REGISTER NOW VIA E-MAIL TO PARTICIPATE IN THE SIKKUY SEMINAR.
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2007 AT THE PRINCETON CLUB IN NEW YORK
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. Khaled Abu Asbah, Sikkuy's co-chair, will participate.
WE ARE PLEASED TO PRESENT THE GUEST SPEAKERS
Robert L. Bernstein - Topic: Human Rights as a life-long passion
Robert L. Bernstein, is the former chair, president and CEO of Random House, Inc. and the founding chair of Human Rights Watch.
Dr. Khaled Abu Asbah, Co-Chair, Sikkuy - Topic: Is equality between the Jewish and Arab citizens of Israel attainable?
Dr. Khaled Abu Asbah is a widely published expert and on Arab youth and Arab education in Israel. He received his doctoral degree from the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Bar Ilan University in 2003.
Dr. Ilan Peleg - Topic: Israel’s Majority-Minority Relations in a Comparative Perspective
Dr. Ilan Peleg is the Editor-in-Chief of Israel Studies Forum: An Interdisciplinary Journal, and the author of the recently-published Democratizing the Hegemonic State (published in July 2007 by the prestigious Cambridge University Press).
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.
THE TENTATIVE PROGRAM:
09:00 - Registration
09:30 - Greetings and opening remarks – Dr. Khaled Abu Asbah
10:00 - Presentation and discussion: Robert L. Bernstein
10:30 - Review of Sikkuy's current activities and introduction to Sikkuy's Equality Index
11:15 - Panel discussion: The "Vision Statement" for the Arab citizens of Israel - Different perspectives
12:15 - Lunch
1:15 - Presentation and discussion: Dr. Ilan Peleg
1:45 - Panel discussion: Changing perceptions and attitudes on the issue of equality in Israel within the North American Jewish Community
2:30 - Summation and discussion
3:00 - Program concludes
