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Explore sources of peace and non-violence with leading teachers, including:

• Salam Al-Marayati – Muslim Public Affairs Council
• Professor Carol Bakhos – UCLA Center for the Study of Religion
• Rabbi Sharon Brous – Ikar
• Prof./Rabbi Aryeh Cohen – American Jewish University
• Aziza Hasan – Executive Director, NewGround
• Andrea Hodos – Associate Director, NewGround
• Rabbi Chaim Seidler-Feller – Director Emeritus, UCLA Hillel
• Rev. Dr. Najuma Smith – Word of Encouragement Community Church
• Imam Dr. Jihad Turk – Bayan Islamic Graduate School

Moderated by Professor David Myers, UCLA Distinguished Professor & Sady and Ludwig Kahn Chair in Jewish History

Sessions taught by text experts, spiritual leaders, historians, peace activists & students.

Schedule:

• 4:30-4:45: Introduction (Prof. David Myers and poetry reading by Rachel Burnett)
• 4:45-5:05: Rabbi Sharon Brous
• 5:05-5:25: Imam Dr. Jihad Turk
• 5:25-5:45: Prof. Carol Bakhos
• 5:45-5:55: Break
• 5:55-6:15: Salam Al-Marayati
• 6:15-6:20: breathing exercise (Sharon Zelnick)
• 6:20-6:40: Prof. Rabbi Aryeh Cohen
• 6:40-6:50: Break
• 6:50-7:10: Rev. Dr. Najuma Smith
• 7:10-7:30: Aziza Hasan and Andrea Hodos
• 7:30-7:50: Rabbi Chaim Seidler-Feller

(Light refreshments provided)

Co-sponsored by the UCLA Center for the Study of Religion and the New Coalition for Peace in the Middle East.