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SUMMARY:Abraham Accords
DESCRIPTION:The Abraham Accords\, signed in 2020 between the U.S.\, Israel\, Bahrain\, and the United Arab Emirates\, aimed to normalize relations between the countries and outline regional security concerns.\nOur expert panel will discuss the pivotal role the Accords will play in the future of the region. \nThe Details:\nWhen: Thursday\, October 13th | 7:00 PM\nWhere: Zoom Webinar (link provided with ticket)\nTickets: Free | RSVP required \n\n        \n            \n                                \n                    Slide 1RESERVE YOUR TICKETClick the button below to complete your registration.\n We look forward to seeing you there! \nTICKETS                \n                            \n        \n        \nIn partnership with the Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford and its Jewish Community Relations Council | UCONN Global \nSpeakers:\nH.E. Ambassador Meron Reuben | Consul General of Israel to New England \nH.E. Ambassador Amna Binzaal Almheiri | Consul General of the United Arab Emirates to New York \nJoseph Lieberman | Former US Senator – CT \nMr. Lieberman was born and raised in Stamford\, CT. Now Senior Counsel at the law firm of Kasowitz\, Benson\, Torres LLP in New York\, Joseph I. Lieberman was for 24 years a member of the U.S. Senate from Connecticut. At the end of his service in January 2013\, he was Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee\, and a senior member of the Armed Services Committee. Through both Committee positions\, he became a leader in protecting the security of the American people and supporting American international leadership. Senator Lieberman is known as a national leader who works across party lines to get things done and who speaks his conscience regardless of the political consequences. Before his election to the Senate in 1988\, Senator Lieberman served 10 years in the Connecticut State Senate and 6 years as Connecticut’s Attorney General. In 2000 he was the Democratic candidate for Vice President of the United States. Senator Lieberman also serves on the board of several nonprofit organizations including the McCain Institute.\nSenator Lieberman is married to Hadassah Freilich Lieberman. Together they have four children and 12 grandchildren. \nRobert Greenway | President and Executive Director\, Abraham Accords Peace Institute \nRobert Greenway has more than 30 years’ experience in public service culminating as the senior U.S. government official responsible for developing\, coordinating and implementing U.S. government policy for all of the Middle East and North Africa on the National Security Council. Prior to service on the NSC he served as a Senior Intelligence Officer at the Defense Intelligence Agency\, and a combat veteran of the United States Army Special Forces. \nRead Mr. Greenway’s full bio here.  \n \n \n 
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SUMMARY:Friendship Across Difference: A Conversation with Yossi Klein Halevi and Parvez Ahmed
DESCRIPTION:SUNDAY\, MARCH 24 | 7 TO 9 P.M.\nWest Hartford Conference Center at Town Hall\n50 South Main Street | West Hartford\nValidated parking is available in the Town Hall lot.\nFREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC\nRSVP by Monday\, March 18 at bit.ly/Friendship324\nOr call 860.727.6103 \nWhat issues and forces divide the American Jewish and Muslim communities\, including challenges in the Middle East? What could unite them? Join us for an important dialogue with bestselling Israeli author and journalist Yossi Klein Halevi and Muslim American commentator Parvez Ahmed\, Ph.D. \n  \nYossi Klein Halevi is the author most recently of Letters to My Palestinian Neighbor\, a heartfelt plea for peace and new dialogue based on common ground in faith\, a senior fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem and a frequent contributor to the New York Times\, Wall Street Journal\, The Times of Israel and many more. \nDr. Parvez Ahmed is a Professor of Finance at the University of North Florida\, a Fulbright Scholar\, and a former fellow of the Shalom Hartman Institute’s Muslim Leadership Initiative. He contributes regularly to Huffington Post and has been published in the Miami Herald\, The Times of Israel and many other papers. \nMegan Clark Torrey\, Chief Executive Officer of the World Affairs Council of Connecticut\, will moderate the conversation\, which will include a Q&A. \n  \nSponsored By
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LOCATION:West Hartford Town Hall\, 50 S Main St\, West Hartford\, CT\, 06107
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