Join award-winning journalist Javier Sinay and cultural anthropologist Dr. Natasha Zaretsky as they discuss Sinay’s new historical true-crime investigation The Murders of Moisés Ville: The Rise and Fall of the Jerusalem of South America. Hosted by the Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York City.

This is a hybrid event ! You can come watch the conversation in-person at the Museum of Jewish Heritage, or check out the livestream option. Register below for whichever suits you best!

When: April 3 at 2pm EST
Where: In-person at the Museum of Jewish Heritage, or on the livestream

Javier Sinay is a writer and journalist based in Buenos Aires. His books include Camino al este, Cuba Stone (coauthored), and Sangre joven, which won the Premio Rodolfo Walsh of the Semana Negra de Gijón, Spain. In 2015 he won the Premio de la Fundación Gabo/former FNPI for his story “Rápido. Furioso. Muerto” (Fast. Furious. Dead) published in Rolling Stone. The Murders of Moisés Ville is his first book in English. Visit loscrimenesdemoisesville.com and javiersinay.com to learn more about The Murders of Moisés Ville and Sinay’s other works.

Dr. Natasha Zaretsky received her Ph.D. in anthropology from Princeton University, focusing her research on the aftermath of political violence and genocide in Argentina. Her broader research interests include the role of memory and truth in rebuilding communities and nations in the Americas, and the impact of genocide and human rights on diaspora communities. She is currently a Clinical Associate Professor at New York University and a Visiting Scholar at the Center for the Study of Genocide and Human Rights at Rutgers University. Her latest book is Acts of Repair: Justice, Truth, and the Politics of Memory in Argentina (Rutgers University Press 2021).