Tuesday 28 April, 7:30 pm Uk, 2:30 pm ET. A spiral-bound memoir written in Judeo-Farsi was discovered after the writer, Haim Abraham, born in 1897 in Turkmenistan, passed away. It gives a rare and invaluable  window into life in the Jewish Triangle, which spans Afghanistan, Iran and Central Asia.  Years later, the journal, covering 90 […]

Tuesday 12 May 2026, 7:30 pm UK. Pax Arabica is a new book looking into what the author, Daniel Clarke-Serret, calls the Arab Empire: What is the nature of this 'colonial' empire with its Palestinian vanguard, its dictatorial fragility, the oppression and expulsion of its minorities, its denial of national self-determination? How did  Arabs  turn […]

Tuesday 26 May, 7:30 pm UK. Eighty-five years have passed since the massacre which shattered the Iraqi-Jewish community in Iraq: two days in June 1941 of looting, murder and mutilation. What were its causes and consequences? We will hear the testimonies of survivors and analysis by professor Uzi Rabi, chairman of the Babylonian Jewry Heritage […]

Sunday 7 June 2026, 1 - 3pm Before 1941, sizeable Jewish communities flourished all over the Middle East and North Africa. 2-4 June mark the 85th anniversary of the Farhud: a violent attack on the Jews of Baghdad, who had lived there for over 2,700 years. Today, that community exists no more -- and neither […]

Tuesday 9 June 2026, 7 pm. In-person lecture at JW3 in London by Lyn Julius of Harif. The Sassoon story begins in the 19th century. Born in Baghdad, the extraordinary entrepreneur David Sassoon made his fortune in India and set up satelllite businesses all over the Far East. But his descendants craved acceptance in British […]

Tuesday 23 February, 7:30 pm. Born into a Jewish family living in Egypt, Eli Cohen (1924–1965) infiltrated the highest ranks of Syria’s military and government in one of the most daring missions ever conducted undercover. The skill with which he had integrated himself into the highest echelons of Syrian life, plying contacts with alcohol at […]

Tuesday 7 July 2026.  In-person  film premiere at JW3, 7:30 pm. Following its successful screenings in Rome and Milan, Harif and JW3 are proud to present the London premiere of Le cose non dette (Things Left Unsaid). This 2026 documentary, directed by Hamos Guetta, is set in Libya under Colonel Gaddafi, who took power in […]

Tuesday 21 July 2026, 7:30 pm UK. Baghdadi Jews have shaped Singapore’s history since 1819, yet their stories often go untold. This talk highlights the lives of David Marshall, Singapore’s first Chief Minister and a champion of inclusive citizenship, and Felice Isaacs, a leading figure in Jewish communal life—both of whom survived Japanese internment and […]

Tuesday 4 August 2026. 7:30pm UK,For all the attention the Middle East conflict attracts, the expulsion of nearly a million Jews from Arab countries is rarely acknowledged. This is why Lyn Julius has written 'Cast Out', a long-form essay published by the Jewish Quarterly. For thousands of years, Jewish communities lived across the Middle East […]

Tuesday 1 September, 7 pm. In partnership with Lockdown University. The 'Arab world' is a misnomer for a region comprising a rich mosaic of non-Arab and non-Muslim  peoples, sects and religions,  many of whom predate the Arab conquest and Islam in the Middle East. However, Middle Eastern minorities have suffered a decline due to conflict and persecution […]

Tuesday 13 October, 7 pm UK, 9 pm Israel. How can architecture reveal the history of a community? This question lies at the heart of Dr Dana Avrish's doctoral research on the synagogues of Morocco. Moving beyond conventional archival approaches, her research examines synagogue architecture, spatial organization, material culture, ritual objects, inscriptions, and visual evidence […]

Tuesday 27 October 2026, 7:30 pm UK, 9:30 pm Israel. Please note 3:30 pm ET, 12:30 pm PT. Yemeni and Adeni Jews  in the 20th century were divided by borders and cultural differences. They were frequently united, however, by their determination to make aliya. Migration to the land of Israel brought tens of thousands of […]