North Africa's Exiled Jews and the Arab Spring

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In light of the Arab Spring JIMENA: Jews Indigenous to the Middle East and North Africa, has launched a campaign to raise awareness to the ongoing anti-Semitism and mistreatment of minorities that continues to plague parts of North Africa and the Middle East. As an organization dedicated to sharing and preserving the history of nearly one million Jews who were expelled and displaced from their indigenous Arab countries, JIMENA speakers offer journalists, students, and the public a unique and evocative perspective of the Arab Spring.

As part of this campaign, JIMENA invites you to join Tiburon resident and Tripoli native, Gina Waldman and the Director of the Film, Forgotten Refugees, Avi Goldwasser for an intimate discussion and examination of the Arab Spring. Gina will reflect on her expulsion and discuss the implications of the Arab Spring on her Libyan Jewish community, the ongoing anti-Semitism that plagues Libya, and the treatment of minorities in the region.

Avi Goldwasser, co-founder of the David Project organization and Executive Producer and Director of the film Forgotten Refugees will be in the Bay Area from Nov 3rd – Nov 9th to moderate public and private discussions with former Jewish refugees from Libya and Iraq. Avi, along members of JIMENA’s Speakers Bureau are available for interviews and presentations examining the Arab Spring and exploring the brutal treatment and expulsion of Jews from the Middle East and North Africa, and discussing the intolerance towards minorities in Arab countries.