"R o u n d    T a b l e"
In cooperation with
The Simon Wiesenthal Center, LosAngeles Tuesday 19th December 2006
At The Haifa City Hall
 with the participation of the Mayor of Haifa Mr. Yona Yahav
"Human Rights, Pluralism and Multiculturalism" Moderator: Rafick Halabi
 

Participants from Israel

The Bishop Dr. Elias Shakur – Bishop of the Catholic Church in Israel, Haifa.
Dr. Albert Lincoln – Secretary General of the Baha'i World Centre, Haifa.
Dr. Mohammad Essawi –President of the Al-Qasemi Academy-College in
Baka-El-Garbia.
Rabbi Daniel Hershkovitz – Lecturer at the Haifa Technion and the rabbi of
Ahuza Neighborhood, Haifa.
Prof. Butrus Abu Mana – Lecturer at the History Department, The University of Haifa, Haifa.
Prof. Rachel Hertz Lazerovitz – Faculty of Education, the University  of Haifa,
 The Emire Mohammad Sharif Oda – Head of the Achmadin Community, Kababir, Haifa.
Dr. Chatem Churi – Former Haifa Municipality Deputy Director and former Ministry of Education Science Inspector.

Participants from abroad

Rabbi Abraham Cooper –Associate Dean, Simon Wiesenthal Center, LA
Dr. Shimon Samuels – Paris-based Director of International Relations -                                      Simon Wiesenthal Center.

Bashy Qureishy – Born in India and grew up in Pakistan, studied Engineering in Germany and in USA and later studied International Marketing in London. Chief Editor of Midia Watch Magazine, Denmark, member of the Danish Human Rights Institute, member of ENAR organization against racism in Brussels, member of the Board of Trustees of the Dutch Foundation, member of the International Foundation for life in Israel, writes essays for the Danish and European press and takes part in TV debates on various issues concerning ethnic minorities in the western world, multiculturalism, globalization, anti-Semitism etc., author of 6 books on Ethnic Minorities, Racism, Islam etc., his seventh book has just been printed and is called "Danish identity – seen through brown eyes"

Morad El Hattab – A moderate Moslem writer acting against Holocaust revisionism and works for Moslem-Jewish tolerance and rapprochement in France. Influenced by Emmanuel Levinas, his book "Chronicles of a Moon Drinker", won the prestigious Leon Caroubi Tolerance Prize.
 

Program
10:15-11:00           Assembly and reception (light refreshment)
                              at the Haifa City Hall
11:00-11:15           Greetings by the Mayor of Haifa Mr. Yona Yahav
11:15-13:00           "Round Table" debate – moderator Rafick Halabi
                              Simultaneous Translation into: English, French, Hebrew and
                              Arabic
13:00-13:15           Concluding remarks
14:00-13:00           Lunch
14:00-16:00           Guided tour of Haifa – guests from abroad and from Israel

 

About The Simon Wiesenthal Center
 The Simon Wiesenthal Center is an international Jewish human rights organization dedicated to preserving the memory of the Holocaust by fostering tolerance and understanding through community involvement, educational outreach and social action. The Center confronts important contemporary issues including racism, anti-Semitism, terrorism and genocide. With a membership of over 400,000 families, the Center is headquartered in Los Angeles and maintains offices in New York, Toronto, Miami, Jerusalem, Paris and BuenosAires.
Established in 1977, the Center closely interacts on an ongoing basis with a variety of public and private agencies, meeting with elected officials, the US and foreign governments, diplomats and heads of state. Other issues that the Center deals with include: the prosecution of Nazi war criminals; Holocaust and tolerance education; Middle East Affairs; and extremist groups, neo-Nazism, and hate on the Internet. The Center is headed by Rabbi Marvin Hier, its Dean and Founder. Rabbi Abraham Cooper is the Associate Dean, Rabbi Meyer May is the Executive Director and Susan Burden is the CFO.
http://www.wiesenthal.com