Fordham University School of Law 140 E 62nd Street New York, NY
AAJLJ: Durban II Counter-Conference at Fordham Law
Counter-conference organized to address the real issues of “racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and other forms of intolerance.” Featuring Ambassador Richard Schifter, Hon. Irwin Cotler, Canadian Sen. Jerry Grafstein, Dr. Charles Small and other distinguished guests.
Primary sponsor: American Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jursits More info: 703-534-3919 or bob.weinberg@aya.yale.edu
Wednesday, APR 22, 2009 12:30 p.m.
Yale University Slifka Center New Haven, CT
Yale: Hagai El-Ad Civil Rights in Israel
A talk by Hagai El-Ad, Israeli civil rights activist, founding director of Jerusalem Open House and director of the Association for Civil Rights in Israel.
Yale University Institution for Social and Policy Studies 77 Prospect Street, Room A-002 New Haven, CT
Yale: Esther Webman “Continuity and Change in the Arab Holocaust Discourse”
A talk by Esther Webman, acting director of the Stephen Roth Institute for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism and Racism, Tel Aviv University.
Yale Initiative for the Interdisciplinary Study of Antisemitism Info: yiisa.program@yale.edu or 203-432-5239
Sunday, APR 26, 2009 2:00 p.m.
Cardozo School of Law Jacob Burns Moot Court 55 Fifth Avenue New York, NY
Cardozo: Roundtable Discussion “Judicial Review, A Comparative Perspective: Israel, Canada, and the United States”
With prominent jurists, statesman, academics and practicing attorneys, moderated by Malvina Halberstam (Cardozo) and featuring Hon. Irwin Cotler (Canadian Member of Parliament), Elizabeth DeFeis (Seton Hall), Michael Eitan (Member of Knesset), Morris Fish (Canadian Supreme Court), Daniel Friedmann (Israeli Minister of Justice), and other distinguished guests.
Florsheimer Center for Constitutional Democracy, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law and Yeshiva University Info: cjones@yu.edu or 212-790-0312
Monday, APR 27, 2009 – Thursday, APR 30, 2009
Hunter College CUNY New York, NY
Hunter: Celebrating Israel at 61
Join the Hunter College Hillel for a week-long celebration of Yom Ha’atzmaut. Monday, Israel and the environment. Tuesday, national accomplishments and famous Israelis. Wednesday, Israeli film screening. Thursday, Tel Aviv 100 with games and prizes.
The Stony Brook Hillel hosts a week of Israeli events, with Israeli dancing Monday night, Yom HaZikaron memorial ceremony and garden planting on Tuesday, outdoor Pita Party with food and music for Yom Ha’atzmaut on Wednesday, and a movie screening Thursday.
Scholars for Peace in the Middle East (SPME) is not-for-profit [501 (C) (3)], grass-roots community of scholars who have united to promote honest, fact-based, and civil discourse, especially in regard to Middle East issues. We believe that ethnic, national, and religious hatreds, including anti-Semitism and anti-Israelism, have no place in our institutions, disciplines, and communities. We employ academic means to address these issues.
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