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Jewish Voices From Around the World
Tiles of a Mosaic
Chapters
18 Voices. Five Continents.
One Shared Story
1. Elizabeth Graver: A Long Journey
Elizabeth retraces the long-lost places of her family, journeying from the US to Turkey, Spain, and Cuba to better understand and connect with the heritage of her grandmother.
2. Nadia Ragozhina: My Search for Myself
Early 20th century; two Jewish brothers from Warsaw went in opposite directions—one to Russia, one to Switzerland. Nadia, a Moscow-born descendant, eventually reunited both sides of her family.
3. David Gerbi: You Must Believe in Miracles
Exiled from Libya as a child, David narrates the tragic events that led his family to a new life in Rome. He reflects on tradition, memories, and how confronting his trauma inspired his visits to Libya.
4. Claudia Hercman: Memory and Silence
Born in Argentina, granddaughter of Polish immigrants, Claudia explores the history of one of the world's largest Jewish communities through her family's and her own experiences.
5. Nachshon Rodrigues Pereira: Echoes of the Esnoga
Nachshon, a descendant of Amsterdam's Portuguese Jews, speaks about his efforts to ensure the future of Dutch Jewry through his newly formed community, Bendigamos.
6. Rachel Wahba: Stateless
Rachel, an Egyptian-Iraqi Jew born in India, grew up stateless in Japan. She recounts life in Kobe's international community, the challenges of statelessness, and the significance of her Jewish identity.
7. Joseph Michael Vardakis: Evolving Identities
Originally from Athens, Joseph converted to Judaism along with his family as a child. He describes their spiritual journey and how he embraced the Sephardic heritage while keeping his Greek identity.
8. Dóra Korányi: Where There is Hope, There is Home
Dóra shares what it's like living as a Jew today in Hungary and discusses the impact of growing up with the shadow of both the Holocaust and Communism in the community's history.
9. Eliaz Reuben-Dandeker: Growing up a Bene Israel Jew of India in Israel
A direct descendant of the leaders of the Bene Israel of India, Eliaz describes his expeditions to India and the work he does to preserve the nearly vanished heritage of his community.
10. Ron Gomes Casseres: Interwoven in Curaçao
Ron's ancestors arrived in Curaçao in 1690. As a leader of the Mikvé Israel-Emanuel community, he speaks about the unique stories that shaped one of the earliest Jewish congregations in the Americas.
11. Valeriya Nakshun: The Family Project
Born in Dagestan, Russia, Valeriya immigrated to the US as a child in the 1990s. She shares the story of the Kavkazi "Mountain" Jews, an ancient Caucasian community with Persian roots.
12. Nesim Bencoya: Through the Streets of the Judería
Nesim was born and raised in Izmir, Turkey, in a Ladino-speaking family. After spending many years in Israel, he decided to return and dedicate his life to preserving the Jewish heritage of his city.
13 Gavin Morris: When Most Went West, We Went South
Gavin, the director of the South African Jewish Museum, speaks about the past and present of his family and community: from its largely Litvak origins, through the apartheid era, to the present day.
14. Sarah Sassoon: What is Hidden in a Cheese Sambusak
From Australia to Jerusalem, Sarah researches and preserves her Babylonian-Iraqi Jewish heritage, immersing herself in the culture of one of the oldest Jewish diasporas, now vanished from Iraq.
15. Artur Livshyts: My Roots, My Strength
Artur was born in Minsk, then in the Soviet Union, and developed a strong Jewish identity abroad. He decided to return to revive and preserve the once-flourishing Jewish community of Belarus.
16. Ran Menashe: The Karaites of Egypt: A Hidden Chapter in Jewish History
Ran recounts the story of his Egyptian Karaite family, from the early days to their expulsion and resettlement in Israel, while providing an intriguing overview of what Karaite Judaism really is about.
17. Ruth Behar: A Suitcase By My Bed
Ruth was born in Cuba to a mixed Sephardic and Ashkenazi couple who escaped the revolution and settled in New York. She explains her connection to her roots and to today's Cuban Jewish community.
18. Alan Niku: My Heart is in the East
After the Islamic Revolution, Alan's parents left Iran for California. Through the discovery of long-lost texts and archives, he seeks to debunk common myths about Persian Jews and their traditions.