The Harry S. Truman Research Institute for the Advancement of Peace and SS St Louis Legacy Project cordially invite you to the International Conference on REFUGEES IN CRISIS: STATE POLICIES AND PERSONAL EXPERIENCES THE ST. LOUIS AND BEYOND: THE QUESTION OF JEWISH REFUGEES WORLD POLITICS AND REFUGEES: THE CHALLENGES OF THE CURRENT CRISIS November 16th-17th, 2016, Abba Eban Hall at the Truman Institute, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Mt. Scopus. Participants: Researchers and Policy Makers from US, Latin JerusalemAmerica, Turkey, Germany, Spain, The Vatican and Israel. For further information, call 02-588-2329 Visit our website at http://truman.huji.ac.il Brain Community Like us on Facebook: Truman Institute SS St. Louis Legacy Project WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16TH, 2016, ABBA EBAN HALL AT THE TRUMAN INSTITUTE, THE HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM THE ST. LOUIS AND BEYOND: THE QUESTION OF JEWISH REFUGEES IN A COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE 9:00 – 9:30: Greetings 14:30-16:15: State Policies and the Question of 9:00-10:45: The Challenges of Otherness 14:30-16:00: Refugees: Future Perspectives and Jewish Refugees in Latin America the Current Challenges in Latin America* Menahem Blondheim, Director of the Harry S. Truman Chair: Ba�a Siebzehner, Truman Ins�tute Research Ins�tute for the Advancement of Peace at the Chair: Silvina Gesser, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Chair and Discussant: Arie Kacowicz, The Hebrew Hebrew University of Jerusalem Esther Lopa�n, IDC Herzliya University of Jerusalem Leonardo Senkman, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Theory and Prac�ce of EU Common Immigra�on and Claudia Kedar, Director of Iberian and La�n American Studies Argen�na's Policy towards the Jewish Refugees and the Asylum Policy in light of the Recent Refugee Crisis: the Enrique Palmeyro, World Director, Pon�fical Founda�on at Hebrew University of Jerusalem Spanish Exiles in the 1930s and 1940s Nexus between Refugees and Security Scholas Occurrentes, Va�can City Director, SS St. Louis Legacy Project Robert M. Krakow, Avraham Milgram, Yad Vashem Zehavit Gross, UNESCO Chair, Bar-Ilan University, and Scholas and the work with Refugees: from the Perspec�ve The 'New State' regime of Brazil and Portugal and their Truman Ins�tute of Culture of Mee�ng H.E. Ambassador Alexander de la Rosa, Dean of the Diplomats vis-a-vis the Jews during the Holocaust – a Holocaust Educa�on, Global Ci�zenship, An�racist Diploma�c Corps a.i, Ambassador of Dominican Compara�ve Analysis Educa�on and the Problem of Refugees in Europe H.E. Néstor Alejandro Rosa, Ambassador of the Republic of Republic in Israel Uruguay Graciela Ben Dror, University of Haifa Annedith Schneider, Kadir Has University, Turkey Refugees in Uruguay Chair: Mauricio Dimant, Coordinator of the La�n American Between Uruguay and Argen�na: The Case of the Conte Unit, Truman Ins�tute Belonging to More than One Place: What Cultural Analysis Grande Can Tell Us about Integra�on H.E. Ambassador Monica Jiménez, Ambassador of the Republic of Chile 09:30- 10:45: Refugees and Politics: the Discussant: Haim Avni, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Discussant: Zvi Bekerman, The Hebrew University of The Migra�on in Chile: data and policies Challenges of the Current Crisis Jerusalem Chair: Annedith Schneider, Kadir Has University 16:15 - 16:30: Coffee Break 16:00 - 16:30: Coffee Break 10:45 - 11:00: Coffee Break Mike Lebson, U.S. Department of State Status determina�on of asylum seeker claims 16:30 - 18:00: Lessons from the Voyage of the St. Louis 16:30-18:00: Round Table: A Program for Alfonso de Toro, University of Leipzig 11:00 - 13:00: Refugees and Security: the The Collapse of the Poli�cs of Hospitality and Belonging in Research and Policy Discussions Chair: The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Role of the States Europe: The Case of Germany, Populism and Racism on the Dalia Ofer, Way Chair: Truman Ins�tute; The Ruppin Chair: Rebecca A. Kobrin, Columbia University Rebecca A. Kobrin, Columbia University Efrat Ben-Ze'ev, Lessons of the St. Louis: The Rise and Fall of the Academic Center Alfonso de Toro, University of Leipzig 10:45 - 11:15: Coffee Break American Jewish Immigra�on Lobby Dogus Simsek, Koç University, Turkey Sco� Miller, Holocaust Museum, Washington Between Integra�on and Transna�onalism: The Case of Dogus Simsek, Koç University, Turkey 11:15-13:00: The Long-Term Impact of Memories The St. Louis Passengers and the Holocaust Syrian refugees in Turkey of Jewish Refugees Arie Kacowicz, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Margalit Bejarano, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Dr. Gilad Natan, Ruppin Academic Center The Cuban perspec�ve – Then and Now Refugees and Terror? Facts, Fear and Policy in Europe Today Chair: Claudia Kedar, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Efrat Ben-Ze'ev, Truman