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Golden Age? Convivencia? or What?
Tuesday 2 March, 7:00 pm UK time. Did the Jews in Medieval Islamic Spain experience a Golden Age of intellectual brilliance? Was there 'convivencia', Read More »
Orgnizer: Harif
Tuesday, Mar 02, 2021 07:00 AM
Mini-Purims of the Sephardi World
Tuesday 23 February, 7:30 pm. A mini-Purim, or Second Purim, is a celebratory day uniquely observed by a particular Jewish community or individual family Read More »
Orgnizer: Harif
Tuesday, Feb 23, 2021 07:30 PM
From Tripoli to politics
Tuesday 16 February , 7:30 pm UK time. Gina Waldman had a hair-raising escape from Tripoli, Libya in 1967, moving to California where she became a political Read More »
Orgnizer: Harif
Tuesday, Feb 16, 2021 07:30 PM
Reviving Jewish Cape Verde
Tuesday 9 February, 7:30 pm Uk Time. Cape Verde is a group of islands off the coast of Africa. Jews fleeing the Portuguese Inquisition settled there. Read More »
Orgnizer: Harif
Tuesday, Feb 09, 2021 07:30 PM
Smouha City Saga
Tuesday 2 February, 7:30 pm UK time. In 1917, Baghdad-born Joseph Smouha visited Alexandria, Egypt and spotted the potential for development in the marshland Read More »
Orgnizer: Harif
Tuesday, Feb 02, 2021 12:00 PM
The Farhis of Damascus
Tuesday 26 January 2021. 7:30 pm UK. Migrating from 13th century France, the Farhi family had, by the 20th century, settled all over the Levant. In Damascus Read More »
Orgnizer: Harif
Tuesday, Jan 26, 2021 07:30 AM
Between Two Worlds
Monday 18 January,7:00 pm UK time/ 11:00 am PT/ 2:00 pm ET/ 8:00 pm Europe/ 9:00 pm Israel. A conversation between two writers - Ayelet Tsabari and Gila Read More »
Orgnizer: Harif
Monday, Jan 18, 2021 07:00 AM
Escape from Iraq
Tuesday 12 January 2021, 7pm UK time. This year marks 50 years since some 2,000 Iraqi Jews were smuggled out of Iraq through Kurdistan and over the border Read More »
Orgnizer: Harif
Tuesday, Jan 12, 2021 07:00 AM
Remembering the Forgotten
Tuesday 5 JANUARY 2021. 8:00 pm UK time/ 12:00 am PT/ 3:00 pm ET/ 9:00 pm Europe/ 10:00 pm Israel 7 am Australia.Born in Alexandria, Egypt, artist Camille Read More »
Orgnizer: Harif
Tuesday, Jan 05, 2021 12:00 PM
Bringing an antique Syrian synagogue back to life
Tuesday 22 December, 7:30 pm UK.The 4th century CE synagogue of Apamea in Syria remained unknown until site excavations in 1934. Roman tolernace turned Read More »
Orgnizer: Harif
Tuesday, Dec 22, 2020 07:31 AM
Jews of Tunisia (in French)
Tuesday 15 December, 7:30 pm UK time/ 11:30 am PT/ 2:30 pm ET/ 8:30 pm Europe/ 9:30 pm Israel Author and expert on Tunisian Jewry Bernard Allali will Read More »
Orgnizer: Harif
Thursday, Dec 24, 2020 07:30 AM
Sir Victor Sassoon of Shanghai
Tuesday 8 December. 7:30 pm UK time/ 11:30 am PT/ 2:30 pm ET/ 8:30 pm Europe/ 9:30 pm Israel Maisie Meyer returns to tell the story of the fascinating Read More »
Orgnizer: Harif
Tuesday, Dec 08, 2020 07:30 AM