Sunday Meeting, April 26
Earth Rise - Earth Rise - 10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Ceremonial Hall
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Sunday School - Ethics for Children - 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Rooms 507 & 508
We the Kids… The World is in Our Hands! Everyday Leaders Making a Difference in the World
Sunday Meeting - 11:15 a.m. - Auditorium
"Dialogue, Not Debate – Speaking Across Differences"
Marcia Kannry, Founder of The Dialogue Project, and
Lori Jarhoud, of the Al Andalusia School
Dr. Anne Klaeysen presides
New York Palestinians and Israelis, Jews, Muslims, and interested others meet monthly to hear each other’s stories and explore the many complex and different perspectives and connections they have to Israel and Palestine.
Marcia Kannry, founder of The Dialogue Project, and her copresenter, Lori Jarhoud, of the Al Andalusia School, will share tools for “active listening” and reflection. We will all participate in a conversation as we learn active and generous listening tools that allow us to be open, though many hot words and differences surface in dialogue. We may explore ideas around “right of return,” “Zionism,” “refuge,” “security,” and “homeland.”
Marcia Kannry is a Jewish American who lived in Israel for six years. A former Executive Director of the Jewish National Fund, Marcia traveled throughout Israel and the occupied territories during the first intifada. Her own experience with dialogue at that time began the journey that has led to the creation of The Dialogue Project. She has created intergroup/interfaith organizations for more than 20 years.
Lori Jarhoud is a native New Yorker, and a convert to Islam. She currently works as an administrator for the Muslim American Society of Upper New York (Yonkers). For many years, Lori attended Sunday School at NYSEC and attributes her appreciation and respect for people of different backgrounds to those warm and fun Sunday platforms. Lori has tutored children at the Boys and Girls Club of America, organized voter registration drives for the AFL-CIO, and worked at the Harlem YMCA summer day camp. Her connection to the Middle East is a deep and personal one. After traveling to Jordan and Palestine, where she met the Palestinian Muslim family of her late husband, Lori says she “returned a better person, cherishing her memories of joyous days.”
