An Evening with Rabbi Michael Lerner --Healing the Middle East: Why Americans Should Be BOTH Pro-Israel and Pro-Palestine--

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An Evening with Rabbi Michael Lerner
--Healing the Middle East: Why Americans Should Be BOTH Pro-Israel and Pro-Palestine--

Nyack, NY--January 20, 2012—The community is invited to attend an evening with Rabbi Michael Lerner, best-selling author of The Left Hand of God and editor of Tikkun magazine for a discussion, Healing the Middle East: Why Americans Should Be BOTH Pro-Israel and Pro-Palestine on Sunday, March 18 at 7:30 pm at Congregation Sons of Israel, 300 N. Broadway, Upper Nyack. The stimulating evening will include a discussion, question and answer session and book signing for his newest book, Embracing Israel/Palestine.
Rabbi Lerner is making the case for why peace activists must be BOTH pro-Israel and pro-Palestine and that a lasting peace in the Middle East will only emerge if it focuses attention on fostering a spiritual transformation in the consciousness of both Israel and Palestine, and a triumph of the most loving and generous parts of the religious traditions in each community. This dialogue explores how such lasting peace is unlikely unless it reflects a similar transformation in the US, and a move from expecting “homeland security” to come from political, economic or cultural dominance.

Embracing Israel/Palestine is a must-read for those who care about peace in the Middle East. It is provocative, radical, persuasive, and, if given the attention it deserves, could make a major contribution to reconciliation. Please read this book!
—Archbishop Desmond Tutu Lerner's book is coming out of a loving heart and a powerful analytic mind. He offers us a strategy of trust that could heal and repair the mentalities of fear that limit the current perspectives that dominate our politics.
—Avrum Burg, former chair of the Jewish Agency and World Zionist Organization, speaker of the Knesset, and interim president of Israel

Event Sponsors: Congregation Sons of Israel http://csinyack.org; Fellowship of Reconciliation http://forusa.org; Hebrew Learning Circles http://hebrewlearningcircles.com; Jewish Voice for Peace-Westchester westchester@jewishvoiceforpeace.org; New Futures for Palestine-Israel http://newfuturesfilms.webs.com; Nitza and Isaac Shamah; Shomer Shalom Network for Jewish Nonviolence http://shomershalom.org; The Orangetown Jewish Center http://www.theojc.org

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Location: Congregation Sons of Israel, 300 N. Broadway, Upper Nyack, NY
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