Past event
A Painful Hope: A Rabbi and a Palestinian Talk Peace
An Orthodox Israeli rabbi and a Palestinian activist from the Roots joint initiative in dialogue over two nights in Atlanta. The JCRC of Atlanta brought the program; AIC sponsored it.
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Speakers
Rabbi Hanan Schlesinger
Orthodox rabbi and co-founder of Roots
Shadi Abu Awwad
Palestinian activist, Roots
Rabbi Hanan Schlesinger and Shadi Abu Awwad work together in Roots, a joint Israeli-Palestinian initiative in Judea and Samaria. They came to Atlanta for two nights of dialogue in front of a live audience.
It was an argument conducted in good faith by two people who live on opposite sides of the same ground and have decided to keep talking. The Jewish Community Relations Council of Atlanta brought the program to the city; AIC was a sponsor and glad to be one. More about Roots at friendsofroots.net.
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- Jewish Community Relations Council of Atlanta
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