Responding to Anti-Semitism
Courtesy Canadian Jewish Congress

Canadian Jewish Congress - Pacific Region, Jewish Federation of Greater Vancouver, and Temple Sholom present a community forum entitled:  “Responding to Antisemitism:  Are We Too Thin-Skinned?”  This community event will take place on:

7:00 p.m., Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Temple Sholom Synagogue,
7190 Oak Street, Vancouver

The program will feature a keynote presentation by Mark Freiman, National President, Canadian Jewish Congress and a response by Rabbi Robert Daum, Director, Iona Pacific: Inter-Religious Centre and Associate Professor of Rabbinic Literature and Jewish Thought, Vancouver School of Theology.  Their presentations will be followed by a panel discussion with each participant offering their perspective on the issue, an interactive discussion between the panelists, and a question and answer period.  The moderator of the discussion will be Rabbi Philip Bregman.

Panelists include:

 Rabbi Robert Daum, Director, Iona Pacific: Inter-Religious Centre and Associate Professor of Rabbinic Literature and Jewish Thought, Vancouver School of Theology
 Bernie Farber, CEO, Canadian Jewish Congress
 Mark Freiman, National President, Canadian Jewish Congress
 Robert Matas, National Correspondent, Globe and Mail
 Barbara Yaffe, National Political Columnist, Vancouver Sun

For more information, please contact Canadian Jewish Congress-Pacific Region by phone at 604.622.4240 or by e-mail at cjcpr@cjc.ca.