Israeli Arab Issues at Limmud Philly 2012

The 4th annual LimmudPhilly Learningfest will be held in Center City Philadelphia from April 27-29. LimmudPhilly is a unique opportunity to explore and celebrate the many paths of Jewish learning?? true Learningfest! Our program brings together volunteers from the full spectrum of the Jewish experience to build an amazing program of learning for everyone. At LimmudPhilly, we believe that everyone is a teacher and everyone is a learner. Our presenters are world renowned teachers and passionate educators from within the community who come to Limmud to teach, learn, act, sing, and create! Ami Nashon The Abraham Fund Initiatives Telephone: 212-661-7770 Join Ami Nahshon, CEO and President of the Abraham Fund Initiatives, for a conversation in Philadelphia on what has been described as, "the most important domestic issue facing Israel today." Learn what the North American Jewish community, the Abraham Fund Initiatives and the Government of Israel are doing to address these issues. To sign up for LimmudPhilly, click here. (http://www.limmudphilly.org/) Israel's Arab Citizens: A Fundamental Jewish Concern (http://us.conf.masteragenda.com/h/lp2012/conf_presenter/4975.html?v=5009) Sunday April 29, 12:30 PM-1:45 PM Why should the status of Israel's 1.6 million Arab citizens - 20% of the population within the 'Green Line' - matter to Israel's Jewish majority or to American Jews? Can Israel be simultaneously the homeland of the Jewish people and a fully inclusive and equal home to its Arab citizens? How can Jewish-Arab relations in Israel be set right until the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is resolved? Bring your questions, preconceived ideas and doubts to a frank and open conversation with the CEO of one of Israel's leading Jewish-Arab shared society organizations.