponsorship opportunities and to share your story, or that of someone you know, please reach out to drora@americansephardi.org.Music for this episode: AVRAM AVINU- Vanessa Paloma Canta Ladino https...
2022-03-0355 min
Reclaiming IdentityASF Council of Sephardic Sages: Drora and Dalya interview Rabbi Elie Abadie MDRabbi Dr. Elie Abadie was born in Lebanon, raised in Mexico, educated in New York, and now lives in Dubai. His story is one of migration and pride around the world.Thank you Rabbi Abadie for sharing your story with us here.Programs like Reclaiming Identity are made possible through sponsors like you. Please consider becoming a member today of the ASF Institute of Jewish Experience: InstituteofJewishExperience.org.For sponsorship opportunities and to share your story, or that of someone you know, please reach out to drora@americansephardi.org.Music for...
2022-03-0355 minReclaiming IdentityFrom Cairo to Revolutionary War Synagogue: Drora speaks with Rabbi Albert GabbaiRabbi Albert Gabbi was born in Cairo along with his nine siblings. They had a very full Jewish life there with thriving synagogues, schools, and community. Things changed in 1948, then again in 1967 when he was imprisoned along with his brothers for three years. But this was only the beginning of his story. Here he shares his road to becoming a rabbi in Philadelphia and the pride in his Jewish Sephardi heritage.Thank you Rabbi Gabbai for participating.Our programs, like Reclaiming Identity, only exist due to donations from people like you. Please consider becoming a member today of the ASF...
2022-02-2436 min
Reclaiming IdentityYemen, Tunisia, and Dubai: Drora and Dalya interview Yael GrafyYael Grafy is an Israeli CEO of the Crossroads of Civilizations Museum in Dubai. Being half Yemenite and half Tunisian she talks about growing up knowing little about her background and coming to understand her rich heritage while living in an Arab country.Special thanks to Yael Grafy for sharing your story with us.If you would like to participate as a sponsor or to share your story please reach out to drora@americansephardi.org.Programs like this exist because of members and sponsors like you. Please consider becoming a member or donating...
2022-02-2436 minReclaiming IdentityYemen, Tunisia, and Dubai: Drora and Dalya interview Yael GrafyYael Grafy is an Israeli CEO of the Crossroads of Civilizations Museum in Dubai. Being half Yemenite and half Tunisian she talks about growing up knowing little about her background and coming to understand her rich heritage while living in an Arab country.Special thanks to Yael Grafy for sharing your story with us.If you would like to participate as a sponsor or to share your story please reach out to drora@americansephardi.org.Programs like this exist because of members and sponsors like you. Please consider becoming a member or donating today: InstituteofJewishExperience.org. AVRAM AVINU- Vanessa Paloma...
2022-02-2436 minReclaiming IdentityFrom Egypt with Love: Dr. Alon Tam interviews Colette and Gigi WinstonDr. Alon Tam, an expert in Egyptian Jewry and of Egyptian descent himself interviews sisters Colette and Gigi Winston. All were raised by strong, elegant, sophisticated and educated Jews from Cairo who then raised families in Israel and the US.Thank you Colette, Gigi, and Alon, for sharing your stories.If you would like to participate in an interview and/or sponsor an interview please reach out to drora@americansephardi.org.Programs like this are run through donations from our generous patrons. Please consider becoming a member or donating today InstituteofJewishExperience.org.Music in this episode: Umm Khultum - Seret...
2022-02-1751 min
Reclaiming IdentityFrom Cairo to Revolutionary War Synagogue: Drora speaks with Rabbi Albert GabbaiRabbi Albert Gabbi was born in Cairo along with his nine siblings. They had a very full Jewish life there with thriving synagogues, schools, and community. Things changed in 1948, then again in 1967 when he was imprisoned along with his brothers for three years. But this was only the beginning of his story. Here he shares his road to becoming a rabbi in Philadelphia and the pride in his Jewish Sephardi heritage.Thank you Rabbi Gabbai for participating.Our programs, like Reclaiming Identity, only exist due to donations from people like you. Please consider becoming a...
2022-01-3136 min
Reclaiming IdentityFrom Egypt with Love: Dr. Alon Tam interviews Colette and Gigi WinstonDr. Alon Tam, an expert in Egyptian Jewry and of Egyptian descent himself interviews sisters Colette and Gigi Winston. All were raised by strong, elegant, sophisticated and educated Jews from Cairo who then raised families in Israel and the US.Thank you Colette, Gigi, and Alon, for sharing your stories.If you would like to participate in an interview and/or sponsor an interview please reach out to drora@americansephardi.org.Programs like this are run through donations from our generous patrons. Please consider becoming a member or donating today InstituteofJewishExperience.org.
2022-01-3051 min