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DESCRIPTION:Please join Dr. Yehuda Kurtzer, President of the Shalom Hartman Institute 
 of North America, and Wajahat Ali, author, journalist and playwright, at 
 the Osher Marin JCC for a discussion about the Middle East and how Jews and 
 Muslims in America can speak to each other about the conflict in the Middle 
 East.\n\nABOUT WAJAHAT ALI\nA lawyer, an award-winning playwright, a TV 
 host, a consultant for the U.S. State Department-Wajahat Ali is a new kind 
 of public intellectual: young, exuberant, and optimistic. Currently, Ali is 
 writing a television show with Dave Eggers about a Muslim American cop in 
 the Bay Area. He was also the lead author and researcher of "Fear Inc., 
 Roots of the Islamophobia Network in America," the seminal report from the 
 Center for American Progress. In 2012, Ali worked with the U.S. Department 
 of State to design and implement the "Generation Change" leadership program 
 to empower young social entrepreneurs. He initiated chapters in eight 
 countries, including Pakistan and Singapore. He was honored as a 
 "Generation Change Leader" by Sec. of State Clinton and as an "Emerging 
 Muslim American Artist" by the Muslim Public Affairs Council.\n\nABOUT 
 YEHUDA KURTZER\nYehuda Kurtzer is President of the Shalom Hartman Institute 
 of North America. He has a Ph.D. in Jewish Studies from Harvard University 
 and Master of Arts in Religion from Brown University, and is an alumnus of 
 both the Wexner Graduate and Bronfman Youth Fellowship programs. \nYehuda 
 is the author of Shuva: The Future of the Jewish Past, a work of 
 constructive theology that offers new thinking on how contemporary Jews can 
 and should relate to our past while living profoundly in the present. As a 
 fellow in the Institute's iEngage Project, Yehuda writes and teaches widely 
 on the central challenges facing Jewish life in both America and Israel, 
 and how new Jewish thinking can help us stand up to these 
 challenges.\n\nFree\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2016/03/28/18784570.php
SUMMARY:Israel: Jews and Muslims in America in Dialogue
LOCATION:Osher Marin JCC\n200 N. San Pedro Road\nSan Rafael, CA 94903
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2016/03/28/18784570.php
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