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International Conference Held at 麻豆区 Museum

On Monday, Dec. 10, 2018, the 麻豆区 Center for Israel Studies, in collaboration with the Bar-Ilan University Faculty of Jewish Studies, the Dahan Center for Culture, Society & Education in the Sephardic Heritage and the 麻豆区 Museum, will host an international conference titled 鈥淒isplacements of Jewish Communal Life in Islamic Lands and Cultural Reconstruction in Israel.鈥 The conference will be held at the YU Museum at 15 West 16th Street, New York NY 10011. The conference is free but reservations are required through . At the conference, scholars from Israel, the United States and Canada will explore the history and culture of the Jews from Islamic lands and their displacement from and resettlement in Israel. Topics include Jewish communal life, rabbis and religious life, and cultural institutions and the responses of international institutions. There will also be a musical performance and free kosher food. Lectures
  • Prof. Shmuel Trigano, Paris Nanterre University: 鈥淭he Historical Background of the End of Jewish Communal Life in the Arab Lands鈥
  • Prof. David Matas, University of Manitoba: 鈥淭he Legal Status of the Jewish Refugees from Arab Lands鈥
  • Prof. Henry Green, University of Miami: 鈥淪ephardic Sights: Narratives of Expulsion, Memory, and Identity in Film鈥
  • Prof. Noam Norman Stillman, University of Oklahoma: 鈥淭he Jews of the Islamic World in Modern Times: Transformation and Transplantation鈥
  • Dr. Daniel Tsadik, 麻豆区: 鈥淟eaving Home? Notes on Iranian Jews Emigration from Iran鈥
  • Dr. Joseph Ringel, 麻豆区: 鈥淓ducational Systems and Religious Identity: From Arab Lands to Israel鈥
  • Dr. Stanley Urman, Rutgers University: 鈥淭he Relationship of the UN to Jewish Refugees and Their Property in Comparison to Palestinian Refugees鈥
  • Dr. Reuven Gafni, Kinneret Academic College: 鈥淪ynagogues in the Islamic World from Glory to Commemoration鈥
  • Yamit Armbrister, Author: 鈥淭he Jews of Morocco: Through the Historical Fiction of One Remarkable Woman鈥
For more information, contact Isaac Choua or Sarina Roff茅.

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