The Harry S. Truman Research Institute
for the Advancement of Peace and
SS St Louis Legacy Project
cordially invite you to the International Conference on
REFUGEES IN CRISIS:
STATE POLICIES AND
PERSONAL EXPERIENCES
THE ST. LOUIS AND BEYOND: THE QUESTION OF JEWISH REFUGEES
WORLD POLITICS AND REFUGEES: THE CHALLENGES OF THE CURRENT CRISIS
November 16th-17th, 2016, Abba Eban Hall at the Truman Institute,
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Mt. Scopus.
Participants: Researchers and Policy Makers from US, Latin
America, Turkey, Germany, Spain, The Vatican and Israel.
em
munity
For further information, call 02-588-2329
Visit our website at http://truman.huji.ac.il
Like us on Facebook: Truman Institute
SS St. Louis Legacy Project
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16TH, 2016, ABBA EBAN HALL AT THE TRUMAN INSTITUTE, THE HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM
THE ST. LOUIS AND BEYOND: THE QUESTION OF JEWISH REFUGEES
IN A COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE
9:00 – 9:30: Greetings
Menahem Blondheim, Director of the Harry S. Truman
Research Ins�tute for the Advancement of Peace at the
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Claudia Kedar, Director of Iberian and La�n American Studies
at Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Robert M. Krakow, Director, SS St. Louis Legacy Project
H.E. Ambassador Alexander de la Rosa, Dean of the
Diploma�c Corps a.i, Ambassador of Dominican
Republic in Israel
14:30-16:15: State Policies and the Question of
Jewish Refugees in Latin America
Chair: Silvina Gesser, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Leonardo Senkman, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Argen�na's Policy towards the Jewish Refugees and the
Spanish Exiles in the 1930s and 1940s
Avraham Milgram, Yad Vashem
The 'New State' regime of Brazil and Portugal and their
Diplomats vis-a-vis the Jews during the Holocaust – a
Compara�ve Analysis
Chair: Mauricio Dimant, Coordinator of the La�n American
Unit, Truman Ins�tute
Graciela Ben Dror, University of Haifa
Between Uruguay and Argen�na: The Case of the Conte
Grande
09:30- 10:45: Refugees and Politics: the
Challenges of the Current Crisis
Discussant: Haim Avni, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Chair: Annedith Schneider, Kadir Has University
16:15 - 16:30: Coffee Break
Mike Lebson, U.S. Department of State
Status determina�on of asylum seeker claims
Esther Lopa�n, IDC Herzliya
Theory and Prac�ce of EU Common Immigra�on and Asylum
Policy in light of the Recent Refugee Crisis: the Nexus
between Refugees and Security
Javier Belda Iniesta, Catholic University of Murcia and
Pon�fical Lateran University (Rome)
The Role of the Church in the Historical Development of the
Legal Status of Refugees
10:45 - 11:15: Coffee Break
11:15-13:00: The Long-Term Impact of Memories
of Jewish Refugees
Chair: Claudia Kedar, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Yossi Goldstein, Yad Vashem
Holocaust Memories in South America: Voices and Narra�ves
of the Jewish Survivors/Refugees
Meron Medzini, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Jewish Refugees under Japanese Occupa�on in WWII
Ayala Klemperer-Markman, Tel Aviv University
Between the Two Tips Of the Axis: Jewish Refugees from Nazi
Europe to Japanese Concentra�on Camps in Indonesia, in
Search of a Home for Their Memories
13:00-14:30: Lunch
16:30 - 18:00: Lessons from the Voyage of the
St. Louis
Chair: Dalia Ofer, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Rebecca A. Kobrin, Columbia University
Lessons of the St. Louis: The Rise and Fall of the
American Jewish Immigra�on Lobby
Sco� Miller, Holocaust Museum, Washington
The St. Louis Passengers and the Holocaust
Margalit Bejarano, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
The Cuban perspec�ve – Then and Now
18:00- 19:00: Reception
19:00-20:30 Screening of the film: COMPLICIT:
The Untold Story of Why the Roosevelt
Administration Denied Safe Haven to Jewish
Refugees
With an encounter of six survivors of the St. Louis voyage
Sol Messinger, Buffalo, NY
Eva Wiener, Neptune, New Jersey
Thomas Jacobson, Los Angeles, California
Sonja Geismar, Bronx, New York
Phil Freund, Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin
Michael Barak, Israel
Chair: Robert Krakow (Writer/Producer of Complicit)
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17TH, 2016, ABBA EBAN HALL AT THE TRUMAN INSTITUTE, THE HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM
WORLD POLITICS AND REFUGEES
