Tag Archives: Syria

  We are excited to announce an upcoming lecture series featuring the eminent scholar Dr. Alexander Beider! This engaging series promises to be an enlightening journey into the rich tapestry of Jewish history, genealogy, and linguistic heritage. Dates: 01/31, 02/28, 03/27, 05/01, 05/29, 06/19 and 06/26. Time: All lectures will take place on Wednesday …

As part of B’nai Brith Canada’s week long series to commemorate the nearly 1-million Jews who fled their homes across Arab countries and Iran, we spoke to Joseph Esses and Olga Abadi Esses z»l from Syria. Part 5, Syria As part of B’nai Brith Canada’s week long series to commemorate the …

As part of B’nai Brith Canada’s week-long series to commemorate the nearly 1-million Jews who fled their homes across Arab countries and Iran, we spoke to Asad Muallim from Iraq. Part 4, Iraq Although Asad left Iraq illegally in the early 1960s, his family that stayed endured many hardships, including arrests …

As part of B’nai Brith Canada’s week-long series to commemorate the nearly 1-million Jews who fled their homes across Arab countries and Iran, we spoke to Ronit Eskenasi from Lebanon. Part 3, Lebanon Ronit’s grandfather was successful in smuggling several Jews out of Lebanon, wearing only the clothes on their backs, …

As part of B’nai Brith Canada’s week-long series to commemorate the nearly 1-million Jews who fled their homes across Arab countries and Iran, we spoke to Noemi Lieberman, originally from Tripoli, Libya. In 1947, wearing only the clothes on their backs, she and her family were forced to flee Libya, …

B’nai Brith Canada Launches Series in Tribute to Jews from Arab Lands From the 1940s until the 1970s, and heightening with the founding of Israel in 1948, nearly 1-million Jews were expelled from their homes across Arab countries such as Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Egypt, Yemen, Libya, Algeria and Iran. In …

Sephardic Passover nights used to begin with stories that our grandparents enjoyed sharing with their children, grandchildren, relatives and friends.  Sadly this custom has fallen into disuse often favoring discussions of Hollywood movies, popular culture, social justice issues or insufferably long Talmudic speeches. I am not against those topics for …