Arab Citizens of Israel — Challenges and Opportunities: A Community Education Day (Washington, DC)

Jan 9 2011 12:30pm - 5:30pm -

Arab Citizens of Israel — Challenges and Opportunities:  A Community Education Day
Featuring discussions and workshops with:


Raslan Abu Rukun, Deputy General Consul, Consulate General of Israel to the Mid-Atlantic region (invited)

Ruth Carmi, New Israel Fund Law Fellow & Director, Arab Civic Equality Project, Israel Religious Action Center

Mohammad Darawshe, Co-Director, The Abraham Fund Initiatives

Dr. Salman Elbedour, Howard University School of Education

Noam Katz, Minister for Public Diplomacy, Embassy of Israel

Dr. Elie Rekhess, Senior Fellow, Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies & Director, Konrad Adenauer Center for Jewish-Arab Cooperation

Rabbi Sid Schwarz, founder, PANIM & author, Judaism and Justice:  The Jewish Passion to Repair the World

Sunday, January 9, 2011

  • Washington DC JCC, 16th & Q Streets, NW, Washington, DC
  • 12:30 to 5:30 pm
  • Registration: 12:30 pm. Program begins at 1:00 pm
  • No fee for advance reservations.  $5 at the door

Register online at:  http://tinyurl.com/IsraeliArabIssues

Presented by the Greater Washington Forum on Israeli Arab Issues

Made possible by a grant from the Naomi and Nehemiah Cohen Foundation

For more information, contact greaterwashingtonforum@gmail.com.