The Jewish Community Relations Council and the Israel Center, both of the Milwaukee Jewish Federation, will present an informational program about the recent fire in northern Israel.
The program is titled “After the Fire: Creating a Green Israel.” It will be held Wednesday, Jan. 5, 7 p.m., at Congregation Emanu-El B’ne Jeshurun.
The program will discuss the fire’s significance and effects, the roots of Green Zionism and the Jewish environmental movement, and opportunities to help. Speakers will include:
• Paz Goldschmidt, Israel emissary to Milwaukee and director of the Israel Center.
• Rena Safer, a representative of the Jewish National Fund who was in Israel during the fires.
• Karen Schapiro, executive director of Milwaukee Riverkeepers and a member of the Green Zionist Alliance: the Grassroots Campaign for a Sustainable Israel.
For more information, contact Elana Kahn-Oren, JCRC director, 414-390-5736 or elanao@milwaukeejewish.org.
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