An Evening With Father Patrick Desbois

Father Patrick Desbois is a noted Holocaust and genocide researcher whose groundbreaking work exposed systematic Nazi killings of 1.5 million Jews in Eastern European villages. His work, which has been lauded by Pope Francis, earned him France’s highest honor, the Légion d’honneur.

Father Desbois, who will present at 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 5, at University of Miami Hillel, will talk about his research, which extends to investigating the genocide of Iraq’s Yazidi minority, and alarming anti-semitic trends in contemporary society. UM Hillel is located at the University of Miami Braman Miller Center, 1100 Stanford Drive, Coral Gables, Fla. 33146.

Ticket sales end Nov. 4. Student admission is free. Community tickets are $20 and $38 (includes book). Please visit EventBrite to reserve your tickets.

The Catholic priest is a distinguished author, university professor, historian, forensic detective and world-renowned human-rights activist. He has dedicated his life to fighting the bigotry that fuels the disease of genocide and bridging the divide between faiths. His ongoing work brings closure to the victims and survivors of genocide and calls for legal justice for the perpetrators. He also serves as director of the Episcopal Committee for Catholic-Judeo Relations, under the auspices of the French Conference of Bishops. Father Desbois travels extensively for speaking engagements and has been featured twice on 60 Minutes. He resides in Washington, D.C., and Paris, France.

The event is presented by UM Hillel and is co-sponsored by Miami Beach Holocaust Memorial, Te Sue and Leonard Miller Center for Contemporary Judaic Studies, The George Feldenkreis Program in Judaic Studies, University of Miami Division of Student Affairs, and Beth David Congregation.