In the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, great attention has been focused on a part of the world at the nexus of national and ethnic concern. On April 3, Rabbi Daniel Stein and Margalit Ir visited Krakow, Poland, to help Ukrainian refugees. In this special Commonwealth Club program, they will discuss their experience.
Ir, who is the child of Holocaust survivors, emigrated from Israel, which like many other countries has welcomed Ukrainian refugees. Celia Menczel, who sits on the elected council of the Interfaith Council of Contra Costa County, will talk about her family and about Vladimir Putin’s autobiography First Person: An Astonishingly Frank Self-Portrait by Russia’s President, which was recently mentioned in The Economist.
MAY 10, 2022
SPEAKERS
Margalit Ir
Chair, Repair the World Committee, Congregation B’nai Shalom
Celia Menczel
Chair, Middle East Member-led Forum, The Commonwealth Club of California
Rabbi Daniel Stein
Rabbi, Congregation B’nai Shalom—Moderator
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What a terrific month June will be. Thank you.😅
Hello, can we talk about all the American wars and invasions? What about Israel's invasion of Palestine? Why being so hypocrite?
It is terrible that in our society the problem of refugees is still acute. The way out of this global crisis can only be found together by building a Creative Society, in which the value of human life is put in the first place.
The good news is that people have already begun to act, and as a result, they held the International online forum "Global Crisis. We are People. We Want to Live". Look it up on YouTube.
Where was the outpouring of support for the 14,000 Russian speaking Ukrainians in the Donbas region who were slaughtered by neo Nazi units of the Ukrainian army?