Bridging the Gap: Fostering Respectful Dialogue on Israel-Palestine

Sunday, March 16 at 7:30 PM ET

Temple Sinai Congregation, Toronto

A group of students and recent alumni from York University and the University of Toronto  - Palestinian/Arab/Muslim, Israeli/Jewish and others - have come together to foster respectful conversations about the Israel-Palestinian conflict.

They established a student dialogue group on campus called Bridging the Gap for the purpose of sharing multiple perspectives in an open and constructive manner.

Register here.

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Dr. Masua Sagiv – Scholar in Residence, Lecture Series

Friday, March 21 at 6 PM ET (Kabbalat Shabbat)

Saturday, March 22 at 9 am ET (Torah Study) and 10:30 AM (Shabbat sermon)

Holy Blossom Temple

Dr. Masua Sagiv is a Senior Faculty member of the Shalom Hartman Institute based in the San Francisco Bay Area and the Koret Visiting Assistant Professor of Jewish and Israel Studies at the Helen Diller Institute, U.C. Berkeley.

Dr. Masua’s scholarly work focuses on the development of contemporary Judaism in Israel, as a culture, religion, nationality, and as part of Israel’s identity as a Jewish and democratic state. Her research explores the role of law, state actors and civil society organizations in promoting social change across diverse issues: shared society, religion and gender, religion and state, and Jewish peoplehood.

In person or online.

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