While both Portugal and Spain have proposed legislation to atone “for the religious persecution and expulsion of countless Jews approximately 500 years ago” only “Lisbon has followed through and adopted a law of return... Spain’s congress has yet to vote...”
The Alhambra Decree issued on 31 March 1492 by King Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile ordered all “Jews and Jewesses of our kingdoms to depart and never to return….”
In January 2015, an unsolved terrorist act from 1994 was thrust back into the spotlight with news of the death of Alberto Nisman, the prosecutor in charge of the investigation. God’s Slave re-imagines the preparation and execution of the heinous crime and its aftermath. A panel discussion will follow the film.
Presented in conjunction with AJC Access NY and the Jewish Latin Center.
Screening: Tomorrow night, Saturday (14 March), 8:30PM at the Center for Jewish History (15 West 16th Street).
Tickets: $15 online or by phone (212-868-4444); $20 at the door
The group, composed of members of the Sephardic Legacy Institute and B’nai Brith Canada, at Centre Block in Canada’s Parliament.
“For the first time in Canadian history, an official delegation of Sephardi community leaders, activists, philanthropists and spiritual leaders from across the country visited Parliament Hill and met with the Prime Minister, ambassadors and other dignitaries.”
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