Tag: Jewish refugees
Spurring international action to remember the ‘forgotten’ Mideast Jewish refugees
Former Miss Iraq Sarah Idan spoke at the United Nations headquarters on Wednesday about Jewish refugees from the Middle East being largely forgotten, and that there needs to be more awareness of their plight.
“It’s about time....
Israel to introduce resolution in UN calling for recognition of Mideast Jewish refugees
Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon announced on Tuesday that Israel will submit a resolution to the General Assembly to formally recognize Jewish refugees, or Mizrachi Jews, from Arab countries and Iran.
Danon...
New initiative seeks to remember the ‘forgotten’ Mideast Jewish refugees
The nine young Iraqi Jewish men hanging in the center of Liberation Square in Baghdad in January 1969 after being accused by the Ba’athist regime of espionage were the subject of great interest that...
After seven-year campaign, Selvino Children’s Museum finally opens its doors
Following a seven-year campaign, a museum dedicated to the story of some 800 child Holocaust survivors who were cared for in an Alpine resort town in Italy after World War II finally opened its...
Eleanor Roosevelt’s efforts to save Jewish refugees from the Holocaust
In 1940, a passenger cargo ship called the SS Quanza left the port of Lisbon carrying several hundred Jewish refugees to freedom. But no country would take them in, and so the passengers became trapped on...
Israel to officially demand $250 billion from Arab countries that expelled Jews
After 18 months of secret research with the help of an international accountancy firm, Israel is preparing to officially demand compensation for assets abandoned by Jews who were forced to flee eight Arab countries...
New book tells stories of Jews sheltered in China
A new book was launched on Dec 12 in Shanghai that gives a new Chinese perspective on Jewish refugees in China during World War II.
Publication of Jewish Refugees in China (1933-1945): History, Perspective and Chinese...
WATCH | ‘We disappeared’: The forgotten Jewish refugees from Muslim lands
They left under the cover of night. They couldn't even say goodbye. They left everything behind. Many of them never returned, even for a short visit... These are the stories of the Jewish refugees...
