BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//6.4.10.2//EN TZID:America/New_York X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:1500@wjcenter.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230112T194500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230112T204500 DTSTAMP:20221208T013748Z URL:https://www.wjcenter.org/events/rja-book-club-letters-to-my-palestinia n-neighbor-2023-01-12/ SUMMARY:RJA Book Club: Letters to My Palestinian Neighbor DESCRIPTION:Israel Discussion Task Force invites you to join us for the fir st book discussion in Rabbi Arnowitz's Book Club—Letters to My Palestini an Neighbor by Yossi Klein HaLevi.\nJoin us the following Thursday evening s virtually at 7:45pm on: 12/1\, 12/8\, 12/15\, 1/5\, 1/12\, 1/19\, 1/26\ , 2/2\, 2/9\, and 2/16.\n\nOne letter per week for ten weeks of discussion .\n\nZoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82437712351\n\nMeeting ID: 824 3 771 2351\n\nAbout the Book\nNew York Times bestseller\n\n"A profound and o riginal book\, the work of a gifted thinker."--Daphne Merkin\, The Wall St reet Journal\n\nAttempting to break the agonizing impasse between Israelis and Palestinians\, the Israeli commentator and award-winning author of Li ke Dreamers directly addresses his Palestinian neighbors in this taut and provocative book\, empathizing with Palestinian suffering and longing for reconciliation as he explores how the conflict looks through Israeli eyes. \n\nLetters to My Palestinian Neighbor is one Israeli’s powerful attempt to reach beyond the wall that separates Israelis and Palestinians and int o the hearts of "the enemy." In a series of letters\, Yossi Klein Halevi e xplains what motivated him to leave his native New York in his twenties an d move to Israel to participate in the drama of the renewal of a Jewish ho meland\, which he is committed to see succeed as a morally responsible\, d emocratic state in the Middle East.\n\nThis is the first attempt by an Isr aeli author to directly address his Palestinian neighbors and describe how the conflict appears through Israeli eyes. Halevi untangles the ideologic al and emotional knot that has defined the conflict for nearly a century. In lyrical\, evocative language\, he unravels the complex strands of faith \, pride\, anger and anguish he feels as a Jew living in Israel\, using hi story and personal experience as his guide.\n\nHalevi’s letters speak no t only to his Palestinian neighbor\, but to all concerned global citizens\ , helping us understand the painful choices confronting Israelis and Pales tinians that will ultimately help determine the fate of the region. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.wjcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2022 /11/WJC-RJA-BookClub.png CATEGORIES:Featured Events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20221106T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR