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Marc Ellis: Toward a Jewish Theology of Liberation
October 19, 2010 @ 4:20 pm
Marc Ellis will speak on Jewish Liberation Theology
On Friday, October 29th and Saturday, October 30th, Marc Ellis, noted Jewish theologian and philosopher will be speaking at Evergreen State College and in Olympia, Washington.
Professor Ellis has called for a shared Jewish-Palestinian project “for justice and ethics, for risk-taking to achieve what seems unachievable” through “solidarity with the Palestinian struggle.” He is a brilliant, thought-provoking speaker who provides new ways of thinking about relations between Jews, Jewish Israelis and Palestinians, as well as what a just resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict would look like.
To forget one’s own oppression is to open the possibility of becoming the oppressor… to become a conqueror after having been a victim is a recipe for moral suicide.
Events
Friday, October 29, 12:00pm-1:30pm: “Towards a Just Peace in Israel and Palestine: A Jewish Perspective on History, Identity and Solidarity”
The Evergreen State College, Lecture Hall One
Saturday, October 30, 1:00pm: Marc Ellis hosts a conversation about his writing
Orca Books, 509 4th Avenue, downtown Olympia
Saturday, October 30, 7:30pm: “Jews of Conscience and the Quest for Justice in Palestine and Israel”
First Christian Church, 701 Franklin Street
Marc Ellis is a Jewish theologian and philosopher. He is the Director of the Institute for Jewish Studies at Baylor University, and author of a number of books, including: Israel and Palestine Out of the Ashes: The Search for Jewish Identity in the Twenty-First Century; Towards a Jewish Theology of Liberation; and Judaism Does not Equal Israel.
Professor Ellis’ Evergreen talk is sponsored by the President’s Fund for Diversity, and Evergreen Programs: Visions and Voices; Imperialism, Nonfiction Media; Cutting Through the Clamor: Writing for Change, and Memory and Conflict in the Eastern Mediterranean.
Professor Ellis’ Olympia talk is sponsored by the Rachel Corrie Foundation, Olympia BDS and the Olympia Friends Peace and Social Justice Committee.
For further information, please contact Anne Fischel:
fischela [at] evergreen.edu
(360) 867-6416
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