TABLET
The New Sephardic Generation
THE JEWISH TELEGRAPHIC AGENCY
Pride Month isn’t the focus for LGBTQ Jews this year
“My organization works to build a vibrant and supportive community for an often overlooked segment of the Jewish world: LGBTQ+ Sephardic and Mizrahi Jews. American Jewish institutions are becoming increasingly cognizant of the diversity within the queer Jewish world and the importance of highlighting the voices of marginalized LGBTQ+ Jews, like Sephardim and Mizrahim, as well as Jews of Color.”
ALMA
I’m a Lesbian Bukharian Jew. Can I Exist?
TABLET MAG
A Space for LGBTQ Mizrahi and Sephardi Jews
REFINERY29
There’s No One Way To Look Jewish
“I go to these queer Sephardic Shabbat dinners once a month. They're amazing, and I feel so welcomed being there.”
ALMA
Model Yseult Polfliet Has Finally Found Her Jewish Story
“In the process of figuring out her Jewish identity, Yseult started going to Shabbat dinners with the Sephardic Mizrahi Q Network. (They work with OneTable, an organization that encourages young Jews to host Shabbat dinners.) “I met a group of people that were gay, from the LGBTQ community, and also Jewish, and they welcomed me with open arms. That’s where I made some friends. Now I have a bunch of girlfriends that are gay and Jewish, and they’re Mizrahi and Sephardi Jewish women! It’s a very specific kind of conversation.”
THE JEWISH CHRONICLE
The First Egalitarian Sephardi Siddur
“Furthermore, it is not just for the inclusion of women that new communities are being innovated, as shown by the Sephardi-Mizrahi Q Network in New York. There is a desire, at a grassroots level and across the world, for Sephardi communities to reflect changing social attitudes while remaining within their halachic tradition — as Sephardim have always done.”