(25s6) Remembering the Farhud & Standing Against Antisemitism & Terror

June 5th, 2025, 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa Pre-program reception at 6:30 pm with kosher Iraqi hors d’oeuvres

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa in-person at Rayburn Congressional Building, 45 Independence Ave SW, DCaaaaaaaa                                                                                                                                             and also via Zoom

This is a Sephardic Heritage International-DC (SHINDC) event, co-sponsored by Jewish Study Center.  It commemorates the anniversary of the Farhud — the antisemitic mob violence against Baghdad Jewry on June 1, 1941, during the Shavuot Jewish holiday.  The program is in memory of Shlomo Mantzur, a survivor of the Farhud, and victim of the Oct 7 massacre.

Speakers:

• Debbie Wasserman-Schultz: Congresswoman (D, FL), former DNC Chair
• Maurice Shohet: son of Farhud survivors, advisor to Iraqi Jewish Archive project, taught a Jewish Study Center class (25w3) about his escape from Iraq.
• Elan Carr: Israeli American Council CEO, former U.S. Envoy to Combat Antisemitism
• Mithal Al-Alusi: (via video from Iraq), Iraqi Ummah Party leader, former Parliament member
• Brian Shamash: rabbi of Iraqi Jewish heritage who will lead the memorial prayers

Register for this free event at https://shindc.org/Farhud1941-Memorial2025/