Among the Righteous — Arab Rescuers of Jews

11 AM LOS ANGELES • 2 PM NEW YORK

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Not to be missed! Few people know that the Holocaust extended beyond the European continent, into the North African countries of Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and Libya. There, Nazi Germany, Vichy France and Fascist Italy sent thousands of Jews to forced labor and set up dozens of concentration camps for both local Jews and Jewish refugees from Europe. For 20 years, Dr. Robert Satloff has been on a quest to find Arabs who rescued Jews from this persecution. The result is the powerful film, Among the Righteous: Lost Stories from the Holocaust in Arab Lands, and a companion book.

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WATCH THE TRAILER

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THE SCHEDULE

⇒ October 13-16, watch the film Among the Righteous: Lost Stories from the Holocaust in Arab Lands on your home device. A link will be provided to all who register.

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MEET THE SPEAKERS

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Dr. Robert Satloff (right) is the Segal Executive Director of The Washington Institute and the Institute’s Howard P. Berkowitz Chair in U.S. Middle East Policy. He is the author of Among the Righteous: Lost Stories of the Holocaust’s Reach into Arab Lands. He serves as advisor to the director of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum on Middle East initiatives, including service as vice-chair of the Museum’s Committee on Holocaust Denial and State-Sponsored Anti-Semitism. This has included breakthroughs in Holocaust awareness and recognition in countries from Morocco to Egypt to the United Arab Emirates.  He is the creator and host of Dakhil Washington (“Inside Washington”), a weekly news and interview program broadcast throughout the Arab world. 

Dr. Mordecai Paldiel (left) headed the Righteous Among the Nations Department at Yad Vashem from 1982-2007. Some of his books on rescue during the Holocaust include The Path of the Righteous, Sheltering the Jews, Saving the Jews, Diplomat Heroes of the Holocaust, and Saving One’s Own. He taught at Yeshiva University and Touro College and serves on the Board of the Sousa Mendes Foundation. Thanks to his efforts, there is now a square named for Aristides de Sousa Mendes in Jerusalem. He is a member of the B’nai B’rith committee in Israel honoring Jewish rescuers of Jews during the Holocaust.

Nissim Zvili (right) is the former Ambassador of Israel to France. Born in Tunisia during World War II, he was rescued by an Arab family who sheltered and protected him. He appears in the film Among the Righteous: Lost Stories from the Holocaust in Arab Lands. He moved to Israel at age 13, and studied at Bar-Ilan University, with further studies at Oxford and Cambridge. He began his career in the Moshav movement, rising to become its Secretary General. He later was elected as a Member of the Knesset representing the Labor Party, and was then voted as Secretary General of the Party. He later broke with the Labor Party to become a founding member of the Center Party.

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Tickets are by donation ($18 suggested, tax-deductible). Links and instructions will be emailed to all registrants on the Friday before the program, and again on the morning of the program.