An expert on the Iraqi-Jewish archive and diaspora, Cynthia Kaplan Shamash has spoken widely on her experiences before the United Nations, in a New York Times op-ed and has been quoted in NPR's Here and Now,  the PBS special, The Jewish Journey: America and numerous articles. Shamash was elected in 2011 to the board of the World Organization of Jews from Iraq. She currently owns her own dental practice in New York City where she resides with her husband and five children.

Thursday, November 19, 2015, 7 p.m.

Hadassah-Brandeis Institute

Epstein Building/Women's Studies Research Center

Brandeis University

515 South Street,Waltham, MA

A special dessert of Iraqi pastries will be served