Appointed as Stuart Z. Katz Professor
I am thrilled to be appointed as the 2021-22 Katz Professor… https://www1.cuny.edu/mu/forum/2021/05/17/acclaimed-author-and-scholar-mikhal-dekel-is-new-ccny-stuart-katz-professor/
Review of German Edition on Deutschlandfunk Kultur
Great review of the German edition Die Kinder von Teheran in this podcast: Stories of Family & Escape We know the iconic photos: German soldiers pulling the beard of an elderly Jewish man, a child with hands raised in … Continued
The German Edition is Here!
For all those still in partial lockdown in Germany and looking for something to read, Die Kinder Von Teheran is out! And it has an amazing new epilogue by the great Aleida Assmann! www.amazon.de/Die-Kinder-von-Teheran-Holocaust/dp/380624278X
Featured in the Times Observer
The Times Observer is featuring Tehran Children and the upcoming December 8 event in their paper. (It’s even making their ‘Most Read’ section! 🙂 Read article Learn more about the event / register
With the US Holocaust Museum: Rediscovering Iran’s Role in Holocaust Rescue
A Virtual Event Co-presented with The Chautauqua Institution and The US Holocaust Museum: Register for this event https://www.ushmm.org/online-calendar/event/VETEHRCHILDPPG1220 December 8, 2020, 7:00 p.m.–8:30 p.m. EST Ticket: Free, Registration Required Location: Virtual Event
Upcoming German Edition: DIE KINDER VON TEHERAN
Die Kinder von Teheran will be published in March. Feeling grateful for Aleida Jan Assmann’s Afterword and dreaming of crossing the ocean…
WEBINAR: On the Trail of WWII Refugees in Central Asia and the Middle East
I’ll be speaking ‘at’ Harvard Center for European Studies on November 6, 12:00pm – 1:15pm Note: The video of this event has been posted on the CES Harvard website: https://ces.fas.harvard.edu/recordings/tehran-children-on-the-trail-of-wwii-refugees-in-central-asia-and-the-middle-east
Zoom talk about Migration and Identity with the Smithsonian
I would have been speaking about Migration and Identity at the Smithsonian this Monday. Now I get to do it on Zoom. Please join us! Monday, October 5, 2020 – 6:45 p.m. ET you can get tickets here: https://smithsonianassociates.org/ticketing/tickets/odyssey-of-tehran-children-holocaust-story-of-rescue-and-identity
Documentary being made about the Tehran Children
An Iranian media company based in London is making a film in Tel Aviv about the Tehran Children ! Thanks a million to the amazing crew | Amir Terkel | Matilda – Makeup, Hair, Beautiful … Continued
Sami Rohr video
Ir would have been much more fun to meet in person but still loved listening to Benjy Balint, Yaakov Katz and Sarah Hurwitz & answering David L. Wolpe’s intriguing questions at the Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature Zoom ceremony.