Join us following Shabbat morning services for a discussion with Aziz Abu Sarah, co-author of The Future Is Peace: A Shared Journey Across the Holy Land, and Gili Getz, president of American Friends of Combatants for Peace.
Services will begin at 9:30 am. The discussion will begin between 11:15 and 11:30, followed by Q&A, and kiddush.
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Aziz Abu Sarah is a Palestinian peacebuilder, entrepreneur, National Geographic Explorer, TED Fellow, and renowned speaker on conflict resolution and responsible travel. He is the co-executive director of InterAct International, a nonprofit dedicated to Middle East peace. He is co-founder of MEJDI Tours, a travel company on a mission to transform tourism into a global force of citizen diplomacy. He has won numerous awards, including from the United Nations, Institute of International Education, and The Explorers Club. Aziz is consistently named one of the world’s 500 most influential Muslims by the Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre in Jordan. He has written opinion pieces for The New York Times, The Washington Post, Al-Quds, and Haaretz. He has spoken before the U.S. Congress, the European Parliament, and international forums around the world. He is the co-author of the book, The Future is Peace.
Gili Getz is a photojournalist, actor, and peace activist. He is best known for his extensive documentation of Jewish American political activism and regularly contributes to Jewish and Israeli media, Jewish justice movements, and several books, including the current bestseller The Future Is Peace: A Shared Journey Across the Holy Land by Aziz Abu Sarah (fellow board member) and Maoz Inon. Following October 7, he co-founded Israelis for Peace, advocating for the freedom, safety, justice, equality, dignity, and full humanity of all Palestinians and Israelis living between the river and the sea and an end to war and occupation. He also wrote and performed the play The Forbidden Conversation and executive produced the award winning film Israelism, both of which explore generational tensions within the American Jewish community over Israel/Palestine. This year, he is the recipient of the distinguished T’ruah Raphael Lemkin Human Rights Award for his work on Israeli-Palestinian peace.