Palestinian Peace Activist Ali Abu Awwad returns to Mishkan Shalom with

Zionist Settler Rabbi Hanan Schlesinger Thursday, June 4, 2015

5:00 – 6:45 pm Mishkan Shalom 4101 Freeland Avenue Philadelphia, PA 19128

Co-founders and coordinators of the Roots/Judur/Shorshim initiative, they have forged an extraordinary friendship and partnership to promote nonviolence, activism, education and

dialogue among Palestinians and Israelis on land owned by the Awwad family in the heart of Gush Etzion, beside the Palestinian town of Beit Ummar.

Ali Abu Awwad Rabbi Hanan Schlesinger

Sponsor: Roots/Judur/Shorashim: The Palestinian-Israeli Initiative for Understanding, Nonviolence and Reconciliation brings Palestinians and Israelis together through outreach, joint meetings, a women’s group, work with school children, engaging local leaders, a summer camp, language learning and cultural exchanges in the West Bank. For more information: www.friendsofroots.net.

Co-sponsors: Mishkan Shalom, Philadelphia Interfaith Walk for Peace and Reconciliation, Germantown Jewish Centre, P’nai Or Philadelphia, Upper Dublin Friends Meeting

Donation: $10.

For more information, contact: Lance Laver—llaver4@comcast.net or Ellen Tichenor—ellentichenor@gmail.com