Latest Past Events

Tuesday Lecture: The Jews of Kobe

IJAO 7026 Bathurst St, Thornhill

Kobe, Japan. Jewish refugees, writers and journalists, in a Passover ceremony, 1941. Speaker: Dr. Tony Fattal The Jews of Kobe, Japan (1930-1945) Synopsis:  Not unlike Baghdadi Jews who migrated along the spice road in earlier centuries, with the opening of Japan to trade in the mid 19th century, Ashkenzi and Sephardi Jews started migrating to […]

Free

The Historic Iraqi Jewish Community and Its Exodus

Temple Sinai 210 Wilson Avenue, Toronto

Speaker: Lisette Shashoua Ades Temple Sinai, 210 Wilson Avenue  Wednesday, November 23rd, 2016 from 8 pm Doors open at 7:30 pm Lisette Shashoua Ades was born in Iraq to an affluent Jewish family and studied Arabic, English, French and Hebrew in a private Jewish school. She escaped the persecution and ethnic cleansing of Jews from Arab […]