“If anyone would have told us in 1945 there are certain battles we’ll have to fight again, we wouldn’t have believed it. Racism, antisemitism, starvation of children… Who’d have believed that?”
– Holocaust survivor and author Elie Wiesel
Over seventy years after the end of World War II, antisemitism remains entrenched in many parts of the world – and in others, it is being resurrected as centuries-old stereotypes are being given new life. Why is it so prevalent in certain regions, like the Middle East, and are there any notable exceptions to this phenomenon? How do individuals respond to one another in daily life and how might this differ from the attitudes encouraged by community leaders? How can an investigation into these questions help both to dispel anti-Judaic myths and aid in combatting antisemitism worldwide?
Join MCC’s Holocaust, Genocide, and Human Rights Project as it entertains these and other questions by hosting its annual Voices of Vigilance program at 7pm on Wednesday, March 9th and welcoming author, poet, and member of the Iranian Jewish community Roya Hakakian. Author of Journey from the Land of No: A Girlhood Caught in Revolutionary Iran, Hakakian is also a former producer for “60 Minutes” and is often published in the NY Times and The Washington Post. She is a contributor to NPR’s “All Things Considered” and is often sought out to speak on issues pertinent to Iran and its unique position in relation to the antisemitism surrounding it.
Voices of Vigilance: Antisemitism: What About Iran?
Wednesday, March 9th
7pm
Warshof Conference Center, Flynn Campus Center (Monroe B)
Tickets required and available at
monroecctickets.com; FREE to all MCC students, faculty, and staff; $7 for the general public.