*Please join us for an interesting free zoom lecture on the Jews of Turkey (Part 1) by Professor Louis Fishman of Brooklyn College. This is part of a series on Jewish Heritage Around the World from Classroom Without Borders (https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.classroomwithoutborders.com__;!!KGKeukY!m1Af04JSLR5RHs6eJn4_zqR7-5vgtd--xThg0t8ttStgUY6sJLOhU18QebcVRtFk460$ <https://urldefense.com/v3/__http:/www.classroomwithoutborders.com__;!!KGKeukY!kirKv-BfbEYyK-0YnDuvHjEKinDhRl5TVwuSI7bBIQPRLU6z34Dcut318_oC71to$>). *
*Tuesday, February 16, 2021 at 2:00 EST * Turkey and its Jews – February 16th & March 2nd There has been a continuous Jewish presence in Asia Minor (Turkey of today) going back at least 2300 years. The past 600 years of Jewish life in Turkey has taken place within an Islamic milieu. In the Ottoman empire, which lasted for more than 400 years, the Jews were considered to be the “most loyal” subjects and it was that empire that gave Sephardic Jews a “safe harbor” in the wake of the Spanish and Portuguese expulsions. Once a flourishing large community, Turkish Jewry are on the eve of their disappearance. We aim to illuminate the source of Turkey’s positive engagement with its Jews as well as grappling with the question of community continuity in the 21st century. Dr. Fishman received his Ph.D. and M.A. from the University of Chicago, in Middle East History and his B.A. from the University of Haifa. He works on questions dealing with Palestinian and Israeli history during the late Ottoman period, Palestinian-Israeli conflict, modern Turkey and late Ottoman history. He also has interests in construction of nationalism, state-building and historical narratives. In addition to his academic work, he regularly writes for Haaretz, and has written for other newspapers in the US, Turkey, and Israel. His most recent book is *Jews and Palestinians in the Late Ottoman Era, 1908-1914: Claiming the Homeland.* Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, January 2020. He divides his time up between NY, Istanbul, and Tel Aviv. *RSVP » <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/classroomswithoutborders.org/events/rsvp.php?372__;!!KGKeukY!kirKv-BfbEYyK-0YnDuvHjEKinDhRl5TVwuSI7bBIQPRLU6z34Dcut3180k7tMUy$> More Info » <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/classroomswithoutborders.org/part2-jewish-heritage-around-the-world/__;!!KGKeukY!kirKv-BfbEYyK-0YnDuvHjEKinDhRl5TVwuSI7bBIQPRLU6z34Dcut3189V7DpB8$>* Zoom- Registration closes one hour prior to the event
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