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Idith Zertal is a professor of contemporary history at the Institute for Jewish Studies at the University of Basel, Switzerland. She is the author of Israel's Holocaust and the Politics of Nationhood (Cambridge U Press, 2006) ("a brilliant and unsettling book."—Shlomo Ben Ami, former Foreign Minister of Israel); From Catastrophe to Power (U of California Press, 1998) and co-author (with Akiva Eldar) of Lords of the Land, a history of the Jewish settlement project in the occupied territories since 1967, to be published in the US in the fall of 2007.

Peter Novick is professor emeritus of history at the University of Chicago and author of The Holocaust in American Life ("...daring, often brilliant, and powerfully illuminating."—New York Review of Books). Novick's other books include The Resistance Versus Vichy and That Noble Dream: The Objectivity Question and the American Historical Profession, which won the American Historical Association's prize for the best book of the year in American history.

The Committee for a Just Peace in Israel and Palestine (CJPIP) is a community-based organization founded to develop and support activities that further the cause of peace and justice in Palestine/Israel. The 2006-07 Community Education and Dialog Series, running September 2006 through May 2007, will bring distinguished speakers and cultural events to Chicago-area audiences. See all planned events in this series. Series presenters will appear in Oak Park and elsewhere throughout the Chicago and suburban areas. Events are subject to change. Speakers do not necessarily represent the views of CJPIP.

Please support our work! In this ambitious program year, your financial support is critical to our success: your generous donation will enhance our ability to reach a broad public with these events. Donations may be mailed to CJPIP, P.O. Box 3667, Oak Park, IL 60303. If you wish your donation to be tax-deductible please make your check out to The Illinois Justice Foundation/CJPIP. Thank you.