While Judy Feld Carr has been claiming for 20 years to have rescued the 4500 Jews of Syria, this is simply not true. It is an injustice to those who actually did the job.
She did admirable work rescuing numbers of
individual Jews from Syria over the course of her involvement, however,
the successful effort to
extricate the ENTIRE Syrian Jewish community,
the modern day exodus from Syria, was not hers.
This was undertaken, spearheaded, and achieved
by the United States Government and The Council for the Rescue of
Syrian Jews, composed of members of the American Syrian Jewish
Community.
This effort was not a secret mission and did
not occur over 30 years. Rather it was achieved in just under five years
from 1989 to 1994. It was actually very public and involved large scale
demonstrations, Congressional resolutions, United States Presidential
and Congressional delegations to Syria, as well as the intervention of
many heads of state, and other foreign bodies of government such the
European Parliament. This rescue involved the cooperation and
involvement of American diplomats in Syria, every branch of the United
States Government, lawmakers, and members of the American &
international Jewish community and its organizations that supported our
efforts.
This is only a very brief description of a
very complicated and involved campaign. For the sake of historical
accuracy, I am compelled to write this response. We are very proud and
happy to elaborate on our work and saddened that Judy Feld Carr has
garnered so much renown for the work that we achieved. We are happy to
elaborate as everything we did is documented.
I don't see where the two stories are incompatible?
ReplyDeleteYou're right. Judy's achievements for individual Jews get lumped into the same basket as the release of the community as a whole from Syria, and this is what irks Alice.
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Judy Feld Carr's claims of rescuing Syrian Jews is false and as a result of raising funds, fraudulent. Besides the fact that Alice Harary is 100% correct, follow this: Carr does not disclose names of those she claims she "rescued" due to concern for their safety. This is illogical since her position leading a covert cause against the Syrian government would put her at far greater risk and she would not continuosly desire publicity as a result of being concerned with her safety. Her lack of concern is contradictory and evident of her absolutely false claims. May I add that honours such as the "Order of Canada" have also been withdrawn in cases deemed necessary.
ReplyDeleteRegardless of Judy Feld Carr's claims and subjective discussion of the matter, her case is easily refuted by simple mathematics. The number of Jews living in Syria at the beginning of her "supposed" mission is known. The number of Jews who emigrated under the U.S. Government agreement is known. The number of Jews who were still living in Syria at the time she claims she completed her "secret mission" is also known. These numbers are documented and prove that Carr's claims are false. As a Jew born in Canada of Syrian Jewish descent, I am
ReplyDeleteextremely dissappointed that the Canadian Jewish community has been so disrespectful of our greatest trading partner and ally and been so gullible to accept claims without fact or even question.