Journey From Extremist to Peacemaker with Yossi Klein Halevi

In this video learn from Yossi Klein Halevi, senior fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute where he co-directs the Institute’s Muslim Leadership Initiative (MLI), which strives to build relationships of understanding, respect, and trust between North American Muslim and Jewish communities. Klein Halevi argues that the time for Jews and Palestinians to come to the table to talk is now – whether or not they agree with each other. A respected author, Klein Halevi’s book Like Dreamers won the Jewish Book Council’s Everett Book of the Year Award and his latest release, Letters to My Palestinian Neighbor, is a New York Times bestseller. After watching the video, use the prompts below to learn more and get your students thinking.