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Program
August 28-30, 2023
Opening Night
August 28 - JW3, London
Registration and Opening Ceremony
17:30
Reception
17:45
Mincha
18:00
Cultural Event Begins
Greetings by organizers and diplomats
Dance troupes: B'Rechovot Teiman, Bat Nedivim, and Ayelet Hen
Presentation by Dani Goldsmith, A Brief History of the Jews of Aden
Music of Aden: Jonny Mossesson band, and Galit Giat
Awards to community leaders
Day 1
August 29 - Woolf Institute
11:00-12:00
Session 1: The Long History of 'Adeni Jewry
Facilitator: Dr. Rachel Yadid
Dani Goldsmith, The Manehem Messa Family and the 'Aden Jewish Community
Doron Yaakov, ‘Aden Jewish Community – Intercultural Identity
12:00-13:10
Session 2: Speaking and Writing 'Aden: Linguistic Diversity and Distinction
Facilitator: Professor Kamel Abdel-Malek
Uri Melammed, Al Hamd(u) lillāh: the Judeo-Arabic Translation of the Scroll of Esther
Ori Shachmon, Preservation and Innovation in the Jewish Dialect of Aden
Ofer Ashwal, The Ketubot of the Jewish Community of ‘Aden: Preservation and Uniqueness
14:00 - 15:30
Session 3: Artistic ‘Aden: Material and Social Histories
Facilitator: Drora Arussy
Anisa Anis Hasson Abas, Intangible Cultural Heritage
Ester Muchawsky-Schnapper, A Special Type of Torah Crown with Finials from Aden
Sarah Ansbacher, Passage from Aden: Behind the Stories from a Little Museum in Tel Aviv
Hananya Koresh, The Yemenite Heritage Center and the Jewish Communities of Israel - Rehovot-Israel
Lunch
13:10
15:45-16:35
Session 4: Space and Place in the Formation of 'Adeni Identities
Facilitator: Dr. Ahmed Atef, ‘Aden’s Identity
Wadih ali Abdullah Aman,‘Adeni heritage sites
Mahmoud Ali Mohsen Al-Salmi, The Impact of Maritime Activity on the Diversity of the Population of the City of Aden
16:45-18:30
Session 5: Cultural Histories of ‘Adeni Rabbis
Facilitator: Uri Melammed
Ariel Malachi, R. Shmuel Ha’adani and the Model of the Perfect Jewish Sage
Tom Fogel, "Those people in the cities of Yemen who believe in demons": Between Magic and Medicine in 'Naḥalat Yosef' by the Adani scholar Shmuel ben Yosef Yeshua
Lilac Torgeman, Shukr Kuhayl, the Messiah from Yemen: Information Sharing between the Port Cities of ‘Aden and Alexandria
Benzion Bar-Ami, 2000 Years of Jewish Heritage in Aden
19:00
Dinner
20:00
Asmara Film
Day 2
August 30 - Woolf Institute
9:00 - 10:30
Session 6: Jewish ‘Aden under British Rule
Facilitator: Michal Sagi
Drora Arussy, Education in Aden in the early 20th Century
Aviva Klein-Franke, Jewish Communal Development under British Rule in ‘Aden
Jaklin Mansoor, Trade, Gender, and Daily Life in Jewish ‘Aden
Mark S. Wagner, The Singapore that Wasn’t: British Aden in Ahmad Zayn’s “Steamer Point”
10:45 - 12:15
Session 7: Yemeni Jewish Migrants in ‘Aden: Histories of Suffering & Solidarity
Facilitator: Michal Sagi
Menashe Anzi,‘Adeni Jews and their support for Yemeni Jewish immigrants in the 1950s
Dani Bar Maoz,The City of ‘Aden: Gateway to Redemption or Gateway to Hell?
Bat Zion Eraqi Klorman, 'Aden: A Magnet for Yemeni Migrants: mid 19th Century to mid 20th Century
Binyamin Gamlieli, The Pogroms in Aden on the Eve of the War of Independence
12:30- 13:45
Session 8: ‘Aden on the Sea: Diasporas, Migrant Communities, and Trade in a Locus of Maritime Empire
Facilitator: Dr. Menashe Anzi
Benjamin Berman-Gladstone, Immigration Regulation and the British Project to Control ‘Aden’s Makeup
Shalva Weil, Bene Israel Indian Jews in ‘Aden: The Rise and Fall of an Unknown Jewish Community
Itamar Toussia Cohen, Recasting the Colonial Dubash: Parsi Capital in the Port of Aden, 1840-1888
14:30 - 15:45
Session 9: Recording ‘Aden: Archival, Oral, and Personal Histories
Facilitator: Dr. Rachel Yadid
Yigal Sitry, Records regarding the Zionist activities among the Jews of Yemen housed in the CZA
Misha Mansoor, Born and raised in Aden to a new life in London
Ephraim Isaac, My father’s journey through Aden
15:45 - 16:30
Session 10: Next Steps – the future of ‘Aden
Facilitator: Ahmed Atef
Mohamed Qubaty and Shady M. Qubaty, Reviving ‘Aden: A Confluence of Historical Relevance and Prospective Resurgence in a Maritime Multicultural Ecosystem
Closing remarks
16:15
Closing Remarks