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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.<\/p>\n

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 \u201cIsrael, Hamas and the Future in Gaza.\u201d The presentation will begin at 5:30 p.m. and is free to the public. Click here to register<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Eid is currently on a speaking tour of the United States and Canada. According to bassemeid.org<\/strong><\/a>, his career highlights include: being honored with the Association for Civil Rights in Israel\u2019s 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\u2019s Informazione Senza Frontiere (Information without Boundaries) award.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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… <\/p>\n

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