Mizrahi Identity in the US

Presented by the Berkeley Institute for Jewish Law and Israel Studies
Recorded via Zoom November 12, 2020
Panelists include:
Tamar Zaken - Chief Program Officer at HaMaqom; Jewish educator
Hadar Cohen - Multi-Media Feminist Artist, Writer, and Dancer; Fellow, Abrahamic House
Rabbi Daniel Bouskila - Director, Sephardic Educational Center in Jerusalem and Los Angeles; Rabbi, Westwood Village Synagogue

There are over 300,000 Jews of Mizrachi and Sephardic descent living in the United States these days; however, their role in the American Jewish community is rarely discussed. Join us for a lively panel on the visibility of Mizrachi American Jews and where they fall in the contemporary discussions surrounding intersectionality, Jewish religious identity, and American Jewish inter-community divides.