Perry World House hosts Jewish history professor, father of Israeli hostage for advocacy event

Perry World House hosted a talk featuring the father of a former Israeli hostage to discuss his international advocacy for the release of Israeli hostages. 

The Nov. 18 event was co-organized by the Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies and Perry World House. During the discussion, Hebrew University of Jerusalem Eastern European Jewish history professor and former Katz Center fellow Jonathan Dekel-Chen, whose son Sagui was held hostage by Hamas for almost 500 days, spoke about his two-year effort advocating for the release of the hostages.