Elliott Katz Lecture
at the
Nina Iser Jewish Cultural Center at 10 am

February 14: The Partition of India, Wounds That Never Heal

When the British government agreed to partition India in August 1947, the resulting human catastrophe of displacement, misery and death would be squarely placed on the shoulders of England’s leaders, one in particular. Learn who was really responsible for this disaster and why it happened.

 

February 21: Lawrence of Arabia Meets NILI

Thomas Edward Lawrence was England’s Arab Savior tasked by the British to organize an Arab revolt against the Ottoman Turks in Arabia, in World War I. Sarah Aronsohn her brother Aaron and three dozen Jewish youths decided that they too would help the British to defeat the Turks in their ancient homeland, Palestine. When the British were successful in defeating the Turks to whom did they give the credit? You will be surprised.

 

February 28:  Putting on the Ritz

The Ritz Hotel in Paris, before World War II was the gathering place for the glitterati, the famous and the rich. It became the Nazis favorite residence and meeting place during the French occupation. While they feasted on roast pheasants and sipped champagne, they never suspected what was happening in the Ritz, right under their noses.