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SUMMARY:New Works Wednesdays with Reeva Spector Simon
DESCRIPTION:New Works Wednesdays with Reeva Spector Simon \nReeva Spector Simon discusses her new book “The Jews of the Middle East and North Africa: The Impact of World War II.” \nIncorporating published and archival material\, this volume fills an important gap in the history of the Jewish experience during World War II\, describing how the war affected Jews living along the southern rim of the Mediterranean and the Levant\, from Morocco to Iran. \n  \nWednesday\, 21 October at 12:00PM EDT \nSign-up Now! \nSurviving the Nazi slaughter did not mean that Jews living in the Middle East and North Africa were unaffected by the war: there was constant anti-Semitic propaganda and general economic deprivation; communities were bombed; and Jews suffered because of the anti-Semitic Vichy regulations that left them unemployed\, homeless\, and subject to forced labor and deportation to labor camps. Nevertheless\, they fought for the Allies and assisted the Americans and the British in the invasion of North Africa. These men and women were community leaders and average people who\, despite their dire economic circumstances\, worked with the refugees attempting to escape the Nazis via North Africa\, Turkey\, or Iran and connected with international aid agencies during and after the war. By 1945\, no Jewish community had been left untouched\, and many were financially decimated\, a situation that would have serious repercussions on the future of Jews in the region. \nReeva Spector Simon served as Associate Director of the Middle East Institute\, Columbia University\, and Professor of History at Yeshiva University. She is the author of Iraq Between the Two World Wars and co-editor of The Jews of the Middle East and North Africa in Modern Times. \nSponsorship opportunities available:\ninfo@americansephardi.org
URL:https://americansephardi.org/event/new-works-wednesdays-with-reeva-spector-simon/
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Book Talk
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