Can We Talk About Israel? Israel and Palestine will be in the spotlight when Dr Jane Clements, an Anglican with long experience in interfaith dialogue, speaks to a mixed audience of Jews and Christians at Staines Synagogue on Wednesday October 9th, 8 pm The evening is simply called Can We Talk About Israel? The speaker offers an exceptionally well-informed perspective on the issue as the founder and director of the Forum for Discussion of Israel and Palestine. The Forum is engaging Jews, Christians and Muslims in sensitive dialogue about the Israel-Palestine conflict... “conversations about Israel/Palestine which don’t end in fist fights – or the verbal equivalent,” is how Dr Clements puts it. The evening is organised by the Staines and District branch of the Council of Christians and Jews (CCJ), a 70-year-old interfaith organisation, bringing together people of both faiths. The Staines CCJ branch draws its audiences from a wide area of North West Surrey and further afield. Staines Synagogue is at Westbrook Road, South Street in the centre of Staines. For more information, see ccj.org.uk/staines, call 01252 622978 or email ccjstaines@gmail. The synagogue itself has a small car parking area with disabled spaces, but ample parking is available immediately next door in a private commercial car park. The evening starts at 8pm and ends with refreshments. Donations are invited towards expenses and the work of CCJ. More About Jane Clements Jane Clements is an Anglican Christian and the Founder of FODIP. Prior to that, she was Director of Programmes at the Council of Christians and Jews. She has a first degree in theology (with a specialism in Islam), an MA in Hebrew and Jewish Studies and a PhD in Holocaust Education, all from the University of London. With a background and training in Religious Education, Jane has many years of experience in inter faith relations and reconciliation work. Between 2004 and 2008, she also worked intensively with Israeli and Palestinian students from the Olive Tree programme at City University. She has been taking study groups to Israel and the West Bank for many years. Jane serves on the Archbishop of Canterbury’s Anglican Commission to the Chief Rabbinate of Israel and is a Trustee of the UK’s Holocaust Memorial Day Trust.See more
Posted on: Mon, 07 Oct 2013 11:11:40 +0000
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