The Revival and Reclamation of Sephardic Heritage in Israel

By SepLeadSite

2021.07.06

In this session fellows explored the current revival and reclamation of Mizrahi and heritage in Israel. The session was facilitated by Barak Loozon, director of the San Francisco Jewish Community Federation’s (SFJCF) Israel office. In this capacity Barak has helped to elevate and support the voices and work of many Mizrahi scholars, artists, activists, and organizations in Israel.

Prior to his work with the SFJCF, Barak worked at the Institute for Democratic Education in Israel and led the implementation of the “Bat-Yam Model for Personalized Education,” a model which was adopted by the Ministry of Education and became the national education reform called “New Horizons.”
Barak also worked as the National Education Director & Deputy Director-General of the Israeli Scouts (Tzofim) and as the movement emissary to the United States.

He holds a B.A. from Bar Ilan University in Criminology and Political Science, a Master’s in Education Policy and Administration from Tel Aviv University, as well as a Master’s in Public Administration from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government as a Wexner Israel Fellow.

Barak and his wife Keren are the proud parents of five boys, living in Kibbutz Einat, Israel.

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Source Materials from Barak’s session

 

https://www.972mag.com/asi-river-ashkenazi-zionist-left/

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