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DESCRIPTION:On November 14 at 3:00pm\, join us for "Why Should Christians C
 are about Palestine and Israel?" Come take part in a truly eye-opening pan
 el conversation exploring the complex intersection of faith\, politics\, h
 istory\, justice\, and peace. This event will prompt attendees to ask\, in
  a time of deep polarization\, how can Christians move beyond slogans and 
 engage in the realities of Palestine and Israel with humility\, compassion
 \, and courage?\nFaciliatated by Lynn Valley United Church and in partners
 hip with Gloria Dei Lutheran Church\, we'll be hosting Rabbi Laura Duhan-K
 aplan\, Shadia Qubti\, and Ron Dart for this thoughtful evening of listeni
 ng and learning through honest conversation.\nDoors open at 2:45pm and the
  event begins at 3:00pm. Click the button above to register today!\nLearn 
 more about the featured speakers below:\nRabbi Laura Duhan-Kaplan\, Ph.D. 
 is Dean of the ALEPH Ordination Program\, the Jewish Renewal Seminary. She
  currently teaches courses on the histories of Israel and Palestine\, deep
  ecumenism\, leadership\, and modern Jewish environmental thought. Previou
 sly\, she was Director of Inter-Religious Studies and Professor of Jewish 
 Studies at Vancouver School of Theology\, where her teaching and community
  work brought Jewish\, Christian\, Islamic\, and Indigenous perspectives i
 nto conversation. An award-winning teacher of philosophy and religion\, Ra
 bbi Laura has written four books on philosophical reflection\, spiritual p
 ractice\, mysticism\, and biblical ecology\, including the recent Mouth of
  the Donkey: Re-imagining Biblical Animals. She has also brought scholars 
 together to create seven collaborative books\, including Encountering the 
 Other\, Spirit of Reconciliation\, Regional Conflicts and the Philosophy o
 f Peace\, and Multi-Religious Reflections on Friendship. A dual citizen of
  the US and Canada\, Rabbi Laura lives in Vancouver with her husband\, Cha
 rles\, a musician and retired psychologist.\nShadia Qubti is a Palestinian
 -Christian born and raised in Nazareth who has worked in faith-based peace
 building and advocacy initiatives through local and international organiza
 tions in Israel and Palestine for fifteen years. Her academic and public s
 peaking interests focus on theological conversations between Palestinian C
 hristian and North American Indigenous understandings of land\, explored i
 n her Masters thesis at Vancouver School of Theology. She seeks to develop
  a contextual decolonial approach through Palestinian land-based readings 
 of biblical narratives\, including recent work on the Nativity story and a
 n upcoming exploration of Jesus at Gethsemane. As a Palestinian-Christian 
 and member of a faith community\, she grapples with theological responses 
 amid genocide. She is particularly dedicated to amplifying the voices and 
 perspectives of women and other marginalized communities\, which led to th
 e co-founding of the Women Behind the Wall podcast. She is currently worki
 ng as the Community Engagement Animator at Trinity Grace United Church in 
 Vancouver and serves as a Commissioner to the 45th General Council of the 
 United Church of Canada.\n\nRon Dart taught in the Department of Political
  Science\, Philosophy\, and Religious Studies at the University of Fraser 
 Valley (British Columbia) for 33 years. Before joining UCFV\, he was on st
 aff with Amnesty International in the 1980s where he was the pointperson f
 or a variety of states in the Middle East that were known as violators (in
  various ways and means) of elementary and fundamental human rights. He ha
 s published and edited more than forty books\, including Canadian Christia
 n Zionism: a Tangled Tale\, and is a regular contributor to Clarion: Journ
 al for Religion\, Peace and Justice. Ron also teaches Classical Studies at
  a graduate level at St. Stephen’s University\, and just finished instru
 cting a 4-month class on Homer’s Odyssey. In his spare time\, he is an a
 vid mountaineer. 
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