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. 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