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Last week, the director of the seminar, Shimon Chasdi, and three members of the group, discussed the origins of the program and their experiences in America...
...idea for the seminar originated three years ago, Chasdi, explained, when he and Donald W. Oliver, professor of Education, taught a course on "Community and Education." The students spent one month studying at Harvard and another in Israel touring Jewish and Arab communities. Chasdi laughs as he recalls the reaction of Israeli educators. "'This is all fine and dandy,' they'd say, 'But when do we get to go to America...
...Chasdi traces the legacy of segregation to historical circumstances. "When Palestine was under Turkish control, Arabs and Jews were separated. That continued through the British mandate and the establishment of the state." It is unlikely to change in the future, but, he adds, "We do have a desire to work closer together--that's one of the goals of this program." He points to the teaching of Arabic in Jewish schools and of Hebrew in Arab schools as signs of rapprochment...
...Chasdi suggests to Rothenberg that his perspective is limited "to the people that you've met here,... It is important for Jews to establish links with their historical tradition, and Israel serves that function. I would say that the vitality of American Jewry is closely related to the state of Israel...
...Arabs are a part of Israel," Chasdi says...