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Join Isabel Vincent, acclaimed author of\u00a0Bodies and Souls: The Tragic Plight of Three Jewish Women Forced into Prostitution\u00a0in the Americas,\u00a0<\/i>and\u00a0Lori Cohen, Director of the Anti-Trafficking Initiative at Sanctuary for Families, in a\u00a0discussion about sex trafficking.<\/span><\/p>\n

Tuesday, January 10th, 2017 at 6PM<\/strong>
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In the late 19th century there were more than 20,000 young Jewish women and girls from Eastern Europe working as prostitutes in Buenos Aires and Rio de Janeiro. Desperate to escape a hopeless future in Europe’s urban ghettos and rural shtetls, they were lured to the New World with promises of a better life. Instead, they were forced into prostitution by a notorious criminal gang of Jewish mobsters, cut off from their families and the Jewish community.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Isabel Vincent’s book,\u00a0Bodies and Souls,<\/i> tells the remarkable story of three such women and brings to light a dark and hitherto untold chapter in Jewish history.<\/span><\/p>\n

Vulnerable women and girls are still trafficked in this country and abroad.\u00a0In New York State alone, thousands of women and girls are victimized each year. Lori Cohen, Director of the Anti-Trafficking Initiative at Sanctuary for Families, provides survivors of sex trafficking with resources to help them escape violence and build stable lives.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Hosted by NCJW NY\u2019s Advocacy Leadership Committee and the We Were Slaves Coalition, join us for this fascinating discussion of sex trafficking in the previous century and today.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n

Books will be available for purchase and a reception will follow the event. Space is limited.\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

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Isabel Vincent<\/b> is an investigative reporter for the New York Post and an acclaimed author. Ms. Vincent won the National Jewish Book Award in Canada for Bodies and Souls<\/i> and the Yad Vashem Award for Holocaust History for Hitler’s Silent Partners<\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n

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Lori Cohen<\/b> is a lifetime member of NCJW NY, and a board member of NCJW Inc., where she chairs the Trafficking Action Network. Her work is reported widely in the media, most recently in Newsweek Magazine’s article,\u00a0“The Fight to Shut Down Backpage.com<\/span><\/a>,\u00a0America’s Top Online Brothel,”\u00a0and on WPIX-TV.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n

We Were Slaves: The Jewish Community Unites Against Sex Trafficking<\/b><\/a><\/span> is a multi-organizational anti-sex trafficking initiative. Spearheaded by the\u00a0National Council of Jewish Women New York<\/span><\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>these organizations have come together to address the critical issue of sex trafficking in the community. We Were Slaves intends to educate, advocate and create a dialogue about the impact sex trafficking has on our community and what we can all do to prevent it.<\/span><\/p>\n

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