| xIRSHAD MANJIWINNER OF OPRAH’S CHUTZPAH AWARD! IN CONVERSATION WITH ABRAHAM H. FOXMANNATIONAL DIRECTOR EMERITUS, ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE SUNDAY, APRIL 254 PM US EASTERN TIMEtickets by donation ($18 minimum suggested) The personality trait that united the rescuers and resisters during the Holocaust was moral courage. What is this trait, and how can it be developed and taught? Meet author, activist and inspirational speaker Irshad Manji — founder of the Moral Courage Project — who seeks to remove anti-Semitism from the Muslim world. She will be interviewed by Abraham H. Foxman, National Director Emeritus of the Anti-Defamation League. For more information and to register, click here. Plus…xLIMITED TIME OFFER! Irshad Manji and Abraham H. Foxman are offering signed and inscribed books in connection with our April 25 program. Order yours today! For more information, click here.  His mission was to bring the “secret Jews” of Portugal out of hiding!  xCAPTAIN BARROS BASTOTHE PORTUGUESE DREYFUS SUNDAY, MAY 2 11 AM LOS ANGELES • 2 PM NEW YORK7 PM LISBON • 9 PM JERUSALEMfree program but registration required Artur Carlos de Barros Basto was a captain in the Portuguese military who was discharged as a Jew despite having been raised as a Catholic. Descended from a family forcibly converted during The Inquisition, he rediscovered his Judaism and underwent a formal conversion. Later he built the largest synagogue in the Iberian peninsula in order to attract other “conversos” to reclaim the religion of their ancestors. A remarkable story! For more information and to register, click here. Mother’s Day Program on a Partisan Hero  xFAYE SCHULMAN — PARTISAN AND PHOTOGRAPHER SUNDAY, MAY 9 1 PM LOS ANGELES • 4 PM NEW YORKfree program but registration required This Mother’s Day program shines a light on the brave partisan hero Faye Schulman, whose photographs are the only visual record of the resistance action of the Polish partisans. Looking for the perfect Mother’s Day gift? We are offering two different books about women heroes! For more information and to register, click here. Are you in Florida?  See the new documentary film The Legacy of Aristides with panel discussion now playing until April 29 at the Miami Jewish Film Festival about our hero, Aristides de Sousa Mendes. For more information, click here.www.sousamendesfoundation.orgLike/follow us on social media. Call us toll free: (877) 797-9759 |
