[Jewish] Co-Existence: The Case Study of Gilboa-Jenin

[rsSA at hampshire.edu]

On April 28th, UMass Hillel and UMass Student Alliance for Israel,
with association with the Israel on Campus Coalition, will host a very
special lecture by Danny Atar, the current mayor of the Gilboa Local
Council in Northern Israel

When Mr. Atar went into office, 17 years ago, he started to reform the
local council, and focused on directing more resources to Arab
villages, so to better their infrastructure, education and general
well-being. Through his growing relationship with the local Arab
population, he reached out to the governor of the District of Jenin,
and together they created an enterprise to accomplish and maintain a
relationship between Palestinians and Israelis, based on shared
interests and coexistence. I've attached a JPost article for further
information.

The event will be held in the UMass Campus Center, April 28th starting
7:30PM. We would love to have a big 5 college representation.This is a
great opportunity to learn about activists committed to develop a
sustainable infrastructure for Dialogue, cooperation and coexistence
between Israelis and Palestinian.

Hope to see you all there,
Lipaz


Lipaz Ben-Yitzhak
IACT/Israeli Fellow
Hillel at Umass Amherst

lipaz at external.umass.edu
413.549.1710 x 210
413.330.6164



Quoting rsSA at hampshire.edu:

> Hi Lipaz,
>
> Thanks so much for the invite - this sounds like a great event!
>
> Unfortunately, I'm going to be in Boston that eve. That said, I would love to
> publicize it at Hampshire. Could you send me a short write up that I could
> send to the Jewish Student Union & the SPICI listserve? Or (since
> I'm away for
> Passover) you could send it to the students who run the listserves directly
> (Abigail & Nat would be good choices).
>
> Thanks so much.
> Chag Sameach
>
> Rachel
>
> Quoting Lipaz Ben-Yitzhak <lipaz at external.umass.edu>:
>
>> Hi Rachel,
>>
>> I wanted to personally invite you to a very special event the Israel
>> team in UMass is hosting on next Thursday. I talked about it a little
>> bit during the Yaniv Sagee event.
>>
>> We were very lucky to receive a grant from the Israel on Campus
>> Coalition that allowed us to bring Danny Atar, the current mayor of
>> the Gilboa Local Council in Northern Israel.
>> When Mr. Atar went into office, 17 years ago, he started to reform the
>> local council, and focused on directing more resources to Arab
>> villages, so to better their infrastructure, education and general
>> wellbeing. Through his growing relationship with the local Arab
>> population, he reached out to the governor of the District of Jenin,
>> and together they created an enterprise to accomplish and maintain a
>> relationship between Palestinians and Israelis, based on shared
>> interests and coexistence. I've attached a JPost article for further
>> information.
>> The lecture will take place on Thursday, April 28th, 7:30PM at UMass
>> Campus Center, room 101. I wanted to personally invite you to the
>> event, and see if you'll mind to spread the word and maybe even post
>> it on the Spiritual Life Office calendar. This is not an Israel
>> Advocacy event, although I truly believe it is the best kind of
>> advocacy available. We really just want to create a safe academic
>> space to discuss the potential for peace in the Middle-East. We
>> invested a lot of money and even more in energy in this event, and
>> there is nothing we want more than making it a success.
>>
>> I hope you'll be able to make it, and please free to invite colleagues
>> and students.
>>
>> Chag Sameach,
>>
>> Lipaz
>>
>>
>> Lipaz Ben-Yitzhak
>> IACT/Israeli Fellow
>> Hillel at Umass Amherst
>>
>> lipaz at external.umass.edu
>> 413.549.1710 x 210
>> 413.330.6164
>>
>>
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