Juifs d’Orient: Une histoire plurimillénaire
For over forty years, the Institut du Monde Arabe (IMA) has been standing among Paris’ major cultural institutions and striving to promote and spread Arab culture in all its forms, with more than one million visitors per year.
As a place of exchange, initiative, reflection, and cultural dynamism, the IMA offers a highly diverse program of international exhibitions, concerts, film screenings, conferences, and language courses for a broad audience.
The IMA is partnering with the American Sephardi Federation (ASF) to promote dialogue between cultures, heighten awareness of shared history, and for a groundbreaking exhibition on “Juifs d’Orient: Une histoire plurimillénaire” (“Jews in Islamic Lands: A Multi-Millennial History”), which is a testament to the increasing integration of Jews back into the historical memory and contemporary Muslim cultural milieus.
On 20 October, France’s Consulate General at New York Jérémie Robert hosted a soirée in honor of IMA & ASF’s innovative partnership and this exciting exhibition. Click here to watch a pre-recorded message from the IMA’s President Jack Lang.
Honored to have hosted @AmericanSephard and @imarabe's reception in celebration of the forthcoming exhibition at the Institut du Monde Arabe in Paris "Juifs d’Orient: Une histoire plurimillénaire" that will take a unique look at the history of Jewish communities in the Arab world pic.twitter.com/POo0YzfUmw
— Jérémie Robert (@JeremieRobertCG) October 21, 2021
Help the ASF & Zilkha Family tell the Greater Sephardic story @imarabe, the premier Arab cultural institution in Paris w/one million visitors annually.
Learn about "Jews in Islamic Lands: A Multi-Millennial History":https://t.co/9fKhh5FKo7
Merci beaucoup, @JeremieRobertCG! pic.twitter.com/yxgx6k2u3k
— American Sephardi Federation (ASF) (@AmericanSephard) November 4, 2021
The exhibition, which will be held in Paris from 24 November 2021 through 13 March 2022, will shed new light on the integral role that Jewish culture has played in the societies of the Arab world over the centuries. It will undoubtedly be a revelation for a wide audience and symbolizes the reassertion of classical Middle Eastern values.
The most prestigious museums worldwide, including the Israel Museum in Jerusalem, the British Museum in London, the Brooklyn Museum in New York, the Museum of Jewish Art and History (MAHJ) and the Louvre Museum in Paris, are represented in the exhibition’s collection.
We invite you to join us in this adventure by contributing securely online. Help us tell the Sephardic story through a sophisticated exhibition in a highly symbolic venue.
Please email us if you have any questions or would like to arrange a call to discuss additional giving options. Donations up to $30,000 are being matched by our generous supporters. US donors may claim the maximum tax benefits allowed by U.S. tax law for their contributions to the exhibition via the ASF.
The Institut du Monde Arabe is pleased to have the commitment of the Zilkha Family and the partnership of the American Sephardi Federation (ASF), whose mission is to preserve and promote the history, traditions, and rich mosaic culture of Greater Sephardic communities as an integral part of the Jewish experience.