ORGANIZING FOR ACTION SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2008
Join Jewish activists and community leaders, policy makers, veterans, scholars and social justice advocates from across the nation for a daylong call to conscience about the U.S. war in Iraq. Don't miss this historic gathering!
Sponsored by The Shalom Center, Workmen’s Circle/Arbeter Ring & Jewish Currents
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With remarks, panel discussions and strategy workshops led by:
Rabbi Rebecca Alpert , Temple University Jeremy Ben-Ami , J Street Lawrence Bush , Jewish Currents Leslie Cagan , United for Peace and Justice
Rabbi Nina Beth Cardin , Baltimore Jewish Environmental Network Jeff Cohen , Park Center for Independent Media Penny Coleman , author “Flashback: Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome, Suicide and the Costs of War” Rabbi Marla Feldman , Reform Commission on Social Action Amy Goodman , Democracy Now Honorable Elizabeth Holtzman , former Congresswoman, author and attorney Mark Johnson , Fellowship of Reconciliation/Olive Branch Interfaith Partners for Peace Rokhl Kafrissen , Jewish Currents Robert Kaplan , Workmen’s Circle/Arbeter Ring Charles Komanoff , Carbon Tax Center Rabbi Peter Knobel , Central Conference of American Rabbis Brad Lander , Pratt Center for Community Development Donna Lieberman , American Civil Liberties Union Rabbi Ellen Lippmann , Kolot Chayeinu/Voices of Our Lives Myriam Miedzian , author “Boys Will Be Boys: Breaking the Link Between Masculinity and Violence” Sammie Moshenberg , National Council of Jewish Women MoveOn , (representative TBA) Congressman Jerrold Nadler , (D-NY) Sue Niederer , Goldstar Families for Peace Michael Ratner , Center for Constitutional Rights Lilly Rivlin , Meretz USA Rabbi Or Rose , Hebrew College MJ Rosenberg , Israel Policy Forum April Rosenblum , Righteous Indignation Rabbi David Saperstein , Religious Action Center Rabbi David Shneyer , Am Kolel Dan Sieradski , Jewish Telegraphic Agency Dara Silverman , Jews for Racial & Economic Justice Greg Speeter , National Priorities Project Ann Toback , Workmen’s Circle/Arbeter Ring Rabbi Arthur Waskow , The Shalom Center Rabbi Simkha Weintraub , Rabbis for Human Rights-North America
Panel discussions and strategy workshops on:
Building a Jewish Anti-War Activist Network
Confronting the War in the Jewish Community: A Historic Moment of Opportunity
Domestic Economic Consequences of the War & Peace
Healing Veterans, Their Families and the Families of the War Dead
Impacts of the Iraq War on Human Rights and Civil Liberties in the U.S.
Impacts of the Iraq War on Peace and the Broader Middle East
Oil, War & Climate Crisis
Takhlis: Jewish Values, Texts and Organizing with Rabbis and Synagogues
The Media and Changing Jewish Public Opinion
Midtown Workmen's Circle School, Workmen's Circle Building, 45 East 33rd Street, New York, NY 10016 Member School of the New York Chapter of the Workmen's Circle-Arbeter Ring.
