International Society for Sephardic Progress announces it will be co-sponsoring Edwin Black speaking on “The Mufti, Hitler and Iraq” at the Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust.
Author will discuss how partnerships existed between Hitler the Arab leadership in the Mid-East and how the Farhud (violent dispossession) was to the Sephardim of Iraq, what Kristallnacht was to the Jews of Germany and Austria.
ORLANDO, FL (PRWEB) October 20, 2004 -- On November 1, 2004, the
award-winning, New York Times and international best-selling investigative
author of IBM and the Holocaust, Edwin Black will be holding a speaking event
and book signing for his latest book, Banking on Baghdad. This event is entitled
“The Mufti, Hitler and Iraq” and is sponsored by the State of California Center
for Excellence on the Study of the Holocaust, Genocide, Human Rights, and
Tolerance at California State University, Chico; Los Angeles Museum of the
Holocaust; and the International Society for Sephardic Progress.
In the
past several years, Black has won numerous prestigious awards for his writing
and reporting. Editors have nominated him for the Pulitzer Prize eight times,
including his most recent work, Banking on Baghdad. This book chronicles the
dramatic and tragic history of a land long the center of world commerce and
conflict. Tracing the involvement of Western governments and militaries, as well
as oil, banking, and other corporate interests. The book also exposes the
connections of Hitler with the Arabs in their joint quest to destroy the Jews of
Iraq as the Germans the British vied for Middle Eastern oil during WWII.
Mr. Black will discuss how partnerships existed between Hitler the Arab
leadership in the Mid-East and how the Farhud (violent dispossession) was to the
Sephardim of Iraq, what Kristallnacht was to the Jews of Germany and Austria.
Mr. Shelomo Alfassa, Executive Director of the ISFSP will be in attendance at
the Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust and will make a declaration on behalf of
the Sephardic community. In a prepared statement Mr. Alfassa said:
“Mr.
Black’s research brings to the table a major addition to the knowledge base of
Sephardim in the Holocaust. While many know of the devastating effects of the
Holocaust against the Sephardim, most tend to think solely of Greek Jewry which
suffered massive loses. What many do not know is that the Nazi's hand dipped
well into Arab lands including Algeria, Libya, Morocco and Tunisia, and now we
can see clearly—Iraq. This is timely information, for the world community can
now recognize that when the Nazi regime was destroyed, the paradigm they created
continued, as it does today throughout Arab lands.”
Persons interested in
attending this event can contact The Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust at
323-651-3704 or visit them at 6435 Wilshire Blvd. Suite 303, Los Angeles, CA
90048. Those interested in the book can learn more by visiting www.bankingonbaghdad.com
The International Society for
Sephardic Progress is a Jewish agency developed to serve the Sephardic
community--the descendants of the Jews of historic Spain, Portugal, North Africa
and the Levant who share both common religious and cultural bonds. Although
based in the United States, the ISFSP is an advocacy organization representing
Sephardim internationally, and is the publisher of the International Sephardic
Journal.
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