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Filed Under (Americans visit Iran, Israel, Lectures & Presentations, U.S. Relations, peace) by admin on 25-04-2007
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Rabbi Lynn’s Trail Guide To Jewish Nonviolence
Wednesday, May 28, 7:30 pm
JCC of the East Bay, 1414 Walnut Street in Berkeley
$10-$20 sliding scale, to benefit the Aquarian Minyan
| Rabbi Lynn will share stories of her recent visit to Iran Rabbi Lynn Gottlieb recently returned from co-leading the 7th Fellowship of Reconciliation delegation to Iran. She will share her experience in the light of her work on behalf of citizen diplomacy, and her face-to-face visits with the Jewish communities of Teheran, Shiraz, and Isfahan. She will present a slide-show.Pursuing peace is one of the central tenets of Shomer Shalom, the Jewish Path of Nonviolence. Rabbi Lynn will share the ways in which Shomer Shalom can be a voice for peacemaking in a time when many are advocating war. Share the vision of one of the first ten women rabbis in her thirty-fifth year of rabbinic service and first year as a resident of Berkeley. Rabbi Lynn Gottlieb directs The Shomer Shalom Institute for Jewish Nonviolence, Interfaith Inventions and is cofounder of The Muslim Jewish PeaceWalk and Congregation Nahalat Shalom in Albuquerque, NM. She is author of She Who Dwells Within: A Feminist Vision of Renewed Judaism, Harper SF 1995, and is contributing editor of Fellowship Magazine, and numerous essays and articles and member of Imaginaction Theatre Company. The Aquarian Minyan invites you to attend its monthly author series at the JCC, featuring Minyan members who have recently published books. Come schmooze with the authors! Books will be for sale. Light refreshments will be provided. $10-$20 sliding scale, to benefit The Aquarian Minyan. For more information contact Lea AT lmi.net or (510) 528-6725 |
The travelling lecture “THE HUMAN COST OF WAR AND CHEMICAL WEAPONS” focuses On Iran is coming to New York City and to Washington DC in the month of May.
WHEN: Thursday May 1, 2008 7pm
WHERE: All Souls Church; Reidy Friendship Hall
1157 Lexington Ave, @ 79th St. New York, NY USA
212-535-5530
SPEAKERS: Dr. Shahriar Khateri and Dr. Mohammad Soroush, founders of the Society for
Chemical Weapons Victims Support www.scwvs.org
On tour in the U.S. from Iran, Dr. Shahriar Khateri and Dr. Mohammad Soroush, have
many years experience treating victims of chemical weapons used in the Iran/Iraq war of
the 1980s. Speaking to both medical professionals and to the general public, they address
the short and long term medical consequences of chemical warfare hoping to heighten the
awareness of the devastation of weapons of mass destruction and to remind us that we
must work to abolish these weapons.
Tour Sponsored by Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR) www.psr.org and the
Campaign Against Sanctions and Military Intervention in Iran (CASMII)
www.campaigniran.
The tour sponsors hope this tour will increase efforts for diplomacy to between U.S. and
Iran and bring us closer to peace.
Co-sponsors: Peace Task Force of All Souls Church and Action For Justice of Community
Church NYC Info: russellbranca@
