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Ezra-Habonim, the Niles Township Jewish Congregation, Hosts JUF Event With Middle East Expert Elie Rekhess

Ezra-Habonim, the Niles Township Jewish Congregation, hosts a brunch supporting the 2012 Jewish United Fund-Israel Emergency Fund.

The event will feature Elie Rekhess, a leading historian of the contemporary Middle East. His fields of expertise include the Israeli-Arab conflict, Palestinian politics, Islamic resurgence, the Arab Minority in Israel, and Jewish-Arab relations.

The event is chaired by Joel H. Farber of Skokie.

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The central address of Chicago’s Jewish community, the Jewish United Fund-Israel Emergency Fund mobilizes the resources that bring wide-ranging humanitarian services to 300,000 Chicagoans of all faiths and 2 million Jews in Israel and worldwide.

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