Join KB in person or online for a member-led service, guest speaker, and some time to schmooze! Childcare will be available.

For the Zoom link, please email Lidia at lpruente@kahalbraira.org.

Approximate Schedule
9:30am - candle lighting blessings
9:40am - announcements and service
10:30am - coffee & schmooze
11:00am - program

Program: Revisionist History: Mizrahi Jews

with Yuval Evri, Brandeis University Assistant Professor of Near Eastern and Judaic Studies & Marash and Ocuin Chair in Ottoman, Mizrahi and Sephardic Jewish Studies

Mizrahi Jews (Jews from the Middle East and North Africa) have long served as cultural and linguistic mediators—translators, go-betweens, and interpreters—straddling the boundaries between Jews and Arabs, Hebrew and Arabic. While often seen as a "bridge" between cultures, they were also viewed with suspicion, accused of dual loyalties, assimilation, and even treason. We’ll explore how Mizrahim both connected and enforced divisions. By tracing these entanglements across national and linguistic divides, we’ll discover a fresh perspective on identity, belonging, and the shifting role of Mizrahim—challenging historical narratives and reimagining possibilities for coexistence in a deeply divided region.