In-Person Book Talk: "Profiles in Peace"

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Join this in-person book talk which traces the lives of Israeli Jews and Palestinian Arabs who have dedicated their lives to building peace.

Lutheran Church of the Reformation

About the book, &quot;<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Hearts-Minds-Schools-Interethnic-Relations/dp/1682060322" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"></a><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Between-Thought-Action-Intellectual-Biography/dp/1682060314/ref=sr_1_1?crid=I53ICNE7WZR9&amp;keywords=gulen+ori&amp;qid=1664585978&amp;qu=eyJxc2MiOiIwLjgxIiwicXNhIjoiMC4wMCIsInFzcCI6IjAuMDAifQ%3D%3D&amp;s=digital-text&amp;sprefix=gulen+ori%2Cdigital-text%2C175&amp;sr=1-1-catcorr" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"></a><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Profiles-Peace-Ron-Kronish/dp/1734470097" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Profiles in Peace: Voices of Peacebuilders in the Midst of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict</a>&quot;This new book traces the lives of Israeli Jews and Palestinian Arabs in Israel and Palestine who have dedicated their lives to building peaceful relations among the two peoples and between individual people who seek to live in peace and harmony with one another. These people have acted courageously and consistently in their work for peace.In this book, the author profiles the lives, thoughts, feelings, and actions of six important peacebuilders -- men and women, secular and religious, 3 Jewish Israelis: Rabbi Michael Melchior, Professor Galia Golan, and Mrs. Hadassah Froman; and 3 Palestinian Arabs: Professor Mohammed Dajani, Ms. Huda Abuarquob, and Bishop Munib Younan.The reader learns about their visions for peace and their activities to bring their ideals to fruition in the real world of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Too many people have given up on peace. In contrast, the people in this book persevere for peace, thus keeping a flicker of hope alive for Israelis and Palestinians who live in the same land for people everywhere who continue to yearn for a peace agreement to be reached in the region.

<h3>Author</h3><a href="https://www.ronkronish.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Rabbi Dr. Ron Kronish</a> is an independent scholar, writer, blogger, lecturer, teacher, and mentor. For several years, he has been a Library Fellow at the Van Leer Jerusalem Institute. From 1991-2015, he served as the Founder and Director of the Interreligious Coordinating Council in Israel (ICCI), Israel’s premier interreligious institution.He was educated at Brandeis University (BA), Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion, and the Harvard Graduate School of Education. He is the editor of Coexistence and Reconciliation in Israel: Voices for Interreligious Dialogue (Paulist Press, 2015) and the author of The Other Peace Process: Interreligious Dialogue, A View from Jerusalem (Hamilton Books 2017) and Profiles in Peace: Voices of Peacebuilders in the Midst of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (2022).He writes a regular blog for <a href="https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/author/ron-kronish/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">The Times of Israel</a> and is a contributor to The Jerusalem Report.He teaches courses about Interreligious Dialogue and Peacebuilding at the Schechter Institutes for Jewish Studies in Jerusalem, in the Department for Adult Education, and at the Drew University Theological School (via Zoom) in Madison, NJ.

<h3>Moderator</h3><a href="https://www.shirathanefesh.org/staff.html#:~:text=FOUNDING%20CLERGY-,Rabbi%20Gerry%20Serotta,-After%20six%20years" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Rabbi Gerry Serotta</a> served as Executive Director of the Interfaith Conference of Metropolitan Washington from 2014 through 2020, where he continued his work as a leading voice for interfaith cooperation, religious freedom, and human rights. He is the founding rabbi of Shirat HaNefesh from 2008 to 2014. Rabbi Serotta has served as Executive Director of the interreligious organization Clergy Beyond Borders, Associate Rabbi of Temple Shalom in Chevy Chase, and Director of the Hillel Foundation at George Washington University. He was the founder and chair of Rabbis for Human Rights – North America, and he chaired the Board of Chaplains of George Washington University.Rabbi Serotta has received many awards for his communal work. He was named a Public Policy Conflict Resolution fellow by the University of Maryland School of Law and served as a senior rabbinic scholar in residence at the Religious Action Center of the Union for Reform Judaism. Rabbi Serotta received a master’s degree in Hebrew Literature from Hebrew Union College, a Master of Sacred Theology from New York Theological Seminary, and an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree from Hebrew Union College.

<h3>Discussant</h3><a href="https://rumiforum.org/about/staff/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Ibrahim Anli</a> is a civic entrepreneur with a career record that bridges nonprofit and academic experience. He was a visiting researcher at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem from 2007-08. Ibrahim joined the Journalists and Writers Foundation’s (JWF) Ankara office as the diplomacy coordinator in 2010. In 2013, he became the secretary-general of Abant Platform, JWF’s Istanbul-based forum of intellectuals. Ibrahim Anli was a lecturer and acting chair at the Department of International Relations and Diplomacy at Tishk International University in Erbil in 2016-17. He is currently a volunteer instructor for the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at George Mason University, a member of the Braver Angels Scholars Council, and a member of the Public Diplomacy Council of America.Ibrahim Anli writes opinions in his independent blog and has published peer-reviewed book chapters and articles. He holds a BA in Economics from Istanbul University, an MA in Conflict Analysis and Resolution from Sabanci University, and a certificate in Strategic Management for Leaders of NGOs from Harvard University.

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