Program on Israel/Palestine March 21

On Thursday, March 21 at 5 p.m. The University of Scranton will convene "Fostering Justice and Peace in Israel/Palestine: Palestinian and Jewish Perspectives on Current Realities and the Path Forward" featuring Omar Dajani, Professor of Law, University of the Pacific, and Mira Sucharov, Professor of Political Science, Carleton University.

The speakers will join via Zoom with live Q and A and in-person conversation taking place in the University’s Rose Room, Brennan Hall. University co-moderators include: Julie Schumacher Cohen, assistant vice president for Community Engagement and Government Affairs and member of DC-based Churches for Middle East Peace’s Catholic Advisory Council and Fr. Michael Azar, associate professor of theology and faculty leader of “Christianity in the Middle East” travel course.

This program brings together two Middle East experts, a Palestinian American legal scholar and a Canadian Jewish political scientist, who have spent the last two years intensively traveling to, and writing about, the region together. They will discuss the recent devastating events of Hamas' brutal attack on Oct. 7 and Israel's destructive military offensive in Gaza and will examine broader and longstanding topics of Israel/Palestine history, possible just solutions, and how to have productive discourse and action across differences that advances the values of human life, peace, equality and freedom for Palestinians and Israelis. 

This event is hosted by The University of Scranton’s Political Science Department, Theology and Religious Studies Department, Peace and Justice Studies, Office of Community Relations, Ellacuria Initiative, and Political Dialogues Initiative. Special thanks to a Diversity Initiatives Grant through the Office of Equity and Diversity.

To register for the in-person event or the zoom webinar option, please click here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/Israel-Palestine2024.  

University of Scranton students are invited to a post-event political dialogue on Monday, April 15, 7-9 p m. More information and registration available here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/PDSpring.

If you have any questions about this event, please do not hesitate to contact Julie Schumacher Cohen at julie.cohen@scranton.edu.