As a member of the Board of Directors of the Jasenovac Institute, which seeks to educate people through the world about the fascist Genocide in Yugoslavia during WWII, which the Nazis "subcontracted" to their Croatian clerical fascist henchmen, the Ustasha, I am posting this announcement for the 14th annual days of commemoration for the events in wartime Yogoslsavia on what will be the 70th anniversary of the Liberation of Jasenovac, the third largest murder camp in Europe and the only one not directly run by the Nazis. For years, Croatian fascists have been "celebrated" in the Croatia that the U.S. NAT0 bloc establisheed in dismembered Yugoslavia. Today similarl forces have the U.S./NAT0/EU backing in Ukraine
As an introduction, I have also post right about them a short film made by Yugoslav partisan liberators on the camp in 1945, a film with English subtitles
Please come if you can and pass this on to interested parties
Norman Markowitz
14th Annual Days of Jasenovac Commemoration Ceremonies
Proudly invites you to our 14th annual Benefit Dinner and Conference Sunday, April 26th, 2015 Looking Backward, Looking Forward: Remembering the Victims of the Holocaust in Yugoslavia on the 70th Anniversary of the Liberation of Jasenovac At New York's Hotel Pennsylvania 401 Seventh Avenue New York, NY 10001 Sunday, April 26th, 2015 5:00 to 10:00 PM Co-sponsored by the St. Sava's Serbian Orthodox Church under the auspices of the Holy Synod of Bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church RSVP Joy Jangdhari Executive Organizer
www.JoyEvents.nyc Email: info@joyevents.nyc Phone: (347)475-0750 Jasenovac Research Institute April 26, 2015. Benefit Dinner. Sponsorship Opportunities Proceeds will benefit JRI’s ongoing work of education, commemoration, publishing, research and dissemination of information on the history of the Holocaust in Yugoslavia and the triple genocide against Serbs, Jews, and Romas. Please select your option below. $60.00 ........per dinner ticket $460.00 .....Gold Page program ad+ 2 tickets $360.00 .....Silver Page program ad + 2 tickets $250.00 .....White Page program ad $150.00 ...... 1/2 Page program ad $100.00 ...... 1/4 Page program ad I will gladly attend this year's Benefit Dinner & Conference My total contribution including seats & program journal is___ Unfortunately I cannot attend: but I would like to support the work of JRI this year and in the future with a tax deductable donation of $_____________Accept my pledge of $_______ Responses appreciated by April 1, 2015 RSVP and return this form with your check: Name __________________ Address ________________ City_____________ State___ Zip__________ Phone___________________________ E-Mail ___________________________ For questions: Contact Barry Lituchy or Joy Jangdhari Phone: 917-254-5164 Phone: 347-457-0750 You can also register at www.joyevents.nyc Email: info@joyevents.nyc Please make your checks payable to JRI by April 1, 2015 Mail them to: JRI, PO BOX 10-0674, Brooklyn, NY 11210 Biography of Speakers Raphael Israeli Born in Fez, Morocco , Professor Israeli currently teaches Islamic, Chinese and Middle Eastern History at Hebrew University. A graduate of Hebrew University in history and Arabic Literature, he holds a PhD in Chinese and Islamic History from the University of California, Berkeley. Since 1974 he has been a Lecturer, and then Professor, of Islamic and Chinese History at Hebrew University, with sabbatical periods spent at York University (Toronto), the University of Pittsburg’s Semester at Sea program, Harvard University, Boston University, Australian National University in Canberra, Melbourne University and Naruto University in Japan. Dr. Israeli is the author of 32 books and some 100 scholarly articles in the fields of Islamic radicalism, Islamic terrorism, the Modern Middle East, Islam in China and Asia, and the opening of China by the French. Jovan Mirković
Jovan Mirković, one of the world’s leading historians of Jasenovac and the Holocaust in Yugoslavia, was born in Subocki Grad, near Novska in Slavonia. He received his degree in History from the University of Sarajevo where he also did post-graduate studies. He was Director of the Jasenovac Memorial Site from 1978 to 1980 and again 1990 to 1991. He was an Advisor to the Museum of Victims of Genocide in Belgrade from 1999 to 2013. He is the author of Objavljeni izvori i literatura o jasenovačkim logorima (A Bibliography of Sources on the Jasenovac Camps), 2000, and has published more than 50 articles focusing on the genocide against Serbs in World War II. He has also edited some 30 collections of essays and catalogues dealing with the Holocaust.
Aneta Lalić Aneta Lalic is the Director of Cultural Affairs for the Serbian National Council of Croatia in Zagreb. She is an expert on the human rights situation in Croatia. Ms. Lalic's duties for the Serbian National Council also involve publishing, heritage preservation, coordination of the Serbian national minority councils and advocacy at various levels of the Croatian government. Rene David Alkalay
Dr David Alkalay is a survivor of the Holocaust and a descendant of one of the most famous Jewish families of the Balkans. His family played important roles in 19th century Serbian history, as well as in the founding of the Zionist movement. His father Joseph and many members of his extended family were murdered at Jasenovac. Dr. Alkalay and his mother Anna survived a concentration camp where he was among the youngest to have survived, having been only one year old when he was arrested by the Ustashe. Today Dr. Alkalay is an interfaith Rabbi and a leading proponent of interfaith dialogue. He holds a PhD in Divinity from the Theological Seminary in Indianapolis. He is the founder and Director of the Genesis Society and Genesis Health Center in Queens, NY, an author of several books and numerous articles on wellness, and a national spokesperson for several organizations.
Darko Trifunović Dr. Trifunovic, one of the leading experts in Counter-Terrorism and Security issues in the Balkans, is a Research Fellow and Lecturer at the University of Belgrade. He is also a Visiting Professor at Fudan University in China. Previously, he served as First Secretary of the Foreign Service for Bosnia Herzegovina at the UN and as an Advisor to the Repubic Srpska on terrorism. He is the Representative for Serbia and Montenegro in the International Strategic Studies Association and participates on many other international bodies, including in Israel where he is a frequent lecturer. He is also a founding and current Director of the Jasenovac Research Institute. Nenad Fogel Born in Novi Sad, Nenad Fogel received his degree in forestry engineering. In 1999 he became the President of the Jewish Community in Zemun. Since that time Mr. Fogel has produced or overseen the production of a steady stream of works on Jewish topics and history. Under his leadership, the Zemun Jewish Community has published some 30 separate works. A number of them were either authored or co-authored by Mr. Fogel. Most recently these included the books "Holocaust in Yugoslavia" and "A Traveling Exhibition on the Righteous among the Nations in Yugoslavia." Mr. Fogel has also has authored two scripts for documentaries: "The Zemun Jewish Cemetery" and the "Righteous among the Nations – Serbia." In 2005 Mr. Fogel created the Jewish Community of Zemun's website, http://joz.rs, and is to this day its chief editor. He is a member of the Executive Board of the Federation of Jewish Communities of Serbia.
