SOAS Jewish Society

SOAS JSoc ran a week recognising the 'Forgotten Refugees of the Middle East'.

This week we celebrated Jewish culture, stories and heritage from all over the Middle East, with three fascinating and diverse speakers.

On Tuesday, we welcomed Hen Mazzig, an Israeli public speaker, writer and activist, who shared his personal story and the story of 850,000 Jewish refugees from Arab countries and their journeys to Israel.

On Wednesday, we welcomed Carol Isaacs, creative mind behind The Wolf Of Baghdad. She shared some of her family's powerful memoirs of Iraq, and of her experience looking into the untold story of Iraqi Jews for the project.

On Thursday, we welcomed Lyn Julius, co-founder of Harif, the UK Association of Jews from the Middle East and North Africa. She spoke about her new book, 'Uprooted', in which she investigates the tragedy of how 3000 years of Jewish civilisation in the Middle East could vanish over the course of a few decades.

SOAS JSoc are proud to have run this week of activities, especially on a campus on which it hasn't always been easy for Jews to talk about their identity. We are grateful to everyone who came to listen and engage.

Thank you to our sponsors UJS - Union of Jewish Students and to our fantastic speakers!

Join us tonight for our final speaker this week - Lyn Julius will be presenting her recently published book "Uprooted", a comprehensive study of Middle Eastern Jewish refugee experiences. Registration required; refreshments will be served. Thank you for your interest!

Forgotten Refugees: Lyn Julius “My name is Lyn Julius, co-founder of Harif, the UK Association of Jews from the Middle East and North Africa. Harif is a small group of volunteers who arrange talks, film screenings and advocate for the rights of ex-refugees from Arab countries and Iran. We are not just Sephardim and Mizrahim, in...

Great to see so many of you supporting us at tonight's talk with Hen Mazzig. Come join us again tomorrow (same time - 7pm) for a musical conversation with Carol Isaacs, the creative mind behind the new audiovisual project The Wolf Of Baghdad. Traditional Jewish Iraqi food will be served. :) Registration required!

Forgotten Refugees: Carol Isaacs THE WOLF OF BAGHDAD - a memoir of a lost homeland by The Surreal McCoy/Carol Isaacs The Wolf of Baghdad is a new audio-visual work based on a family’s memories of Iraq. Animated pages from the memoir are projected on to a screen accompanied by live music from 3yin, a new London-based ensemble who ...

Come join us for a conversation with Israeli public speaker and activist Hen Mazzig tonight, 7pm at SOAS. Hen will be sharing his personal and family stories, and discuss the important role of Middle Eastern Jews in shaping the Israel of today. Registration required; please follow the link.

Forgotten Refugees: Hen Mazzig Hen Mazzig is an Israeli public speaker, writer and activist. Hen’s family came to Israel from Iraq and North Africa (Berber Jews from Tunisia) in the 1950s, giving him a unique background for his talks, in which he shares his family’s story and the story of 850,000 Jewish refugees from Arab cou...

While we deeply regret the tragic loss of life during the Gaza protests, we take issue with CUSU BME and Women's Campaigns endorsing the upcoming protest, due to the toxic language used in the event description (https://www.facebook.com/events/368845953604876/).

Please sign this petition to demand these bodies remove their endorsement.

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CONGRATULATIONS TO ISRAEL'S NETTA FOR WINNING EUROVISION 2018!!!

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SOAS Jewish Society stands in solidarity with QM Jsoc. It is absolutely unacceptable for a student officer on the chair of the Queen Mary Student's Union to be expressing antisemitism of any form.
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