Upcoming Interfaith Events
pathways to peace: stories from Israel and Palestine that seek our shared humanity
Please register below. You can find more information at [email protected]. We are sponsored by Temple Beth Torah, The Metrowest Interfaith Community, The Islamic Society of Greater Milford, and The First Congregational Church of Holliston.
Our Speakers:
Eman Khadra Ansari, M.D., Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Eman Ansari is a Palestinian-American pediatric pulmonary and critical care physician, a practicing pediatric emergency physician at Boston Children’s Hospital (BCH), and an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School. She is the head of the PICU committee at PCRF and has been active in the space of health and humanitarian aid to Palestine. She's a mother of four and lives with her husband and children in Newton, MA.
Noam Shoresh, director of computational biology and institute scientist, Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT. Noam grew up in Israel, living first in Tzfat (Safed) and then in Jerusalem. When he was 13, Noam joined the Peace Now youth, and later was part of the founding cohort of the Ratz party youth movement. At the age of 25, after serving in the IDF as well as completing a bachelor’s degree, Noam moved to Seattle to pursue a PhD in physics. Noam has two sons and since 2001 has lived with his family in Newton, MA. Noam is part of a vigil group that has been standing every Sunday since October 2023 in front of the MA State House calling for ceasefire, humanitarian aid, hostage exchange and diplomacy. Noam is also a member of Sawa, a Newton-Area Alliance for Peace and Justice.
We also share and network with programs from the
Multifaith Collaborative of the Open Spirit Center of Framingham,
Islamic Center of Boston, Wayland,
Peace Islands Institute,
The Nejaf Islamic Center
The Islamic Society of Greater Milford
The Center for Interfaith Collaboration
Multifaith Collaborative of the Open Spirit Center of Framingham,
Islamic Center of Boston, Wayland,
Peace Islands Institute,
The Nejaf Islamic Center
The Islamic Society of Greater Milford
The Center for Interfaith Collaboration
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