Test Kitchen: A Culinary Evening of Diverse Flavors and Stories with JIMENA (YALA)

Join YALA’s Test Kitchen for a vivid cooking class and exploration of many cultures and heritages, in partnership with JIMENA: Jews Indigenous to the Middle East and North Africa and the Iranian American Jewish Federation.

A limited number of tickets are available at yala.org/testkitchen.

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$40 general admission
$35 for members of YALA’s Ben-Gurion and Chai Societies

We will be making a dinner menu prepared by Libyan refugee, Penina Meghnani. Penina was born in Tripoli, Libya and had to flee with her family in 1967 to Italy. Penina will share her refugee story and introduce us to delicious Libyan and Sephardic treats! Come hungry!

YALA’s Chai and Ben-Gurion Societies are donor recognition groups for professionals in their 20s and 30s, whose gifts at $180+ and $1000+ to the Federation’s annual campaign provide access to exclusive events and opportunities. Through the generosity of our donors, the Federation is able to strengthen Jewish communities, develop groundbreaking initiatives, and provide essential relief aid in LA and around the world.

JIMENA: Jews Indigenous to the Middle East and North Africa is an organization headquartered in San Francisco, CA that is dedicated to the preservation of Mizrahi and Sephardi culture and history, and seeks recognition for the nearly one million Jews indigenous to the Middle East and North Africa who were displaced from their country of origin in the 20th century. JIMENA endeavors to address the existing gaps in the historical narrative of the Middle East and North Africa by sharing the Mizrahi and Sephardi story of oppression, plight and displacement.

YALA—Young Adults of Los Angeles—offers more than a hundred social, professional, cultural, volunteer, and leadership opportunities every year in one of the world’s most dynamic communities. Learn more at yala.org.