Marlene Mamiye is the Executive Director of the Sephardic Heritage Museum. She oversaw the creation of the Museum’s documentary film series, and gathered more than 300 oral histories of Syrian Jewish community members in New York City. She is the founder of the Jewish
Hostess, a website for Jewish women, and producer of the book Our Art, a compilation of the artwork of 200 artists in the Syrian Jewish community. She is currently developing SHMLearn, an educational outreach program and curriculum based on the Museum’s documentary series.