Congressional Holocaust Commemoration International Holocaust Remembrance Day

Congressional Holocaust Commemoration International Holocaust Remembrance Day
Remembering Often-Omitted Sephardic & Romaniote Jewish Experiences of the Holocaust & WWII: Greek, North African and Other Narratives of Resistance

By Invitation Only
RSVP to Sephardic Heritage International in DC (SHIN-DC) at [email protected] or request an invitation by January 29^th

• Keynote speaker, Harry Ezratty – Jews in resistance movements in North Africa and Greece
• Judith Cohen, U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum – Archival and other documentation of Sephardic and Romaniote experiences of the Holocaust, including in North Africa and the Eastern Mediterranean
• Holocaust survivors, including from North Africa and Greece, will be present and their narratives highlighted
• Renan Koen, world-renowned concert pianist who is also playing at the UN for Holocaust Remembrance Day – Live commemoration music
• Commemorate all those who perished and survivors no longer with us

Light reception to follow the program

Sponsor: Sephardic Heritage International in DC (SHIN-DC)
Congressional Sponsor: Rep. Jamie Raskin
Co-sponsors: The Sephardic Jewish Brotherhood of America
Kehila Kedosha Janina Synagogue and Museum

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