The UTC Chair of Excellence in Judaic Studies, SunTrust Chair of Excellence in the Humanities, Adolph S. Ochs Professor of Government, Jew-TC, Chabad Jewish Center of Chattanooga, The Jewish Federation of Greater Chattanooga and Fillauer Companies, Inc. are co-sponsoring a campus conversation featuring an internationally recognized human rights activist.
On Wednesday, Feb. 14, in the University Center Auditorium, Bassem Eid, a Jerusalem-based human rights pioneer and expert commentator in Arab and Palestinian affairs, will moderate a discussion titled “Israel, Hamas and the Future in Gaza.” The presentation will begin at 5:30 p.m. and is free to the public. Click here to register.
Eid is currently on a speaking tour of the United States and Canada. According to bassemeid.org, his career highlights include: being honored with the Association for Civil Rights in Israel’s Emil Gruenzweig Memorial Award; receiving the Robert S. Litvak Human Rights Memorial Award from the McGill University Faculty of Law and the International Human Rights Advocacy Center, Inter Amicus; winning the International Activist Award from the Gleitsman Foundation; and being recognized with Italy’s Informazione Senza Frontiere (Information without Boundaries) award.