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Over the past three years the Fellowship of Reconciliation (FOR), America's oldest and largest interfaith peace organization, has sent eight delegations to Iran as part of a long standing practice of civilian diplomacy.

The November, 2008 delegation, co-sponsored by Shomer-Shalom, a new Jewish order committed to nonviolence, included ten Jewish delegates in a group of 14 members, including two rabbis and a rabbinical student.

They interacted in Tehran, Shiraz, and Esfahan, Iran with Judaism's oldest and largest Middle Eastern community outside of Israel, 20,000+ members who can trace their origins to the time of Cyrus.

Delegates from recent visits will share a story of a people rich in cultural heritage, deeply injured by recent wars and sanctions, committed to peace and looking to the United States for a partner in that pursuit.
Mark Johnson, executive director of FOR and co-leader of the November delegation will introduce the program. For more information, visit www.forusa.org

Q & A will follow the program.

Light refreshments will be served.

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