Food For Thought: The Enemies of Peace Are the Enemies of Art

Culture is a battlefield. In this impassioned address, Chama exposes how extremists weaponize art, music, and storytelling, or seek to erase them altogether in the Middle East and how they’re already censoring art in America as an assault on the fundamental values of pluralism and freedom of religion. She issues a rallying cry for artists, creatives, and cultural diplomats to reclaim artistic spaces for Jewish resistance and rehumanization.

Chama Mechtaly, founder of The Emma Lazarus Institute for Liberty and Tolerance, an action tank bridging media and policy gaps between the Middle-East and the Democratic West. She is a recipient of the Middle East Policy Council’s award, an Atlantic Council WIn and MLP Fellow, a Schusterman Foundation ROIer, an Israel Policy Forum Convener and a Council Member at the new Voice of the P

Time: 2:00 – 3:00 PM

Dates: Tuesday, November 4th

Location: PJCC Boardroom

Cost: Free