9:00-10:45: The Challenges of Otherness
Chair: Ba�a Siebzehner, Truman Ins�tute
Alfonso de Toro, University of Leipzig
The Collapse of the Poli�cs of Hospitality and Belonging in
Europe: The Case of Germany, Populism and Racism on the
Way
Zehavit Gross, UNESCO Chair, Bar-Ilan University, and
Truman Ins�tute
Holocaust Educa�on, Global Ci�zenship, An�racist
Educa�on and the Problem of Refugees in Europe
Annedith Schneider, Kadir Has University, Turkey
Belonging to More than One Place: What Cultural Analysis
Can Tell Us about Integra�on
Discussant: Zvi Bekerman, The Hebrew University of
Jerusalem
10:45 - 11:00: Coffee Break
11:00 - 13:00: Refugees and Security: the
Role of the States
Chair: Efrat Ben-Ze'ev, Truman Ins�tute; The Ruppin
Academic Center
Dogus Simsek, Koç University, Turkey
Between Integra�on and Transna�onalism: The Case of
Syrian refugees in Turkey
Dr. Gilad Natan, Ruppin Academic Center
Refugees and Terror? Facts, Fear and Policy in Europe Today
Ramiro Anzit Guerrero, University of Salvador and TESA,
Argen�na
Syrian Refugees in MERCOSUR: Poli�cal, Social and Security
Challenges
13:00-14:30: Lunch
14:30-16:00: Refugees: Future Perspectives and
the Current Challenges in Latin America*
Chair and Discussant: Arie Kacowicz, The Hebrew
University of Jerusalem
Enrique Palmeyro, Director Mundial, Fundación Pon�ficia
Scholas Ocurrentes, Ciudad del Va�cano
Scholas y el trabajo con los refugiados: la perspec�va desde
la Cultura del Encuentro
Miguel W. Hilario, Ex UNICEF advisor, Panama, and
Interna�onal School of Management and Public Policy, Peru
Conflict, Migra�on and Ethnic Minori�es in La�n America
H.E. Ambassador Monica Jiménez, Ambassador of the
Republic of Chile
La Migración en Chile: datos y polí�cas
16:00 - 16:30: Coffee Break
16:30-18:00: Round Table: A Program for
Research and Policy Discussions
Chair: Rebecca A. Kobrin, Columbia University
Alfonso de Toro, University of Leipzig
Dogus Simsek, Koç University, Turkey
Arie Kacowicz, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Efrat Ben-Ze'ev, Truman Ins�tute; The Ruppin Academic
Center
Javier Belda Iniesta, Catholic University of Murcia and
Pon�fical Lateran University (Rome)
18:00- 19:00: Reception
* The lectures will be held in Spanish
LIST OF PARTICIPANTS
Ramiro Anzit Guerrero, University of Salvador and TESA, Argen�na
Haim Avni, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Margalit Bejarano, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Zvi Bekerman, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Javier Belda Iniesta, Catholic University of Murcia and Pon�fical Lateran University (Rome)
Graciela Ben Dror, University of Haifa
Efrat Ben-Ze'ev, Truman Ins�tute; The Ruppin Academic Center
Menahem Blondheim, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
H.E. Ambassador Alexander de la Rosa, Dean of GRULAC
Alfonso de Toro, University of Leipzig, Germany
Mauricio Dimant, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Silvina Gesser, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Yossi Goldstein, Yad Vashem
Zehavit Gross, UNESCO Chair, Bar-Ilan University, and Truman Ins�tute
Miguel W. Hilario, Ex UNICEF advisor, Panama, and Interna�onal School of Management and Public Policy, Peru
H.E. Ambassador Monica Jiménez, Ambassador of the Republic of Chile
Arie Kacowicz, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Claudia Kedar, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Ayala Klemperer-Markman, Tel Aviv University
Rebecca A. Kobrin, Columbia University
Robert M. Krakow, Director, SS St. Louis Legacy Project.
Mike Lebson, U.S. Department of State
Esther Lopa�n, IDC Herzliya
Meron Medzini, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Avraham Milgram, Yad Vashem
Sco� Miller, Holocaust Museum, Washington
Gilad Natan, Ruppin Academic Center
Dalia Ofer, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Enrique Palmeyro, Director Mundial, Fundación Pon�ficia Scholas Ocurrentes, Ciudad del Va�cano
Annedith Schneider, Kadir Has University, Turkey
Leonardo Senkman, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Ba�a Siebzehner, Truman Ins�tute
Dogus Simsek, Koç University, Turkey
Including Surviving Passengers from the SS St. Louis: Michael Barak, Israel, Phil Freund, Menomonee Falls,
Wisconsin, Sonja Geismar, Bronx, New York, Thomas Jacobson, Los Angeles, California, Sol Messinger, Buffalo,
NY, Eva Wiener, Neptune, New Jersey
Refugees in Crisis: State Policies and Personal Experiences
November 16th-17th, 2016 - The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
SS St. Louis Legacy Project