10922 Vale Road, PO Box
3030
Oakton, VA 22124-9030
703-620-3900
"STANDING WITH THE JEWISH PEOPLE"
with
Mrs. Susan Michael,
Dr. Susanna Kokkonen, and
Ms. JoAnn Magnuson
Mark your calendars and
plan to attend.
Thursday, June 5, 7:30PM
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Susan Michael is the Director of the US Branch of the International Christian Embassy Jerusalem and a member of the Board of the ICEJ in Jerusalem. Ms. Michael graduated from Oral Roberts University in Theology and earned a Master's degree in Judeo-Christian Studies at the Jerusalem University College in Jerusalem. Her expertise is in Middle Eastern affairs, Islam and Jewish-Christian relations. Ms. Michael was studying in Jerusalem when the International Christian Embassy Jerusalem (ICEJ) was formed in 1980, has served in various capacities over the 27 years of their history but as USA Director, in Washington DC, since 1992. |
| Dr. Susanna Kokkonen is originally from Finland and is serving as the Director of the Christian Friends of Yad Vashem since April 2008. She has worked as Cultural Attaché at the Embassy of Finland in Israel and until recently as the Political Director of various pro-Israel lobbies dealing with Middle Eastern and EU-Middle East issues at the EU-institutions in Brussels. Her last position was working on various Middle East related projects with MEP Hannu Takkula at the European Parliament in cooperation with the International Christian Embassy Jerusalem (ICEJ). Her writings have been published on the Middle East and various people both in the Finnish and International media. Her academic career includes studies of history and political science in Finland and Italy where she earned her MA degree. In 1998 she started Hebrew language studies in Jerusalem and went on to receive her PH.D from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Holocaust studies in 2005. |
| Ms. JoAnn Magnuson has been involved in Jewish-Christian relations for over 30 years. She has participated in many Jewish-Christian dialogue programs in the Twin Cities area and has worked on many projects to bring interfaith understanding to churches in Minnesota. She has written materials on the history of anti-Semitism and has taught classes on Holocaust education to a variety of Christian groups. She has led over fifty tours to Israel and in recent years has headed the U.S. Protestant delegations to the March of the Living in Poland. She is currently working with Christians in Eastern Europe to bring teaching into their churches that will foster a positive view of the Jewish people in a part of the world where anti-Semitism reigned for many years. In recent years she has served as Interfaith Relations Director for Bridges for Peace in the U.S. and Coordinator for the Presbyterian Committee to End Divestment Now. She is currently serving as the International Christian Embassy Jerusalem (ICEJ) U.S. Branch's Yad Vashem Project Coordinator. |
