Why Israeli Arabs are a Jewish Issue with Naftali Rothenberg

Please join the JCRC at the JCC of Greater Washington for an evening discussion with Rabbi Naftali Rothenberg on: Why Israeli Arabs are a Jewish Issue Rabbi Rothenberg, Senior Research Fellow at the Van Leer Jerusalem Institute and Rabbi of Har Adar, will discuss the Halakhic and moral perspectives on Arab minorites in the Jewish Nation-State. When: Thursday, April 18, 201, 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM Where: JCC of Greater Washington, 6125 Montrose Road, Rockville, MD 20852 Please RSVP by clicking here. (http://www.jcouncil.org/site/Calendar/292474222?view=RSVP&id=106881) Speaker Bio: Rabbi Professor Naftali Rothenberg is a senior research fellow at the Van Leer Jerusalem Institute, where he is Jewish Culture and Identity chair and editor of Identities, Journal for Jewish Culture & Identity. He also serves as the Rabbi and spiritual leader of Har Adar, a Jerusalem suburb town, where he resides with his family. His main fields of research are: The wisdom of love; Political Philosophy; Environmental philosophy; Philosophy of Halakha. He has published numerous articles and 12 books, and he is the 2011 laureate of the Liebhaber Prize for the encouragement of religious tolerance in Israel. Co-sponsors: Greater Washington Forum on Israeli Arab Issues, American University Center for Israel Studies, Adat Shalom Reconstructionist Congregation, adn the New Israel Fund