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H*n M*zzig knows, because I told him, that I am a Sephardi/Mizrahi woman & the EIC of Jewish Currents. He continues to erase that fact because he is 100% bad faith. This is not about Mizrahi representation, it's about redirecting the American convo re: race, Zionism, & the left
Fwiw, JC does engage with Sephardi and Mizrahi issues often. In the short time since our relaunch, on a slow publishing schedule, we've published political commentary + book reviews...
https://jewishcurrents.org/compassionate-politics-over-compassionate-gestures/
https://jewishcurrents.org/no-time-for-nostalgia/
https://jewishcurrents.org/compassionate-politics-over-compassionate-gestures/
https://jewishcurrents.org/no-time-for-nostalgia/
translations from Ladino, and perhaps the most comprehensive historical accounting of Sephardi/Mizrahi exclusion in Europe and the US. This work is personally important to me.
https://jewishcurrents.org/tela-de-sevoya-onioncloth/ https://jewishcurrents.org/our-white-supremacy-problem/
https://jewishcurrents.org/tela-de-sevoya-onioncloth/ https://jewishcurrents.org/our-white-supremacy-problem/
I presume re: critique, he's referring to 2 recent articles on the fight over CA ethnic studies that reference JIMENA, which weaponizes Mizrahi identity against anti-racist & Palestinian struggles. This also constitutes an engagement with Mizrahi issues! https://jewishcurrents.org/california-compromises-on-ethnic-studies/
By erasing my identity as a Sephardi & Mizrahi leftist at the helm of a Jewish media org, M*zzig tells you exactly what this conversation is really about: left-bashing in the service of hasbara.
More on this particular brand of "Mizrahi-washing" @972mag: https://www.972mag.com/mizrahi-washing-hasbara-israel-propaganda/
More on this particular brand of "Mizrahi-washing" @972mag: https://www.972mag.com/mizrahi-washing-hasbara-israel-propaganda/
