Author Roya Hakakian to Discuss Anti-Semitism: From Iran to America

“Is Never Again Here Again? Anti-Semitism from Iran to America” will be the topic of a talk by Roya Hakakian on Thursday, September 19 at Congregation Beth El – Keser Israel. 

Hakakian, who arrived in the US as a refugee in 1985, is a writer whose work often deals with the topics of exile, displacement, political and religious persecution, and the struggle of people, especially women, against authoritarianism. Her writing includes Journey from the Land of No: A Girlhood Caught in Revolutionary Iran, which was a Publishers Weekly’s Best Book of the Year; Assassins of the Turquoise Palace, a New York Times Book Review Notable Book of 2011; and most recently A Beginner’s Guide to America for the Immigrant and the Curious.

Admission is free, but reservations to office@beki.org are required. Details at beki.org.

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BEKI is located at 85 Harrison Street (corner of Whalley Avenue - Route 63 - in Westville)