Thursday 01 December 2022 at 5:15pm - 7pm

Rescheduled: Exhibition Tour - "Empty Cradles: Israel's Disappeared Children"

Brunei Gallery, SOAS

The Jewish Society invites you to join us and register for a tour in the painful and provocative Exhibition: "Empty Cradles: Israel's Disappeared Children" in Brunei Gallery, SOAS (Russell Square), at 5:15pm, December 1st. The Members will meet at WGH reception and go together to the Exhibition. Right after the tour we will have a special conversation with the co-curator of the Exhibition, Dr. James Eastwood! 

"The disappeared children belonged to Jewish families who migrated to Israel from the Middle East and North Africa in the 1940s and 50s and were staying in temporary immigration camps. Over half of the children were from Yemen. The state officially maintains that the children died, but the families were never shown bodies, graves, or death certificates. Instead, they believe their children were sent away to homes run by women’s organisations and in many cases illicitly adopted, perhaps even abroad.

A growing body of evidence, much of which is assembled in the new exhibition, has been uncovered to support the families’ claims. The exhibition shares moving testimonies from mothers who had their children taken from them, often by force. It also reveals their experiences of condescension and racism by the Israeli authorities towards them, and how they were frequently accused of being unfit to raise their own children".

Co-Curators: Joanne Rosenthal and Dr. James Eastwood.

Please see also the exhibition's website: https://www.soas.ac.uk/about/event/empty-cradles-israels-disappeared-children