Hakeshet Hademocratit Hamizrahit
Introduction
Hakeshet Hademocratit Hamizrahit is an apolitical, non-parliamentary social movement whose goal is to affect the current public agenda in the aim of bringing a change into the Israeli society as a whole and to its institutions. The organization is Mizrahi (Jews from Arab and Muslims Lands and the East) in its goals, universal in its beliefs and open to all those who identify with its values. The movement strives to bring about a meaningful change among the Israeli society and implement values of democracy, human rights, social justice, equality and multi cultures.
Fields of activity
From the day of its establishment Hakeshet Hademocratit Hamizrahit has been active in 4 main fields: land; employment and unemployment; education and activity in the form of coalitions. During 2003 Hakeshet Hademocratit Hamizrahit expanded the scope of its activity and enlarged its number. This was achieved especially through coalition activities also on the international level. A major part of the organization’s work relates to organizing conferences, media expose and performances on central issues.
Main Projects of Hakeshet – 2004-2005
Lands
Information about Land Struggles
Advancement of standards for civil equality and just distribution of land use
An assertive group flexes its Mizrachi muscles
by Mazal Moalem
Seeds of Dissent
by Arye Dayan
Public Housing
Information about Public Housing
Education
Israeli Anthropology and American Anthropology: Our “Special Relations”
by Prof. Smadar Lavie
Lilly White Feminism and Academic Apartheid in Israel
by Prof. Smadar Lavie
Complaint of the Israeli Universities, from the Coalition to End Apartheid in Israeli Anthropology
by Sara Leibovitz-Dar
by Yosef Elgazi
by Prof. Smadar Lavie
Our response to the 2005 annual meeting of The Israeli Anthropological Association
by Prof. Smadar Lavie
History and Culture
More Arab than the Arabs: Iraqi writers join Israel's literary canon
by Gabrielle Birkner
Art with an ethnic consciousness
by Dana Gilerman
Israel as a Multicultural Democracy: Challenges and Obstacles
by Yossi Yonah
History of the German radical left
A lecture given in "Midrash Ha-Keshet" by Prof. Theodor Bergmann, University of Stuttgart, 27.2.06
Arab-Jews
What is there between the Mizrahi issue and the Palestinian nationalism
by Prof. Yehouda Senhav
by Prof. Yehouda Senhav
by Dr. Joel Beinin.
Hitching a ride on the magic carpet
by Prof. Yehouda Shenhav
by Barry Chamish
Israel’s Place in the Middle East: A Pluralist Perspective
by Dr. Moshe (Shiko) Behar
by Dr. Shiko Behar
The Economist
The truth about Jewish assets In Iraq
by Prof. Yehouda Shenhav
Jews from Arab countries and the Palestinian right for return
by Prof. Yehouda Shenhav
by Prof. Yehouda Shenhav
The vanishing Jews of the Arab world: Baghdad native tells the story of being a Middle East refugee
by Semha Alwaya
US Senate takes up issue of Jews who fled Arab lands
by Melissa Radler
The Synagogue as Civil Society, or How We Can Understand the Shas Party
by Omar Kamil
by Prof. Yossi Yonna
The Washington Times
by Nancy Hawker
Women
Tensions In Israeli Feminism: The Mizrahi-Ashkenazi Rift
by Dr. Henriette Dahan-Kalev
Ahoti has a voice. Let her speak from the podium
by “Ahoti”
“You're So Pretty – You Don't Look Moroccan”
by Dr. Henriette Dahan Kalev
Feminism and the Mizrahi woman
by Gal Karniel
Intimate Portraits
by Dr. Na'ama Sheffi
by Prof. Ella Sohat
Other Articles
Masking Identity: Sephardim as Ashkenazim
by David Shasa
by Doron A. Tal
Brave New Multicultural World: Interview with Prof. Yossi Yonah
by Vered Levy-Barzilai
Tunisian 'miracle' blends Jews, Muslims
by Annie Warmke