Seattle Jew

A personal blog by a Jewish guy living in Seattle, working at the University of Washington as a scientist, working on blood vessels while taking pictures, and commenting on science, religion, politics and other taboos.

Tuesday, November 02, 2010

A Rabbis , Arik Ascherman, Working For Palestinian Justice

Arik  Ascherman, born in Erie, Pennsylvania,  Harvard-educated Jew,chose to become a Reform Rabbi in Israel.  During his rabbinic training, Ascherman took two years off to work on co-existence in  n the Israeli-Arab village of Tamra.  Now with his wife, also a rabba, Rabbi Ascherman heads Rabbis for Human Rights and works with Palestinians to protect their legal rights. 
SM Schwartz at 7:29 AM

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Professor of Molecular Pathology, work on vascular diseases and genomics. Reach me at steves(at}U.wa.edu.
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