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Joshua Fat­tal

Joshua Fat­tal | Jew­ish Book Coun­cil

A grad­u­ate of Berke­ley’s pro­gram in envi­ron­men­tal eco­nom­ics and pol­i­cy, Joshua Fat­tal is an activist and orga­niz­er focused on sus­tain­able devel­op­ment. Along with co-authors Sarah Shourd and Shane Bauer, he has spo­ken at uni­ver­si­ties, human rights con­fer­ences, and pri­vate events to describe the expe­ri­ence of impris­on­ment in Iran. Read more about him here.

Jews Don’t Cel­e­brate Christ­mas (Except in Prison in the Islam Repub­lic of Iran)

Remem­ber­ing Hebrew School in Iran­ian Prison

Is His­to­ry a Prison or a Home?

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Essay

Is His­to­ry a Prison or a Home?

Ear­li­er this week, Joshua Fat­tal wrote about remem­ber­ing Hebrew School while a pris­on­er in Iran and being a Jew cel­e­brat­ing Christ­mas in Iran­ian prison. He…
Joshua Fat­tal
March 21, 2014
Essay

Remem­ber­ing Hebrew School in Iran­ian Prison

Ear­li­er this week, Joshua Fat­tal wrote about being a Jew cel­e­brat­ing Christ­mas in Iran­ian prison. He will be blog­ging here all week for Jew­ish Book Coun­cil and…
Joshua Fat­tal
March 19, 2014
Essay

Jews Don’t Cel­e­brate Christ­mas (Except in Prison in the Islam Repub­lic of Iran)

Joshua Fat­tal, Shane Bauer, and Sarah Shourd were impris­oned in Iran in 2009. Shourd was released one year lat­er and worked to secure Bauer and Fattal’s return in 2011. Since…
Joshua Fat­tal
March 17, 2014
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A Sliv­er of Light: Three Amer­i­cans Impris­oned in Iran
Shane Bauer, Joshua Fattal, Sarah Shourd
Interview

Ten Ques­tions for Joshua Fattal

by Bob Gold­farbBob Gold­farb recent­ly spoke to Joshua Fat­tal, who co-authored, along­side Shane Bauer and Sarah Shourd, the recent­ly pub­lished book A Sliv­er of Light:…
Bob Gold­farb
July 10, 2014

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