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Neve Gordon: "Is it Possible to Create a Common Future? Hagar: Jewish-Arab Education for Equality"

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Wednesday, March 06, 2013
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Neve Gordon
Rethinking Israel

Duke Center for Jewish Studies hosts Neve Gordon, Professor of Politics and Government at Ben-Gurion University, and author of "Israel's Occupation" for a lunch seminar entitled: "Is it Possible to Create a Common Future? Hagar: Jewish-Arab Education for Equality."After discussing the deep-rooted segregation in the Israeli school system, Neve Gordon will present the history of how (and why) the Hagar Jewish-Palestinian school was established, the various challenges Hagar's educational project faces¿especially in the midst of escalating tensions in the region¿and the possibilities its progressive multicultural education opens for the future.RSVP required to serena.elliott@duke.eduNeve Gordon's visit is part of the ¿Rethinking Israel¿ series, which is generously sponsored by the Sara and E.J. Evans Fund.

Contact: Serena Elliott