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Drew University Center for Holocaust/Genocide Study
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Understanding the Long Rippling
Effect of Nazi Propaganda for
the Arab World
Mohammad Amin al-Husseini, Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, and Adolph Hitler, Germany, December 10, 1941
Friday, November 15, 2013
Drew University
8:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Dorothy Young Center for the Arts
Madison, NJ 07940
This program is made possible by a grant from the New Jersey Council for the Humanities,
a state partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Any views, findings,
conclusions or recommendations in this program do not necessarily represent those of the
National Endowment for the Humanities or the New Jersey Council for the Humanities.
Conference Schedule
Friday, November 15, 2013
8:30 a.m.
11:15 a.m.
Registration and Coffee
Jews Living In Arab Lands,
1933–1945: Reactions and
Responses to Nazi Propaganda
9 a.m.
Greetings, Introduction
Dr. Jonathan Golden
Assistant Professor of Religious
Studies, Drew University;
Associate Director of the
Drew University Center on Religion,
Culture and Conflict
9:15 a.m.
Nazi Propaganda for the
Arab World: Its Design and
Implementation
Dr. Jeffrey Herf
Professor of History, University
of Maryland; author of Nazi
Propaganda for the Arab World
12 noon
Lunch
1:15 p.m.
The Lingering Effects of Nazi
Propaganda in the Modern
Muslim World
10:15 a.m.
Dr. Menhaz Afridi
Assistant Professor of Religious
Studies; Director of the Holocaust,
Genocide, and Interfaith Education
Center at Manhattan College,
Riverdale, NY
The Enemy of My Enemy:
Egyptian Responses to Nazi
Propaganda, 1939–1943
Dr. Chris Taylor
Professor of Islamic Studies,
Drew University; Director of the
Drew University Center on
Religion, Culture and Conflict
2 p.m.
Concluding Panel Discussion
All Speakers
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Registration: $20 per person
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We are grateful to the following members of our Community of Patrons
and Sponsors for their support of this program
Jacqueline Berke Program Fund
Charlotte and Hal Chefitz
Dr. Paul Drucker, C’51
Nancy and Nelson Schaenen, Jr.
Dr. Barbara and Robert Starr
Shaffer Steel Co.
NJ Commission on Holocaust
Education
Center Board of Associates
Charlotte Chefitz, Chair
Hedy Brasch
Michael Gialanella
Mimi Golob
Larry Greene
Gerald Gurland
Edye Lawler
Ann Mahon
Frances Malkin
Joyce Reilly
David Shaffer
Jacqueline Sutton
Eva Vogel
Ann L. Saltzman, Ph.D., Director
Joshua Kavaloski, Ph.D., Assistant Director
Prof. Jacqueline Berke, Director Emerita
Yasmin Acosta, Administrative Assistant