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Henry Green: The Forgotten Exodus: Sephardi Voices
January 11 @ 10:30 am
Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Miami presents
PROFESSOR HENRY GREEN
The Forgotten Exodus: Sephardi Voices
Dates: Sunday, January 11th, 2025
Time: 10:30 AM
Location: Temple Beth Am, Adults Reading Room (The Hub Library)
Address: 5950 SW 88th St, Pinecrest, FL 33156
Through the life stories of Sephardi and Mizrahi Jews displaced from Arab lands and Iran during the 20th century, voices are absent from the mainstream Jewish narrative.
Professor Henry Green is a distinguished scholar of Jewish history and culture at the University of Miami, where he serves as Professor of Religious Studies and was the former Director of the Judaic Studies Program. He is the founding Director of the Jewish Museum of Florida and is the founder and Executive Director of Sephardi Voices, the largest digital archive of the voices of Jews ethnically cleansed from Arab lands and Iran.
His research and public work have been featured internationally—at the United Nations, in museums, academic journals, and cultural institutions, positioning him as a leading voice in documenting and preserving Sephardi and Mizrahi heritage.
Sponsored by: Sunday Salon & the Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Miami (JGSGM)
RSVP TO ETTA GOLD, EGOLD@TBAM.ORG
ADULT READING ROOM REMINDER
Reminder to visit our own libraries here on campus where you can enjoy award-winning books and so much more. ~ We welcome you all to our extraordinary library collection, which is now divided into three locations, all enhance the mission of the Temple Beth Am Congregational Library – “to provide materials of education, entertainment and enrichment for congregation and community.” Our Fiction books are in Meeting Room 2, where you can find detailed instructions for borrowing whatever you like. On that same floor, in the Clergy Satellite Library, are the religious study books, i.e. Torah, Talmud, observance, education, and languages. Our Hub location, the Adult Reading Room, contains an enormous variety of literature, community, history, geography, all Judaic.
We look forward to greeting you there.