CIESJ Presents: Building Shared Society For Arab Israeli Citizens – Challenges In A Fractured Nation

Temple Sinai’s Committee for Israel Engagement & Social Justice and the New Israel Fund present:

Mohammad Darawshe, Director Of Strategy, Givat Haviva
In Conversation with
Hanna Rosin, The Atlantic

Join us for an evening of thoughtful conversation about the current challenges and opportunities facing Arab-Israeli society within Israel with Mohammad Darawshe, a leading voice on Arab-Jewish relations, shared society, and democracy in Israel, in conversation with Hanna Rosin, an award-winning journalist, author, and senior editor of The Atlantic.

At a moment of profound uncertainty and division in Israel and across Jewish and Arab communities, this conversation will explore what it means to build a shared society and strengthen democratic values in the face of deep political and social challenges.

Come for an honest, nuanced conversation about where Arab-Israeli society is today, where it could go from here, and the role we can all play in building a more democratic, shared future.

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The program will be in-person only. A reception will follow the program. 

Mohammad Darawshe is the Director of the Strategy Center for Shared Society at Givat Haviva, Israel’s oldest and largest civil society organization dedicated to promoting coexistence, equality, and peace between Israel’s Jewish and Arab citizens. Recognized internationally as an expert in Jewish-Arab relations, Mohammad brings decades of experience in public policy, leadership, and social partnership building.

Previously, Mohammad served as co-director of The Abraham Initiatives, elections campaign manager for the Democratic Arab Party and the United Arab List, and a leadership fellow at the New Israel Fund. He is a member of the executive boards of Darkenu, Pnima, and the Aaron Institute for Economic Policy and previously served as an elected council member in his hometown of Iksal. He holds a master’s degree in Peace and Conflict Management from the University of Haifa and is a Robert Bosch Academy Fellow and faculty member at the Shalom Hartman Institute. He is serving as a visiting professor at American University this fall 2026 semester and expects to complete his Ph.D. in identity education in January 2027.

Hanna Rosin is widely recognized as one of the most distinctive and probing voices in American journalism.  She is a senior editor at The Atlantic and host of Radio Atlantic, which focuses on the intersection of gender, power, and politics.  Previously, she was co-host of NPR’s Invisibilia.  She has written for the Washington Post, New Yorker, GQ, and New York magazine.  She is the author of the best-selling book, The End of Men: And the Rise of Women.