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REGISTER NOW VIA E-MAIL TO PARTICIPATE IN THE SIKKUY SEMINAR.
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2007 AT THE PRINCETON CLUB IN NEW YORK
IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY, LET US KNOW THAT YOU'RE PLANNING TO ATTEND
THE FIRST SIKKUY SEMINAR IN THE U.S.A.
SEMINAR CHAIR:
Ms. Terry M. Rubenstein, Executive Vice President
Joseph & Harvey Meyerhoff Family Charitable Funds
SPACE IS LIMITED SO PLEASE REGISTER ASAP. THE PARTICIPATION FEE (INCLUDING A LOVELY, NON-MEAT, PRINCETON CLUB LUNCH) IS $90 PER PERSON. CONFIRM YOUR PARTICIPATION (name, e-mail, phone, organization) VIA EMAIL TO CARL PERKAL, SIKKUY'S DIRECTOR OF RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT - carl@sikkuy.org.il. The First Sikkuy Seminar will be an opportunity for Sikkuy's friends from across North America to convene in New York for an exciting day of learning, discussion, sharing, suggestions and planning for the future. Sikkuy's co-executive directors, Ali Haider, Adv. and Shuli Dichter, as well as Dr. Muhammad Amara and Mary Schweitzer, members of Sikkuy's board of directors, will participate.
THE PROGRAM
 09:00 - Registration 09:30 - Greetings: Terry M. Rubenstein, seminar chair; Dr. Muhammad Amara, member of Sikkuy’s board of directors, lecturer, Departments of English and Political Science, Bar-Ilan University 09:45 - Presentation and discussion: "Perspectives on a lifetime in service of human rights" - Robert L. Bernstein, former president, chair and CEO of Random House and founding chair of Human Rights Watch 10:15 - Review of Sikkuy's current activities - Sikkuy's co-executive directors, Ali Haider, Adv. and Shalom (Shuli) Dichter; introduction to Sikkuy's Equality Index - Carl Perkal, Sikkuy's director of resource development 10:45 - Panel discussion: The "The Future Vision of the Palestinian Arabs in Israel" - Different perspectives - Chair: Shuli Dichter - Speakers: Dr. Muhammad Amara, Ali Haider, Adv., Sarah Kreimer, Associate Director of Ir Amim and former chair of the Association for Civil Rights in Israel 12:00 - Lunch 1:00 - Presentation and discussion: Minority-Majority relations in hegemonic democracies - Dr. Ilan Peleg, Editor-in-Chief of Israel Studies Forum: An Interdisciplinary Journal 1:30 - Panel discussion: Changing perceptions and attitudes on the issue of equality in Israel within the North American Jewish Community - Chair: Harriett Mouchly-Weiss - and "break away" groups 2:30 - Summation 3:00 - Program concludes
DATE: SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2007
WHERE: THE PRINCETON CLUB, 15 W.43RD. ST. (BET. 5TH AND 6TH AVE.) MANHATTAN, NYC ( www.princetonclub.com - 212 5961200)
TIME: 9AM - 3PM
INVITED PARTICIPANTS: FRIENDS OF SIKKUY, HEADS OF FOUNDATIONS AND ORGANIZATIONS, JOURNALISTS, RESEARCHERS, STUDENTS AND ANYONE INTERESTED IN ACHIEVING EQUALITY BETWEEN THE JEWISH AND ARAB CITIZENS OF ISRAEL.
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