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Three programs celebrating the publication of: MEMORIES of EDEN: A Journey Through Jewish Baghdad By Violette Shamash (Forum Books, London, 2008) Lecture and original presentations by editors Mira Shamash Rocca and Tony Rocca www.memoriesofeden.com WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5 at 12:00 Noon LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, MADISON BUILDING, PICKFORD THEATER 101 Independence Ave, Washington, DC 20540 Program is free and open to the public For more information contact Gail Shirazi 202-707-9897 [EMAIL PROTECTED] SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 2 at 7:00PM MAGEN DAVID SEPHARDIC CONGREGATION 11215 Woodglen Drive, Rockville MD 20852 Admission $5.00. Homemade Iraqi desserts will be served For details call Andrea at (301) 770-6818 www.mdscbe.org SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 2 at 10:00 AM Beth El Congregation, Old Georgetown Road, Bethesda, Maryland For more information contact: Ricardo Munster at 301-652-8569 ext 316 or [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mira Rocca is the daughter of the author Violette Shamash, born during the blackest month the Jews suffered in Baghdad during WWII. Violette, her husband and young family fled the land of their forefathers in 1941 and settled first in India, then Palestine and Cyprus, finally finding refuge in London where Violette passed away two years ago. It was the moment the idea for the book was born. Long before the days of email and internet, Mira encouraged her mother to write down scraps of information - which she did over a period of more than 20 years. It proved to be a fountain of wonderful recollections of a lost era, and a compelling narrative of life in the Jewish community of Baghdad from Ottoman times until 1941. Mira has worked for the US embassies in Israel and London. She held an executive post with a major British tour operator before starting her own retail travel agency. Tony Rocca spent more than 20 years in London as a staff writer with the Daily Mail and the Sunday Times, with a brief spell in New York as US correspondent, before turning freelance and writing for most British national newspapers as well as The New York Times, Reader's Digest, and Travel Holiday, where he was once European Editor Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) =========================================================== Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 @ osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html History: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/history.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
