Scholar-in-Residence Weekend with Professor Paul Liptz
Friday and Saturday, January 15 and 16

The Middle East: A Dash of Politics, A Pinch of Religion . . .
and Simmer Forever

The Middle East covers a vast area of more than 350 million people. It is made up of numerous clans, extended families, ethnic groups, languages, cultures, and religious beliefs. Our scholar-in-residence, Professor Paul Liptz, will help us gain insight into the many facets of this complex region.

Professor Paul Liptz was raised in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), the grandson of a very early Jewish pioneer family. He was educated in the whites-only school system, but attended the first multi-racial university in the country, refusing to study in the segregated Southern African university system. While at university, he played an active role in student affairs, dealing with some of the most complex issues related to a white government's conflict with radical African nationalist students.

In May 1967 Israel sent out a call to young Jews around the world to assist the country in the coming war- a war that many believed would be lengthy and dangerous. Paul then took a leave of absence from the international trading firm where he was working, and joined hundreds of Southern Africans going to Israel. His plane arrived on June 4, 1967 -one day before the Six Day War.

A social historian, he taught at Tel Aviv University for 35 years and at Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion in Jerusalem for more than two decades. He has also lectured and conducted workshops in some 30 countries.

Professor Liptz's expertise is in modern Jewish history, Israeli society, and politics of the Middle East. Hundreds of Reform rabbinical, cantorial and education students, as well as thousands of adult learners, have been enthralled by his erudition, perceptiveness, and ability to make the complex more comprehensible.

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

Friday, January 15

• 6:00 p.m. — Patrons Dinner
• 7:30 p.m. — Erev Shabbat Service and Lecture
  "Nationalism and Religion in the Middle East"

Saturday, January 16

• 8:30 a.m. — Torah Study
• 10:00 a.m. — Minyan
• 11:15 a.m. — Kiddush
• 11:30 a.m. — Shabbat Study Session One:
  "Democracy: Can It Work in this Complex Region?"
• 12:30 p.m. — Catered Lunch
• 1:30 p.m. — Shabbat Study Session Two:
  "Wars of Swords and Wars of Words: How to Have a Piece of Peace"

Fees:
General Participants: $20 for CBI members, $35 for nonmembers - includes catered lunch and study sessions

Fee: Patrons: $75 for CBI members, $100 for nonmembers - includes Patrons Dinner, catered lunch, study sessions