News & Views from Ivri-NASAWI -
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Published on: 8/26/2002
Last Visited: 8/26/2002
Editor/anthropologist Gloria Levitas has become Ivri-NASAWI's new Resource Manager in the New York area.Acting in an editorial and advisory capacity, Ms. Levitas will contribute to the News & Views; solicit capsule book reviews and full-length assignments; cull information on local foundations; and work with others to compile our new bibliography.If you have books with Sephardi/Mizrahi/Middle Eastern content you'd like other readers to know about, please forward your lists and commentaries to glevity@compuserve.com.Ms. Levitas may be reached at (212) 595-3924.She will be hosting the next "Conversations on Roots & Identity" on May 15 (see Events).
Sephardim in Melilla The trend of recognizing Spain's rich Jewish past continues as the city of Melilla, a protectorate on Morocco's northern coast, opens its first-ever exhibit dedicated to Sephardic culture.The City Museum (El Museo de la Ciudad), directed by Simón Benguigui, will include artifacts from Melilla's nine synagogues.The Sephardic population is Melilla's third largest, after Christian and Muslim social groups.To learn more, visit the Sur website, at http://www.diariosur.es/diario/suscr/melilla04.htm.
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The next gathering will take place on Monday, May 15, 7:30 pm, at the home of anthropologist Gloria Levitas, 230 W. 79th St., 91S, at the intersection of Broadway.RSVP (212) 362-9074.The questions to be addressed: How do we cultivate a spiritual practice, or live only with a secular or tribal identity?And is it possible, and desirable, to retain memories, stories from the past, that are continuously meaningful to us today?
DC-Baltimore May 16, Ivri-NASAWI Chapter Development Meeting 2 Writers, artists, activists, rabbis and others are invited to participate in the founding and creation of the newest chapter of Ivri-NASAWI, devoted to producing and supporting Sephardi/Mizrahi cultures, as well as creating cross-cultural Middle Eastern encounters.6:30 pm, Georgetown University, Intercultural Center.
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If you are an author, musician/composer or filmmaker and would like your work included in our databases; or if you would simply like something you have enjoyed reading, listening to or watching included in our new databases, please submit all relevant details to the appropriate party: (Books) Gloria Levitas,mailto:%20GLEVITY@aol.com, (Music), Jordan Elgrably, ivrinasawi@aol.com, (Film) Joyce Allegra Maio, JAMaio@aol.com.
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Michael Hirshhorn and Jimena Martinez both renewed their membership and made a generous contribution; Gloria Levitas renewed and contributed to the library and publication funds.