Tamar Zaken

Tamar Zaken

Tamar Zaken has spent over a decade directing service learning Beit Midrash programs at Memizrach Shemesh, the Center for Jewish Social Leadership based in Jerusalem. She graduated from the Joint Program at Columbia University and the Jewish Theological Seminary of America and received a Masters degree in Social Work from Wurzweiler School of Social Work at Yeshiva University. Tamar is an informal educator, and community worker and now spends time translating Sephardic Rabbinic texts to expose English speaking audiences to their inspiring message of inclusion and justice.

Articles

What My Sephardi and Ashkenazi Grandmothers Taught Me About Cooking and Feminism

What My Sephardi and Ashkenazi Grandmothers Taught Me About Cooking and Feminism

03/23/2017
Sephardi and Ashkenazi cooking traditions
From Israel to America: Sephardi Inspiration for Hanukkah

From Israel to America: Sephardi Inspiration for Hanukkah

12/14/2016
Multicultural Hanukkah inspiration
Bsisa: A Tasty Women’s Tradition To Begin The Passover Season

Bsisa: A Tasty Women’s Tradition To Begin The Passover Season

04/06/2016
What is the best way to usher in the Passover season?