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Last March 3rd, Positively Filipino held a webinar on Noel “Sonny” Izon’s film “An Open Door: Holocaust Haven in the Philippines,” a documentary of the rescue of 1,200 Jews from Nazism in Europe.
Read MoreA discussion on Noel “Sonny” Izon’s “An Open Door,” a documentary that commemorates the Philippine government’s historic humanitarian moment and corrects misinformation about the Jewish presence in Philippine shores.
Wednesday March 3, 2021 at 6 pm PST/ 9 pm EST
In the Philippines, Thursday, March 4 at 10 am
Philippine Commonwealth President Manuel Luis Quezon offered asylum to European Jews fleeing the Nazis even before WWII started.
Read MorePositively Filipino and Congregation Emanu-El proudly present “An Open Door: Jewish Rescue in the Philippines,” an inspiring saga of rescue and friendship and how the Philippines, in cooperation with American and Jewish allies, was able to save more than 1,300 Jews prior to 1942. "An Open Door" screens on April 15, 2015, 6 pm at Temple Emanu-El, 2 Lake Street in San Francisco.
Read MorePOSITIVELY FILIPINO is the premier digital native magazine celebrating the story of Filipinos in the diaspora. POSITIVELY FILIPINO online magazine chronicles the experiences of the global Filipino in all its complexity, covering the arts, culture, politics, media, sports, economics, history and social justice. Based in San Francisco, California, POSITIVELY FILIPINO magazine is your window on the Filipino diaspora.
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