Joe Sitt

Joseph J. Sitt is the Founder and Chairman of the Sephardic Heritage Museum, a global center for education and preservation based in New York City. The Museum houses the largest known collection of artifacts and archives documenting the history of the Jewish communities of Syria, Lebanon, Egypt, and other regions dating back some 3,000 years. Sitt’s numerous initiatives for the Museum include restoration, education, document preservation, publishing, and the 7-part documentary series, THE SYRIAN JEWISH COMMUNITY: OUR JOURNEY THROUGH HISTORY, which traces the journey of the Syrian Jewish community from ancient times until the 1990s.