Ins�tute; The Ruppin Academic Center Miguel W. Hilario, Ex UNICEF advisor, Panama, and Yossi Goldstein, Yad Vashem 18:00- 19:00: Reception Interna�onal School of Management and Public Policy, Peru Holocaust Memories in South America: Voices and Narra�ves Javier Belda Iniesta, Catholic University of Murcia and Conflict, Migra�on and Ethnic Minori�es in La�n America of the Jewish Survivors/Refugees Pon�fical Lateran University (Rome) 19:00-20:30 Screening of the film: COMPLICIT: Meron Medzini, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem The Untold Story of Why the Roosevelt 13:00-14:30: Lunch Jewish Refugees under Japanese Occupa�on in WWII 18:00- 19:00: Reception Administration Denied Safe Haven to Jewish Ayala Klemperer-Markman, Tel Aviv University Refugees Between the Two Tips Of the Axis: Jewish Refugees from Nazi Europe to Japanese Concentra�on Camps in Indonesia, in * The lectures will be held in Spanish With an encounter of six survivors of the St. Louis voyage Search of a Home for Their Memories Sol Messinger, Buffalo, NY Eva Wiener, Neptune, New Jersey Thomas Jacobson, Los Angeles, California 13:00-14:30: Lunch Sonja Geismar, Bronx, New York Phil Freund, Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin Michael Barak, Israel Chair: Robert Krakow (Writer/Producer of Complicit) THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17TH, 2016, ABBA EBAN HALL AT THE TRUMAN INSTITUTE, THE HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM WORLD POLITICS AND REFUGEES 9:00 – 9:30: Greetings 14:30-16:15: State Policies and the Question of 9:00-10:45: The Challenges of Otherness 14:30-16:00: Refugees: Future Perspectives and Jewish Refugees in Latin America the Current Challenges in Latin America* Menahem Blondheim, Director of the Harry S. Truman Chair: Ba�a Siebzehner, Truman Ins�tute Research Ins�tute for the Advancement of Peace at the Chair: Silvina Gesser, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Chair and Discussant: Arie Kacowicz, The Hebrew Hebrew University of Jerusalem Esther Lopa�n, IDC Herzliya University of Jerusalem Leonardo Senkman, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Theory and Prac�ce of EU Common Immigra�on and Claudia Kedar, Director of Iberian and La�n American Studies Argen�na's Policy towards the Jewish Refugees and the Asylum Policy in light of the Recent Refugee Crisis: the Enrique Palmeyro, World Director, Pon�fical Founda�on at Hebrew University of Jerusalem Spanish Exiles in the 1930s and 1940s Nexus between Refugees and Security Scholas Occurrentes, Va�can City Director, SS St. Louis Legacy Project Robert M. Krakow, Avraham Milgram, Yad Vashem Zehavit Gross, UNESCO Chair, Bar-Ilan University, and Scholas and the work with Refugees: from the Perspec�ve The 'New State' regime of Brazil and Portugal and their Truman Ins�tute of Culture of Mee�ng H.E. Ambassador Alexander de la Rosa, Dean of the Diplomats vis-a-vis the Jews during the Holocaust – a Holocaust Educa�on, Global Ci�zenship, An�racist Diploma�c Corps a.i, Ambassador of Dominican Compara�ve Analysis Educa�on and the Problem of Refugees in Europe H.E. Néstor Alejandro Rosa, Ambassador of the Republic of Republic in Israel Uruguay Graciela Ben Dror, University of Haifa Annedith Schneider, Kadir Has University, Turkey Refugees in Uruguay Chair: Mauricio Dimant, Coordinator of the La�n American Between Uruguay and Argen�na: The Case of the Conte Unit, Truman Ins�tute Belonging to More than One Place: What Cultural Analysis Grande Can Tell Us about Integra�on H.E. Ambassador Monica Jiménez, Ambassador of the Republic of Chile 09:30- 10:45: Refugees and Politics: the Discussant: Haim Avni, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Discussant: Zvi Bekerman, The Hebrew University of The Migra�on in Chile: data and policies Challenges of the Current Crisis Jerusalem Chair: Annedith Schneider, Kadir Has University 16:15 - 16:30: Coffee Break 16:00 - 16:30: Coffee Break 10:45 - 11:00: Coffee Break Mike Lebson, U.S. Department of State Status determina�on of asylum seeker claims 16:30 - 18:00: Lessons from the Voyage of the St. Louis 16:30-18:00: Round Table: A Program for Alfonso de Toro, University of Leipzig 11:00 - 13:00: Refugees and Security: the The Collapse of the Poli�cs of Hospitality and Belonging in Research and Policy Discussions Chair: The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Role of the States Europe: The Case of Germany, Populism and Racism on the Dalia Ofer, Way Chair: Truman Ins�tute; The Ruppin Chair: Rebecca A. Kobrin, Columbia University Rebecca A. Kobrin, Columbia University Efrat Ben-Ze'ev, Lessons of the St. Louis: The Rise and Fall of the Academic Center Alfonso de Toro, University of Leipzig 10:45 - 11:15: Coffee Break American Jewish Immigra�on Lobby Dogus Simsek, Koç University, Turkey Sco� Miller, Holocaust Museum, Washington Between Integra�on and Transna�onalism: The Case of Dogus Simsek, Koç University, Turkey 11:15-13:00: The Long-Term Impact of Memories The St.