
“A Hug from Afar: One Family’s Dramatic Journey Through Three Continents to Escape the Holocaust,” book cover
Devin Naar, Isaac Alhadeff Professor of Sephardic Studies in the Stroum Center for Jewish Studies, was interviewed by UW Today for his contribution to a new book by Claire Barkey Flash called “A Hug from Afar: One Family’s Dramatic Journey Through Three Continents to Escape the Holocaust.”
The story highlights the voice and tenacious drive of one young woman — Claire Barkey — and her attempts to ensure her family’s safety and survival during World War II. What is unusual about Barkey is that she is a Sephardic Jew from the island of Rhodes.
Naar composed the foreword for the book and arranged for the Sephardic Studies Program to digitize the archives on which the book is based.