Word: sawabini
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Dates: during 1939-1939
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...Arab Victor E. Sawabini, spoke in an embarrassing lull at the meeting at which Michael P. Grace '40, who presided, was filling in with humorous stories while waiting for Dorothy Stone, a scheduled speaker, to arrive. Miss Stone never arrived...
...They're ruining my country," Sawabini exclaimed in a fiery speech before the audience, enthusiasts of the Affiliated Jewish Youth Organization's campaign for Jewish repatriation. He suggested that the Jews stop blaming others and examine themselves, claiming that their unpopularity was their own fault and not the countries' who want to get rid of them...
...Sawabini, an insurance salesman living in Brookline, gained the floor by sending a note to Grace which said, "My name is Victor E. Sawabini, I come from Palestine. Please let me speak." Grace said afterwards he did not know that Sawabini was an Arab when he invited him to speak. He admitted being abashed by the Arab's remark "We don't want any more Jews. Why not send them to Texas...
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