Shabbaton with David Michaels

• Date:

  4/16/2010

• Time:

  12:00 AM

• Description:

  April 16-17 at ASBI
  Shabbaton with David Michaels
  Director of UN and Intercommunal Affairs for B'nai B'rith
  
  
  Friday, April 16, 8:30 PM
  Israel Dinner
  How is Israel Really Seen in the United Nations?
  Cost: $10 – Please contact the shul office at 772.248.9200 if you are interested in attending.
  
  
  Saturday, April 17
  Learning Lunch 12:30 PM
  Interreligious Engagement with the Pope, King Abdullah and the Presbyterian Church
  
  Pre-Mincha Discussion, 6:00 PM
  Challenges and Opportunities: A Conversation on the Future of Jewish Communal Service?
  
  
  David Michaels joined B'nai B'rith International in 2004. He studied political science and Judaic studies at Yeshiva University, and was the first non-European to complete an apprenticeship at the Foreign Ministry of Germany. His diplomatic experience includes interreligious engagement with Pope Benedict XVI and King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia. He has worked closely with two predecessors on key issues, among them Israel's inclusion in the international Red Cross movement and the adoption by the U.N. of Holocaust Commemoration Day.
  
  
  BBI is the only major Jewish organization with a full-time office dedicated to U.N. affairs. B'nai B'rith has been present at the U.N since the world body's founding in 1945.