North Africa

0 History Culture

What I learned from my father’s strange journey from Poland to Algeria, Kazakhstan and the California desert

Dvora Treisman in JTA · 20 Nov

Dvora Treisman recounts the adventurous life of her father, Rafa Feliks Buszejkin, a non-observant Polish Jew born in 1912 in Warsaw.

0 History Politics

The (Jewish) Refugees That No One Cares About

Pat Johnson in Future of Jewish · 19 Aug

The text discusses the little-known story of Jewish refugees who were forced to flee or were expelled from Arab and Muslim-majority countries following the establishment of Israel in 1948.

0 Politics Communities

How Israel’s Black Panthers radicalized its Mizrahi Jews, and changed the country

Andrew Silow-Carroll in Forward · 17 Mar

Israels Black Panthers, a group of Mizrahi Jewish youth in the early 1970s, drew inspiration from the American Black Panthers to challenge discrimination against Mizrahi Jews in Israel.

0 History Education

Empowering Sephardic perspectives as we navigate antisemitism in education

Rachel Kohn in eJewishPhilanthropy · 14 Feb

This article discusses the rise of antisemitism in the San Francisco Bay Area public school system.

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Coming of Age in the Sephardi Diaspora

Sarah Abrevaya Stein in Jewish Review of Books · 18 Apr 2023

"Coming of Age in the Sephardi Diaspora" explores the scarcity of Sephardi coming-of-age stories compared to Ashkenazi literature and highlights some notable works in the genre.

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Missing Notes

Matti Friedman in Jewish Review of Books · 3 Oct 2022

"Recording History: Jews, Muslims, and Music across Twentieth-Century North Africa" by Christopher Silver explores the forgotten history of Jewish musicians in the Maghreb region during the first half of the 20th century.

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North Africa during World War II

Aomar Boum in Jewish Review of Books · 6 Apr 2022

During World War II, North Africa was under the rule of the Vichy French, Italian fascists, and Nazis, leading to widespread suffering for the local population.

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Why is this Haggadah different from all others? Hitler.

Forward · 11 Mar 2021

The Hitler Haggadah, an obscure Haggadah written by a Jew in Rabat, Morocco during World War II, has been rediscovered and is causing controversy.

0 Politics Israel

Can America Ever Get It Right in the Middle East?

Tel Aviv Review · 4 Jan 2021

In "Losing the Long Game, The False Promise of Regime Change in the Middle East," Philip Gordon, a former White House coordinator for the Middle East, highlights the complexities and challenges of pursuing regime change in the Middle East.

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Can America Ever Get It Right in the Middle East?

Tel Aviv Review · 4 Jan 2021

In "Losing the Long Game: The False Promise of Regime Change in the Middle East," former White House coordinator for the Middle East, North Africa, and the Gulf, Philip Gordon, argues against the idea of undertaking regime change in the Middle East.

0 Holocaust Communities

Victim Enough? The Jews of North Africa During the Holocaust

Lawrence Rosen in Jewish Review of Books · 27 Mar 2019

During the Holocaust, North African Jews faced discrimination and persecution under French and Italian racial laws, economic disenfranchisement, and internment in camps.

0 Food Communities

A Pepper Salad That’ll Have You Seeing Red

Joan Nathan in Tablet · 28 Jun 2018

Peppers, originating in the New World, were introduced to the Mediterranean by Sephardic Jews serving as merchants, with North African Jews incorporating them into their cuisine to complement Friday night dinners.

0 Politics Culture

As Passover Nears, Let’s Not Forget Farrakhan’s Shameful Stance on Slavery

Charles Jacobs in Tablet · 27 Mar 2018

The author reflects on Minister Louis Farrakhan's refusal to address African slavery, particularly in Sudan, Mauritania, Libya, and Nigeria.

0 History Holocaust

Adieu, Jews: France and North Africa under the Nazi occupation

Tel Aviv Review · 3 Mar 2017

Dr. Daniel Lee, a Second World War historian at the University of Sheffield, explores the unique situation of Jews in France and its North African colonies during the Nazi occupation post the 1940 defeat.

0 History Antisemitism

Sephardi Stories, on the Record

Adi Schwartz in Tablet · 1 May 2013

Sephardi Voices is an ongoing project dedicated to recording and archiving the testimonies of Jews displaced from North Africa and the Middle East in the 20th century.

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