Second Annual Community Education Day presented by the Greater Washington Forum on Israeli Arab Issues
American University, Ward Circle Building, Washington, DC
(on Nebraska Avenue at Ward Circle; free parking in lot across the street; free shuttle from Tenleytown Metro)
Here is the link to a campus map:
http://www.american.edu/aumaps/upload/campus_map.pdf
Here is a link to the broader transportation Page (directions, parking, maps):
http://www.american.edu/aumaps/index.cfm
Here is info about the shuttle from Metro:
http://www.american.edu/finance/facilities/maincampusmetro.cfm
For more information on the Greater Washington Forum on Israeli Arab Issues, visit:
http://www.iataskforce.org/members/greater-washington-forum-israeli-arab-issues and www.facebook.com/greaterwashingtonforumonisraeliarabissues
Strengthening Israel's Democracy: Arab Citizens of Israel
Second Annual Community Education Day
Sunday, January 22, 2012
1:00 pm to 5:30 pm
American University, Ward Circle Building
presented by the Greater Washington Forum on Israeli Arab Issues
Draft Program
Opening plenary 1:00 to 2:15 pm
Welcome
Embassy of Israel speaker to be introduced by Caryn Wolf Wechsler, Vice President, Jewish Federation of Greater Washington (to be invited)
Introduction
Anne Clemons, Co‐Chair, Greater Washington Forum on Israeli Arab Issues
"Israel: A Nation of All of its Citizens"
- Amal Elsana Alh'jooj, Director, AJEEC - Arab Jewish Center for Equality Empowerment and Cooperation
- Shalom (Shuli) Dichter, Executive Director, Hand in Hand: Center for Jewish‐Arab Education in Israel
- Moderated by Ami Nahshon, President and CEO, The Abraham Fund Initiatives
Break with refreshments 2:15 to 2:30 pm
Workshops 2:30 to 3:30 pm
Concurrent workshops to be repeated in two sessions; participants may register for two out of four workshops.
Aspiring to Equality: Overcoming Discrimination
- Aviva Meyer, Associate Director, New Israel Fund
- Ami Nahshon, President and CEO, The Abraham Fund Initiatives
- Moderator: Melanie Maron Pell, Washington Regional Director, American Jewish Committee (invited)
What Does Israeli Citizenship Mean?
- Amal Elsana Alh'jooj, Director, AJEEC - Arab Jewish Center for Equality Empowerment and Cooperation
- Professor Yoram Peri, Kay Chair in Israeli Studies and Director, Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies, University of Maryland
- Moderator: Rabbi David Shneyer, Am Kolel Jewish Renewal Community of Greater Washington
Advancing Shared Society through Arab‐Jewish Partnerships
- Yaniv Sagee, Incoming Executive Director, Givat Haviva
- Vivian Silver, Co‐Executive Director, NISPED - Negev Institute for Strategies of Peace and Development
- Moderator: Laura Cutler, Acting Director, American University Center for Israel Studies
Education and Economic Empowerment: The Building Blocks of Equality
- Shuli Dichter, Executive Director, Hand in Hand
- Howard Sohn, Executive Director, Fohs Foundation (invited)
- Moderator: Judge Ellen Heller, Trustee, Harry & Jeannette Weinberg Foundation; past President and Chair, American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee
Break with refreshments 3:30 to 3:45 pm
Workshops 3:45 to 4:45 pm
Above workshops to be repeated
Town Hall Meeting 4:45 to 5:15 pm
Moderated by Rabbi Sid Schwarz, Co‐Chair, Greater Washington Forum on Israeli Arab Issues
Co‐sponsors as of 12/8/2011
The Abraham Fund Initiatives
Adas Israel Congregation
Adat Shalom Reconstructionist Congregation
Am Kolel Jewish Renewal Community of Greater Washington American Jewish Committee, Washington Regional Office
American University Center for Israel Studies
Anti‐Defamation League, Washington Regional Office
Beth El Hebrew Congretation
Jacob and Hilda Blaustein Foundation
Naomi and Nehemiah Cohen Foundation
Congregation Bet Chesed, Bethesda
Embassy of Israel
Lois and Richard England Family Foundation
Inter‐Agency Task Force on Israeli Arab Issues
Jewish Community Center of Greater Washington
Jewish Community Center of Northern Virginia
Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Washington
Jewish Council for Public Affairs
Jewish Federation of Greater Washington
Rabbi Jonah Layman (of Shaare Tefila Congregation)
The Joseph and Harvey Meyerhoff Family Charitable Funds
New Israel Fund
Sixth and I Historic Synagogue
Temple Beth Ami
Temple Micah
Temple Shalom
The Israel Project
Tifereth Israel Congregation
Tikkun Olam Women's Foundation of Greater Washington
University of Maryland Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies
Washington DC JCC