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Kristallnacht Keynote Explores Jewish-Muslim Reconciliation


A recognized expert in contemporary Islam and Holocaust education, Mehnaz Afridi, Ph.D. will be the keynote speaker at MCC’s 24th annual Kristallnacht program, 7 pm Thursday, November 12 in the Warshof Conference Center, Flynn Campus Center (Monroe A/B). The program, entitled “Jewish-Muslim Reconciliation and the Stories of the Holocaust,” is hosted by the Holocaust, Genocide, and Human Rights Project in partnership with the Jewish Federation of Greater Rochester.

Tickets to the presentation are $7 for the general public; free with MCC ID. Tickets are available at www.monroecctickets.com <http://www.monroecctickets.com> .

Afridi, who is committed to interfaith work, contemporary Islam, and Holocaust education, is assistant professor of religious studies at Manhattan College and director of the college’s Holocaust, Genocide, and Interfaith Education Center. Her recent articles include “Gurdwara Sikh Killings: Domestic or Global Taxonomy of Terrorism?” in Sikh Formations (2013) and “The Role of Muslims and the Holocaust” in Oxford Handbooks Online, (Oxford University Press, 2014). She is working on her forthcoming book, “Shoah through Muslim Eyes” (Academic Studies Press, 2016). Afridi has presented at Capitol Hill for the Tom Lantos Foundation on “Islam and Anti-Semitism” and has recorded a podcast for the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s “Voices on Antisemitism” series.

About Kristallnacht or “Night of Broken Glass”
In November 1938, mass frenzy broke out in Austria and Germany. Synagogues were destroyed and burned, Jewish homes were assaulted, and Jewish-owned stores were shattered and looted. In many places, Jews were physically attacked. Every November, people around the world pause to remember Kristallnacht. The name comes from Kristallglas (beveled plate glass) and refers to the broken shop windows of Jewish stores. Kristallnacht was the Nazis' first experience of large-scale, anti-Jewish violence.

Samantha Schantz
Holocaust, Genocide, and Human Rights Project
10/30/2015


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