The Forgotten Exodus, Season 2: The Untold Stories of Jews from the Middle East and North Africa

The Forgotten Exodus

The multi-award-winning, chart-topping Jewish podcast, The Forgotten Exodus, is back for season two.

The world has overlooked an important episode in modern history: the 800,000 Jews who left or were driven from their homes in the Middle East and North Africa in the mid-20th century to forge new lives for themselves and future generations.

The Forgotten Exodus, a limited podcast series by American Jewish Committee (AJC), explores the critical lessons we can learn from this pivotal moment and the little-known Jewish heritage of the Middle East and North Africa. As Jews around the world confront rising antisemitism, hear five new stories of Mizrahi and Sephardi courage, perseverance, and resilience from this transformative and tumultuous period of history for the Jewish people. The world has ignored them. We will not.

Season 2 premieres August 26, 2024.

New episodes will be released weekly. Subscribe wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts.

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Transcript:

MANYA BRACHEAR PASHMAN: The world has forgotten them, but we will not: the 800,000 Jews who left or were driven from their homes in the Middle East and North Africa in the mid-20th century. American Jewish Committee presents the second season of its award-winning podcast, The Forgotten Exodus. As Jews around the world confront antisemitism, this season explores how Jews lived among their Arab neighbors until they no longer safely could.

HEN MAZZIG: They completely destroyed the Tunis Jewish quarter and my family decided to leave.

MANYA: Others sought new paths, only to discover the homes they left behind did not always welcome them back. When countries turned hostile toward Jews, many sought refuge in Israel, to their ancestral homeland.

HEN: And they took whatever they had left. And they got on a boat coming to Israel. To a place where they are going to be protected.

MANYA: Whether they landed in Israel or elsewhere in the diaspora, these Jews forged new lives for themselves and future generations. Join Hen Mazzig, Adiel Cohen, and others as we remember The Forgotten Exodus.