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Tamar Zaken

Tamar Zaken

Tamar Zaken is an educator who lives in the East Bay. In her spare time, she translates Sephardic rabbinic texts to expose English speaking audiences to their inspiring message of inclusion and justice.

Preparing for a Yemenite Jewish wedding in the Bay Area. (Photo/File photo-JIMENA-Punam Bean)
Posted inLocal Voice

Using Sephardic sources to create a perfect moment of Jewish learning

Tamar Zaken by Tamar Zaken November 30, 2022December 6, 2022

Imagine a perfect moment of learning. How does it feel? What does it look like? Is it a deep, into-the-night chevruta (study session) with a friend? Or a moment of […]

Redwoods and fog in Redwood National Park. (Photo/Wikimedia-Michael Schweppe CC BY SA)
Posted inLocal Voice

Tu B’Shevat is more than trees — it’s about our link in the chain

Tamar Zaken by Tamar Zaken January 26, 2021January 27, 2021
Tamar Zaken in her Israeli army days
Posted inIsrael at 70

At the bus stop, waiting for the messiah (or something like it)

Tamar Zaken by Tamar Zaken April 3, 2018April 4, 2018
A Yemenite family travels to a camp set up by the Joint Distribution Committee near Aden, Yemen, Jan. 1949. (Photo/Israeli National Photo Archive)
Posted inOpinion

Did you know November is Mizrachi Heritage Month?

Tamar Zaken by Tamar Zaken November 27, 2017November 27, 2017

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