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Stateless in Japan -
The Story of Rachel Wahba
Tuesday, January 12
USA 12:00 pm PT / 3:00 pm ET
UK 8:00 pm / France 9:00 pm / Israel 10:00 pm
The talk will last approximately 60 minutes
About this talk
In this talk, you will have the opportunity to hear the fascinating story of Rachel Wahba, who grew up stateless in the city of
Kobe, Japan. Rachel will share how her Iraqi mother and Egyptian father ended up in this unique international Jewish community, and she will provide insight through her personal experiences about growing up Jewish in Japan, her struggles with being stateless, and how her experience shaped her Jewish Identity.
Rachel's essay, Stateless, was published in the book Jewish Voices From Around the World - Tiles of a Mosaic.
About Rachel
Rachel Wahba is a San Francisco Bay Area based writer and psychotherapist. An Egyptian-Iraqi Jew, Rachel was born in India and grew up stateless in Japan within an international community based in Kobe. The wait to immigrate to the United States took twenty years. The many dimensions of her exile and displacement are a constant theme in her professional work as well as her activism as an advisory board member for JIMENA (Jews Indigenous to the Middle East and North Africa).
RECORDING INFORMATION
This talk will be recorded and shared with registrants the day after.
It will be available without a time limit
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