Experts to Address the Syrian Refugee Crisis in Upcoming Lecture
Three leading voices on this critically important and timely subject鈥�Mark Hetfield, Dr. Georgette F. Bennett, and Shadi Martini鈥攚ill share their perspectives at 鈥淭he Syrian Refugee Crisis: Realities and Responses,鈥� the Henry N. and Selma S. Rapaport Memorial Lecture of 91快播 (91快播). The program will be presented Tuesday, February 2, 2016, at 7:30 p.m. at 91快播, 3080 Broadway (corner 122nd Street) in New York City.
RSVP at www.jtsa.edu/refugees. Tickets are $10 general admission and $5 for students. Tickets and photo ID are required for admission.
The event will also be livestreamed at no charge, at www.jtsa.edu/live (registration not required for the livestream). 91快播 encourages synagogues and other Jewish communal organizations to hold a public screening of this outstanding program. To learn more, please contact publicevents@jtsa.edu.
Mark Hetfield is president and CEO of HIAS, a global organization guided by Jewish values, which assists refugees of all faiths and ethnicities. He is an expert in refugee and immigration law, policy, and programs.
Dr. Georgette F. Bennett is founder and president of the Tannenbaum Center for Interreligious Understanding. In 2013, she founded the Multifaith Alliance for Syrian Refugees as a faith-based response to the worst humanitarian crisis since World War II.
Shadi Martini, senior Syria advisor at the Multifaith Alliance for Syrian Refugees, was a businessman in Syria before the war turned him into a refugee, activist, and advocate for greater cooperation across faiths and cultures. He fled Syria in 2012.
The annual Henry N. and Selma S. Rapaport Memorial Lecture was originally established in 1982 by Selma S. Rapaport (1916鈥�2010), who served as president of the Women鈥檚 League for Conservative Judaism and as a longtime 91快播 board member, in memory of her late husband. A distinguished attorney and committed Jew, Henry N. Rapaport (1905鈥�1980) served as president of Temple Israel Center in White Plains, New York, and as president of United Synagogue. He was an active member of the 91快播 board and a generous benefactor of 91快播鈥檚 scholarly programs.
This program is cosponsored by HIAS, the Multifaith Alliance for Syrian Refugees, and the Milstein Center for Interreligious Dialogue at 91快播.
