featuring

Hagit Ofran from Israel

• Peace Now's Settlement Watch Director
• Keynote Speaker - Yitzhak Rabin Memorial Event in Tel Aviv, 2011
• Recipient of Yesh Gvul's Leibowitz Prize and the Ethel & Philip Klutznick 'Prophet of Peace' Award
• Editor of the book "The Ethics of the Fathers according to the Commentary of Rabbi Haim of Volozhin" (2012)

Conversation with Rabbi Ed Feinstein follows the talk

Valley Beth Shalom
15739 Ventura Boulevard, Encino, CA

7:30 p.m.: Event (Free of charge)
RSVP requested

6:00 p.m. Dinner with Special Presentation to Jerry Bubis ($75/person)
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HAGIT OFRAN, born in Jerusalem, is a highly regarded and courageous figure in Israeli society and in its quest for security and peace. As director of the Settlement Watch project of the Israeli Peace Now movement (Shalom Achshav), Ms. Ofran is widely recognized as Israel's foremost expert on West Bank and East Jerusalem settlements.  For her outstanding work and leadership, she was awarded Yesh Gvul's Leibowitz Prize and the Ethel and Philip Klutznick Prophet of Peace Award.

Ms. Ofran is regularly interviewed by the Israeli and international media, and her writings appear in various news outlets and blogs, including Ha'aretz, the Huffington Post, and her own blog "Eyes on the Ground in East Jerusalem."

 During the past several years, Ms. Ofran has  been the target of widely reported Israeli  pro-settler "price tag" threats. She responded in  her typical fashion by saying publicly:

"We are not afraid! We will not stop fighting  for what is important and fateful for our future. The answer to attempts to silence us is to shout louder."

Ms. Ofran's expertise and notoriety led to her being the keynote speaker at the annual Yitzhak Rabin Memorial Event, November 2011 in Tel Aviv, where she delivered a powerful speech (watch HERE with English subtitles).

Raised in a large, Orthodox family, Ms. Ofran is the granddaughter of Yeshayahu Leibowitz, the renowned Israeli philosopher, scientist and social critic, who was an early and outspoken champion for ending the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Ms. Ofran remains closely tied to her roots, and in 2012 was editor of a book of her grandfather's weekly teachings entitled The Ethics of the Fathers according to the Commentary of Rabbi Haim of Volozhin (published by Agam).

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PROFESSOR GERALD B. BUBIS was the Founding Director and Professor of Jewish Communal Studies at the School of Jewish Communal Service (now Jewish Non-Profit Management), at Hebrew Union College in Los Angeles. Jerry has published many books and articles, and has been the recipient of numerous awards from local, national and international organizations. He has been an active member f Valley Beth Shalom since 1973, and has taken on countless leadership positions within the Jewish community and n behalf of Israel, including serving as National Co-Chair of Americans or Peace Now (APN). The "Gerald B. Bubis Lecture" was established in honor of his retirement from the APN Board of Directors.