This is a New Generatio ns event\, for people in their 20s and 30s.
\nClick here by Monday\, Jul y 23 to register (required)
\nJoin us as Ronit g ives an overview of what is new in East Jerusalem and answers our question s. Are you wondering about Sheik Jarrah? Silwan? The Social Protest movement? What all of this means for the possibilities of a future polit ical settlement? Or\, do you not even know what to ask\, but you know th at you’d like to know more? Whatever the case\, come on out for this g reat opportunity to talk with an on-the-ground expert!
\n\nThis event is co-sponsored by J Street U.
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Ronit Sela joined ACRI in Janua
ry 2009 and currently serves as a spokesperson for ACRI’s Human Rights i
n East Jerusalem Project. She worked as a journalist\, news editor\, and t
ranslator in Hebrew and English publications\, both print and online. Ms.
Sela also worked for many years with youth in formal and informal educatio
nal settings in Israel\, England\, and Ethiopia\, and returns to Brandeis
University every summer to teach a course titled “Journalism\, Judaism a
nd Ethics”. She holds a BA from Tel Aviv University in History and Mid
dle East Studies\, has studied Jewish philosophy and literature\, and is c
urrently studying spoken Arabic with an emphasis on the Jerusalem dialect.
Established in 1972\, the Association for Civil Rig
hts in Israel (ACRI) is Israel’s oldest and largest human right
s organization and the only one dealing with the entire spectrum of rights
and civil liberties issues in Israel and the Occupied Territories. An ind
ependent and non-partisan organization\, ACRI’s mandate is to ensure Isr
ael’s accountability and respect for human rights\, by addressing violat
ions committed by the Israeli authorities in Israel\, the Occupied Territo
ries\, or elsewhere. ACRI is committed to promoting the universality of
human rights and defending the human rights and civil liberties of all\, r
egardless of religion\, nationality\, gender\, ethnicity\, political affil
iation\, sexual orientation\, or socioeconomic background.