Rabbi Dr. Ron Kronish & Kadi Iyad Zahalka: Interreligiou...

Rabbi Dr. Ron Kronish & Kadi Iyad Zahalka: Interreligious Dialogue in the Service of Peace

Oct 23, 2012 8:00am - 10:00am

(http://www.iataskforce.org/sites/default/files/images/Rabbi_Kronish.jpg) Dr. Ron Kronish, Rabbi Founder & Director of ICCI, Dr. Kronish is a noted rabbi, educator, author, lecturer & speaker. A graduate of Brandeis University (BA) and the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (rabbi), Dr. Kronish also has a doctorate from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. He has represented ICCI at the Vatican and at many international conferences, and is frequently consulted by local and international media for background information and briefings on interreligious relations in Israel. Kadi Iyad Zahalka Head of the Shar'i Court in Jerusalem, Kadi Zahalka is an accomplished judge, lecturer, author and activist. He has filled several important positions in the Shar'i court system, including that of Director. Kadi Zahalka obtained his L.L.B. from Tel Aviv University, and his M.A. (summa cum laude) from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, where he is now completing his PhD thesis on the Muslim Minority Jurisprudence Doctrine (Fiqh al Aqalliyyat).