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Yuval Evry

Yuval Evry

Associate Professor of Near Eastern and Judaic Studies at Brandeis University specializing in Sephardi, Mizrahi, and Arab-Jewish history

Jul 18, 2026

From the Bimah: Jewish Lessons for Life

From the Bimah: Jewish Lessons for Life

Shabbat Sermon: Between Iraq and Israel, Be’er Sheva and Gaza: A Family Journey Across Arab and Jewish Worlds with Guest Speaker Yuval Evri

Jul 18 · 20m

EliasHOST
0:47
So Yuval, welcome.
Yuval Evri
Yuval EvriGUEST
0:53
OK, thank you very much.
Yuval Evri
Yuval EvriGUEST
0:55
Elias, and thank you for the invitation to talk.
Yuval Evri
Yuval EvriGUEST
0:58
It's a home for me and my family, and it's a great honor to be here.
Yuval Evri
Yuval EvriGUEST
1:03
OK, so as I was preparing these remarks, I found myself thinking about this week's Torah portion, Parashat Devarim.
Yuval Evri
Yuval EvriGUEST
1:11
The Book of Devarim opens at the moment of transition.
Yuval Evri
Yuval EvriGUEST
1:14
Moshe and the Israelites stand in the edge of the Jordan River at the borderline of the land of Canaan, the Promised Land.

15 MINS LATER

speaker_2MODERATOR
16:47
What do you now know that you didn't know before Brandeis about your own story and about our people's story?

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