Since the rise of Hitler and Nazism in Germany on September 1933, their policy towards the Jews had stark waves, around both the Jewish and the non-Jewish world.
The international conference 'The Jews of the Middle East in the Shadow of the Holocaust' shed new light and understanding on the complex relations between the Muslim majority and the Jewish minority in Muslim countries in the Middle East. Focusing on this topic is critical to understand the relation between Muslims and Jews during the war and the years that followed.
The conference focuses on Nazi Germany approaches towards Islam and Muslims, the fate of Jews from Muslim countries living in Europe, Jewish-Muslim relations and Jewish and Muslim responses to the events in Europe.
Session 1: Backgrounds | ||
Norman Stillman, University of Oklahoma |
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Stefan Petke, Technical University, Berlin |
Franck F. Salameh, Boston College Lebanese Jews between Rootedness and Exile; Braving World War II, the Holocaust, and their Aftermath |
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Izzet Bahar, Independent Scholar |
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Session 2: Images of Jews | ||
Denisa Nestakovova Comenius University in Bratislava The Image of the Jews on Pages of 'Die Warte des Tempels' in Mandatory Palestine |
Joel Kotek, ULB & Sces Po Paris Zionism and Palestine in Nazi Caricature (1933-1944 |
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Edy Cohen, Bar Ilan University Radio Berlin in Arabic: the First Nazi Radio in Arabic |
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Session 3: Jewish Experiences of Persecution | ||
Jacqueline Semha Gmach, USC Shoah Foundation, The Institute for Visual History and Education Four Iraqi Jews' Testimonies - Their Life Stories prior, during and after World War II |
Orly Rahimiyan, Ben-Zvi Institute |
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Session 4: Responses of Jewish Communities to the Persecution in Europe | ||
Guy Bracha, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan How to translate 'Ghetto' into Arabic? – The Coverage of the Holocaust in a Lebanese Jewish Newspaper |
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