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"I wonder how many unique personal stories remain untold"
By Leila Issacharoff, Work Experience 2021 I was very grateful to secure work experience with Dr Bea Lewkowicz and Daisy Abboudi and had...


Seeking Refuge
"World Refugee Day is an international day designated by the United Nations to honour refugees around the globe. It falls each year on...


Chag Pesach Sameach 2021
This year we face another Pesach in lockdown and while the social distancing, online shopping and deep cleaning may now feel ‘normal’,...


Our Parkes Institute Takeover
This month we have had the pleasure of taking over the Parkes Institute blog. From the Parkes Institute website: "The Parkes Institute is...


Holocaust Memorial Day
Holocaust Memorial Day is held on the 27th January each year, the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the largest Nazi...


2020: Our Year in Review
This year has in many ways been a pivotal one for Sephardi Voices UK. As we come close to completing our original target of conducting...


Shelter and Sukkot
A message from our Director, Dr Bea Lewkowicz. I was very pleased to have participated in the opening to the ‘Square of Hope: Shelter...


Interview with Regina Ishkenazi
Read our interview with Regina Ishkenazi about her childhood in a small Jewish community in Sudan. From Sephardi Renaissance magazine.


In the News
We're excited that the research of our Deputy Director, Daisy Abboudi, has been featured on the BBC News Website. Daisy has been...


Interview with Jocelyn Shrago
Read our interview with Jocelyn Shrago, who grew up in Algeria. From Sephardi Renaissance magazine.


David Khalastchi interview
Our interviewee David Khalastchi died in 2018. Read a remembrance by his daughter and extracts from David's interview with with Dr Bea...


Remembering the Hangings in Iraq
This year, on the 19th February, there will be a special memorial service in a London synagogue to mark fifty years since the Baghdad...


On Holocaust Memorial Day Mizrahi Jews Remember
The interview extracts in this post have been redacted and edited for clarity. The Holocaust is primarily seen as a European tragedy;...


Jewish Renaissance features SVUK interview with Ellis Douek
Read our interview with surgeon and writer Ellis Douek, from Jewish Renaissance Magazine. #EllisDouek #SephardiReanissance #Interview...
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