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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=860254714-06112003>FOR IMMEDIATE
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<DIV align=center><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=860254714-06112003><STRONG>"The Jewish State in Context: The Muslim, the
Jew, and the Dhimmi"</STRONG></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=center><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=860254714-06112003><STRONG>Lecture by Tal Ben-Shahar at
UMass/Amherst</STRONG></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=860254714-06112003>Hillel at the
University of Massachusetts at Amherst brings Tal Ben-Shahar to the UMass Campus
to speak on "The Jewish State in Context: The Muslim, the Jew, and the Dhimmi."
This lecture will happen on Tuesday, November 18 at 7pm at the Hillel House
Conference Room (388 N. Pleasant St. in Amherst).</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=860254714-06112003>Tal Ben-Shahar is an
international management consultant and expert on Israeli history. He graduated
from Harvard, studied at Cambridge University and was named Graduate Fellow at
the Harvard Center for Ethics and the Professions. He is currently working on a
Ph.D. at Harvard in organizational behavior and consults for multi-national
corporations worldwide. He has authored three books and calls for liberal reform
in the Middle East.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=860254714-06112003>This lecture is free
and open to the public.</SPAN></FONT></DIV></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>