Resetting The Table - Talking Civilly About the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (Part 1/4)

As a Diller Teen, you encountered the country and culutre of Israel, but do you feel like you lack a basic understanding of why life is so contentious there? If so, join us in this 4-part series to:

  • Explore the origins of the conflict from both Israeli and Palestinian collective perspectives.
  • Discuss how this spills over into American Jewish life and affects participants personally.
  • Learn tools for having conversations about this conflict in constructive and civil ways.

Session 1: Speaking Across Differences on Israel - 3 hours

Builds a foundation of constructive communication and relationship-building for the full course; exchange personal stories, surface views and differences, and learn tools for constructively engaging across them.

This session will take place on the 2nd floor of the Jewish Community Federation in the Small Conference Room and will be facilitated by Melissa Weintraub, founding co-director of Resetting the Table, a program of the Jewish Council for Public Affairs. 

Dates and topics of remainder of series:

Session 2, May 1:  Roots and Foundations of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, 1915-1949 (2 hours)

Session 3, May 29:  Borders and the Territorial Dispute in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (2 hours)

Session 4, June 5:  The Conflict in North America: Roles and Responsibilities of US Jews (2 hours)

This series is open to all current and former Diller Teen Fellows (interested guests of Diller Teens may be invited to participate, space permitting). There is no cost to participate. 

Enroll Now: LaraW@sfjcf.org

 

Interests: , Israel, Young Adults, Teens
Date: 
March 27, 2016
TIME: 
12:00 AM
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Location: 
Jewish Community Federation
121 Steuart St
City: 
San Francisco
Cost: 
Free, with enrollment

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Organized By: 
San Francisco Diller Teen Fellows
Co-organizers: 
Jewish Council for Public Affairs, Jewish Community Federation & Endowment Fund
Event Contact Person: 
Lara Walklet
415.512.6292
LaraW@sfjcf.org
Speakers: 
Melissa Weintraub
Melissa is the founding Co-Director of JCPA's Resetting the Table, an organization dedicated to building dialogue and deliberation across political differences on Israel. A noted facilitator and thought leader, Melissa trains leaders and builds programs at the intersections of Israel, Jewish thought and conflict resolution. Melissa was the founding director of Encounter, an organization dedicated to strengthening the capacity of the Jewish people to be agents of change in resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Melissa built Encounter from the ground up to an internationally recognized organization, selected by Slingshot as one of fourteen standard-bearing organizations for innovation and impact. She was awarded the Grinnell Young Innovator for Social Justice Prize, which honors demonstrated leadership and extraordinary accomplishment in effecting positive social change. An alumnus of the Wexner Graduate Fellowship program, Melissa has lectured and taught in hundreds of Jewish communal institutions, universities, and forums on four continents and served as a faculty member for Wexner and the Shalom Hartman Institute of North America. She was ordained as a Conservative Rabbi at the Jewish Theological Seminary and graduated from Harvard University summa cum laude.
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