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Ziyara: Film Screening and Panel Discussion

Ziyara: Film Screening and Panel Discussion
April 3, 2025
5:00 pm
Flex Theatre, HUB-Robeson Center

Celebrated documentary filmmaker Simone Bitton invites viewers on a cinematic pilgrimage to her homeland of Morocco, where he explores her Jewish roots through the tradition of ziyara, the visiting of saints.

5:00 pm – Welcome from director Simone Bitton

5:15 pm – Film screening

7:00 pm – Panel Discussion

This event is generously sponsored by the Penn State Department of History, Center for Global Studies, Humanities Institute, and Jewish Studies Program.