Joining Forces
U-M Arab and Jewish students organize
a panel on the prospects for peace.
Michigan Daily.
"I approached the groups who had
written and said this was not our inten-
tion, it was a total mistake to have it on
Rosh Hashanah," said Deana Rabiah,
an Arab senior involved with both
Palestine Catastrophe Committee and
the ADC. "Then we decided to have a
panel discussion to talk on civil terms
rather than bash each other in The
Daily. We thought that if both groups
sponsored, both would feel comfortable
going."
Jewish and Arab planners are opti-
mistic about the partnership's potential.
"We hope this is not just a single
event, but the first in a series of dia-
logues, programs and things that we do
together," said Ross Kirschner, a Jewish
sophomore active in U-M Hillel.
But there are also no illusions. "We
won't measure success by if people
come out on friendly terms - that's
unrealistic," said Rabiah, who estimates
there are approximately 400 Arab stu-
dents on campus - compared to what
Hillel estimates are 6,000 Jewish stu-
dents.
"This is basically to open dialogue,"
she said. "I don't see everyone coming
out holding hands, but it's the only way
to get both sides out. We don't really
Learn anything by going only to events
where we hear our own point of view."
The program follows a Hillel-spon-
sored lecture by Uri Savir, Israel's chief
negotiator during the 1993-96
Palestinian-Israeli peace talks.
According to Hillel staffers, Savir will
tell the "inside story of his secret meet-
ing in Oslo," and deliver his insights
into the future of the peace process.
For information about either event,
call Shani Lasin, (734) 769-0500. ❑
workshops - such as "Judaism and
Ecology" and "Laughing at or With
The Matriarchs" - than in past years.
The conference earned high marks
from the teachers, who hailed from all
over Michigan.
"I learned specific things I can use
in the classroom," said Sheryl Siegel,
one of five teachers from
Congregation Ahavas Israel in Grand
Rapids. "It was worth the two-hour
drive just for this book," she added,
holding up a purchase from the
resource fair.
Longtime Temple Israel teachers
Giselle Axelrod and Mae Farber said it
was the best NIRIM conference they
had ever attended. "The presenters
were interesting and kept my atten-
tion," said Axelrod.
Karen Shill, of Beth Israel
Congregation in Ann Arbor, noted
that NIRIM conferences have
become "increasingly professional."
Her colleague from Beth Israel,
Renanit Levy, enjoyed the conference
but was more critical. She corn-
plained about not getting her first
choice of workshops and said that the
keynote address and many workshops
failed to place their topics in enough
of a Jewish context.
NIRIM, a program of the AJE's
school services department, also
offers smaller professional develop-
ment workshops throughout the
school year. The AJE recently hired
Wendy Sadler, a veteran Temple
Israel teacher, as director of school
services. ❑
JULIE WIENER
StaffWriter
I
t may not be as stunning as the
Netanyahu-Arafat handshake,
but for the first time ever, Jewish
and Arab student activists on the
University of Michigan campus are
jointly sponsoring a program.
Members of U-M Hillel, the
Palestine Catastrophe Committee and
the U-M branch of the Arab American
Anti-Discrimination Committee
(ADC) are teaming up on "Middle
East Peace: Where Next," a panel dis-
cussion on Wednesday, Nov. 11.
Fielding questions from the audi-
ence will be Israel Consul General for
the Midwest Region Tzipora Rimon,
Eastern Michigan University Professor
Michael Harris, Henry Ford
Community College Professor Nabeel
Abraham and Palestinian rights activist
Hassan Nawash.
The unlikely partnership of Arab
and Jewish campus organizations was
formed after the Palestine Catastrophe
Committee screened an anti-Israel film
on Rosh Hashanah and Jewish activists
responded with angry letters to the
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