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Friday, June 29 • 4:15pm - 5:25pm
My Life as a Jew in a Muslim Country

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Film Screening and in conversation with Gina Waldman:
Born in Libya to a family that had been in the country for centuries, Gina Waldman was persecuted, dispossessed, and nearly murdered while escaping during a brutal expulsion from her homeland in 1967- only because she was a Jew.  Since coming to the US, she has been a tireless advocate for refugees and human rights . She is the president and co-founder of JIMENA (Jews Indigenous to the Middle East and North Africa).
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Andrew Nusbaum

Andrew Nusbaum is a full-time Middle School teacher and has an unwieldy number of Judaica books in his home library.  Andrew has taught classes on Jewish history and culture to adults and teens in numerous venues in San Francisco.  He has enjoyed many Limmud classes through iTunes... Read More →
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Gina Waldman

Gina Waldman is a survivor.  Born Gina Bublil in Tripoli, Libya to a family that had lived in Libya for centuries, she was brutally expelled from her homeland in 1967.  Gina and her family fled to Italy and then immigrated to San Francisco as a refugee at the age of 21.She has dedicated... Read More →

Friday June 29, 2018 4:15pm - 5:25pm PDT
Darwin 103
  Social Justice, Lost and Found