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Mark Basta, who now works as the Arabic outreach manager for JIMENA: Jews Indigenous to the Middle East and North Africa, at the United Nations as a member of a civil rights society in April 2025. Basta's face is blurred due to safety concerns for his remaining family in Egypt. (Courtesy)
Posted inThe J. Interview

Meet the Egyptian Copt who translates Jewish history for the Arab world 

Lea Loeb
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb May 21, 2026May 27, 2026

Mark Basta was 7 years old when the 2011 Egyptian Revolution broke out. The uprising led to the overthrow of longtime president Hosni Mubarak after decades of authoritarian rule, and […]

One of the documents translated by AI is a book, handwritten likely by a Baghdadi youth in 5603 (1902 or 1903). The book features prayers, poems and a haggadah that translates the Hebrew to Judeo-Arabic. These pages show a portion of The Four Questions. (Courtesy Voices from the Archive)
Posted inIdeas

Oakland man’s AI platform unlocks a treasure trove of Iraqi Jewish history

Lea Loeb
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb March 27, 2026March 27, 2026
Iranian flag, photo of Reza Pahlavi
Posted inWorld

Iranian opposition activist calls long-exiled crown prince a ‘bridge to the future’

by Sue Fishkoff March 11, 2026March 11, 2026
Art from Distinctions: A Sephardi and Mizrahi Journal, published by JIMENA.
Posted inLocal Voice

How JIMENA is supporting Mizrahi and Sephardi Jews right now

Sarah Levin by Sarah Levin October 13, 2023October 13, 2023
De Anza College campus
Posted inLocal Voice

DEI programs can harm Jews — but they don’t have to

Sarah Levin by Sarah Levin April 25, 2023April 25, 2023
Tamar Bloch in the Beit Dakira museum, part of a JIMENA-sponsored virtual trip to Morocco.
(Screenshot/JIMENA)
Posted inNews

Newly founded Sephardic Leadership Institute will elevate Sephardic and Mizrahi Jewish voices 

by Dan Pine August 10, 2022August 19, 2022
Tamar Bloch in the Beit Dakira museum, part of a JIMENA-sponsored virtual trip to Morocco.
(Screenshot/JIMENA)
Posted inTravel

Cure your travel blues with virtual trips to Morocco, Tunisia and beyond

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky April 27, 2021April 28, 2021
(Photo/Flickr-Scazon CC BY 2.0)
Posted inLocal Voice

Local Jewish groups worked for years to fix the California ethnic studies curriculum. Please don’t minimize our work.

Sarah Levin by Sarah Levin and JTA February 8, 2021
Berman stands at the front of a room addressing an audience
Posted inEducation

Lessons on Jewish Americans added to state’s ethnic studies curriculum

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman November 19, 2020
Preparing for a Yemenite Jewish wedding in the Bay Area. (Photo/Punam Bean)
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Mizrahi Jews needed to balance ethnic studies curriculum

Sarah Levin by Sarah Levin August 24, 2020

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