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Thursday, May 15, 2008
 
We'll talk with a former State Department official who accuses the Bush Administration of ignoring corruption in Iraq. Also, we'll learn about an organization that supports orphans in Russia and Africa on today's Global Activism segment.





 
 
 
Segments
The Untold Story of Corruption in Iraq  

Arthur Brennan — Retired U.S. Associate Superior Court Judge; Former head, U.S. State Department’s Office of Accountability and Transparency in Iraq

Global Activism: Supporting Orphans in Russia and Africa  

Jenya Haps— Co-founder and Regional Development Manager, Children’s HopeChest

EVENTS  

Shomer Shalom May 15-18, 2008 Founders Gathering in Chicago
For more info or to RSVP Email or call 805-415-5388

A Rabbi’s Journey to Islam with Rabbi Lynn Gottlieb 

Thursday May 15, 2008, 5:00pm-7:00pm,

DePaul University Art Museum, inside the DePaul University Library

2350 N. Kenmore Ave, Chicago, IL. 

Sponsored by the DePaul University Center for Interreligious Engagement

 

Evening Shabbat Service

Friday May 16, 2008, 8:00pm-11:00pm

Makom Shalom

2008 W. Bradley Place, Chicago IL, Fellowship Hall of Epiphany UCC

Rabbi Chava Bahle, Rabbi Lynn Gottlieb, and Rabbi Everett Gendler

 

Retreat on Jewish Nonviolence

Saturday May 17, 2008

Rabbi Brant Rosen, Rabbi Everett Gendler, Rabbi Lynn Gottlieb, and Jewish Hip-Hop Artist EPrhyme

The Jewish Reconstructionist Congregation

303 Dodge Ave., Evanston, IL

Morning Shabbat Service with Rabbi Lynn Gottlieb and the JRC Minyan

10:00am-12:00pm

Lunch and conversation with Rabbi Everett Gendler

12:30pm-1:30pm

Nonviolence Workshop 

1:30pm-3:30pm  

Tour of JRC’s new Green Building

3:30pm-4:00pm

All Ages Evening Performance: Peace Tales with Rabbi Lynn

7:30pm

 

Shomer Shalom Ceremony/Walk for a Just Peace 

Sunday May 18, 2008, 11:30pm-3:00pm

Scoville Park, Oak Park, IL 

Organized by the Committee for a Just Peace in Israel and Palestine

Shomer Shalom Peace Walkers Wear White

Share Your Soles 3rd Annual 5K & 10K Run/Walk
Saturday, May 17, 2008, 9:00 am
Soldier Field, Chicago, IL 

Chicago Green Festival 
Saturday, May 17, 10 a.m.-8 p.m. and Sunday, May 18, 11 a.m.-6 p.m.
Navy Pier, 600 E Grand Ave., Chicago 

Grand Opening of Chicagoland Feed My Starving Children
Sunday, May 18, 1- 4 pm
Aurora FMSC site: 555 Exchange Court, Aurora, Illinoia
Family-friendly event with educational displays and activities
Ribbon-cutting ceremony at 2 p.m.

Chicago Botanic Garden Hosts World Environment Day
 
Thursday, June 5: all day
Chicago Botanic Garden
1000 Lake Cook Rd, Glencoe

Midwest Renewable Energy Fair
June 20-22, 2008
Midwest Renewable Energy Association’s ReNew the Earth Institute
7558 Deer Road, Custer, WI

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