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Updated at 9:51 a.m., Monday, April 28, 2008

Jewish scholar featured at interfaith group

Advertiser Staff

Rabbi David Forman, visitation scholar at Temple Emanu-el, will be the featured speaker at a special meeting of the Interfaith Open Table at 7 a.m. May 14 at First Unitarian Church, 2500 Pali Highway.

His topic will be "Jerusalem — Holy City of Three Religions."

Forman, who has lived in Israel for 35 years, is active in human rights and peace movements. He was the founding chair of the Jerusalem Council for Soviet Jewry (1973), was chair of Interns for Peace (1984-1986) and founding chairperson of Israeli Rabbis for Human Rights (1988-1992), on whose behalf he accepted the prestigious Knesset Peace Prize (1993).

He wrote "Over My Dead Body — Some Grave Questions for God," "Fifty Ways to be Jewish," "Jewish Schizophrenia in the Land of Israel" and "Israel — On Broadway; Diaspora, Off-Broadway: Jews in the New Millennium."

Information: 779-3606 or SamCox@hawaii.rr.com.