The Holocaust is usually thought of as a European story, but at a fascinating talk at JMI’s Yallah conference on Sunday 9 February, Dr Vanessa Paloma Elbaz brought to light a little-known story of Moroccan resistance to…
The concert was opened by the warm-up act 3yin (pronounced ‘eye-in’), a sextet of London-based musicians playing Iraqi, Egyptian and other Arabic or Judeo-Arabic music on Western and Arab instruments. Did I say warm-up? More like ‘heat-up’, as this enthusiastic group of…
“In Morocco, in Islam, Jews and Muslims are, in their thousands, enjoying being together. This may not be on the front page of any newspaper or what you watch on the TV, and of course it is not so black and white, but it’s something that should be shared.” Dr Andre Azoulay, counsellor…
For the first time on UK soil, the traditions of Judeo-Arabic music are going to be explored, studied, performed and enjoyed. Thanks to the Jewish Music Institute, the brains behind this initiative, SOAS University in London will…
