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Two mayors, two communities, two peoples

By Dan Fleshler | June 3, 2011

If you are in New York City on Tuesday evening, June 14th, this event, “Two Mayors, Two Communities, Two Peoples: Building Bridges in the Middle East” is worth checking out. It is at Ansche Chesed, 251 West 100th Street, at 7:30 PM.

Nazia Masrawa is the mayor of the Arab Israeli town of Kfar Qara. Chaim Gaash is the mayor of the nearby Jewish Israeli town of Pardes Hanna-Karkur. Until recently, the two communities had little to do with each other. Now, thanks to a program started by Givat Haviva, they are putting aside their differences and working together on a host of shared problems.

It is co-sponsored by the Givat Haviva Educational Foundation, Congregation Ansche Chesed, the Interfaith Center of New York and the Advent Lutheran Church.

Topics: Israel | 3 Comments »

3 Responses to “Two mayors, two communities, two peoples”

  1. Richard Witty Says:
    June 4th, 2011 at 3:49 am

    Great work. Under the noise of ideology and contention, mutual humanization.

  2. Suzanne Says:
    June 4th, 2011 at 7:42 am

    Maybe this is the way it will have to start–from the bottom up.

  3. Donald Says:
    June 9th, 2011 at 8:46 am

    I glanced at the Givat Haviva website. It seems like a good group. The bottom up approach can’t be worse than any of the top down attempts, which have been miserable failures so far.

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