Twice on Thursday, Sept 24, at 11 am and 12:30 pm in the Luminaria Room, Top Floor of the SUB at the University of New Mexico.

MENU: Bagels, Cream Cheese and Coffee

The 2004, 59 minute film “The Silent Exodus” is about the Jewish refugees from Arab countries after 1948. Directed by Pierre Rehov, it is largely in French and Hebrew with English subtitles. Interviews with survivors of Arab pogroms and prominent scholars elucidate the forced departure of these Jews from their longtime homes. Vintage footage and newspaper headlines show the connection between the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem and Adolph Hitler, and the role of the pro-Nazi regime that ruled in Iraq during WWII. As these Jewish refugees were succored by and absorbed into Israel, their story has been lost to history. The Arab-Israeli conflict resulted in two refugee populations, but only one has been acknowledged.