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Inter-Agency Task Force Education Seminar (SAN FRANCISCO) - June 6, 2007

The Task Force hosted an educational seminar at the Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco, Peninsula, Marin & Sonoma Counties.

Panelists included:
  • Dr. Hanna Swaid, Member of Knesset
    Dr. Swaid was elected to the Knesset (HADASH – The Democratic Front for Peace and Equality) in March 2006. He serves as member of the Economics Affairs Committee and the State Control Committee, and deputy-member at the Internal Affairs and Environment committee. Also, he Co-Chairs (with MK Rabbi Michael Melchior) the parliamentary Lobby for Jewish-Arab coexistence.

    In November 2003 he was elected as mayor of the Arab town of Eilaboun, Israel. He represented the Arab municipalities in Israel in the National Council for Planning and Building, and was an active member of the Arab peak representative organizations in Israel until 2003.

    After he left this post, Dr. Swaid established and managed the Arab Center for Alternative Planning (ACAP) between 2004 and 2006. ACAP is the leading Arab NGO dealing with land, planning and development issues concerning the Arab citizens of Israel.

  • Dr. Yossi Tamir, JDC-Israel

    Dr. Yossi Tamir is currently spearheading JDC's new partnership with the Government of Israel for increased independence through employment, "TEVET." The initiative seeks to integrate severely unemployed Israelis and the most vulnerable individuals, such as long-term welfare recipients and young socially-isolated Israelis, into the workforce.

    Previous to this appointment Professor Tamir was the Executive Director of Ashalim - The Association for Planning and Development of Services for Children & Youth at Risk & their Families founded by the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, the Government of Israel and UJA-Federation of New York.

    He is also a member of the faculty of the Hebrew University Baerwald School of Social Work. Previously, Professor Tamir was Director General of the National Insurance Institute (Israel’s Social Security administration). In the past, he served as director of the JDC-Brookdale Institute and lectured at Ben Gurion University.


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