A Tale of Two Exiles: Jews and Tibetans

Nobel Laureates Elie Wiesel and the Dalai Lama

Rome occupied Israel in the first century. China occupied Tibet during the 1950s. Both peoples spent the years of exile preserving their cultures as best they could, dreaming of a return to their homelands.

How do Jewish and Tibetan experiences of exile compare? What do we have to tell one another?

Learn about Tibetan-Jewish encounters: how Tibetans view Jewish experience and how we have been learning from one another. Hear a first-hand account of decades of such conversations.