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VillageGAP CalendarDecemberTuesday, December 1st at 6:00 PM The Goldstone Report: Armed Conflict and the Duty to Investigate@ New York University’s Hemmerdinger Hall in Silver Center (100 Washington Square East at Washington Place) David Kretzmer, a member of the UN Human Rights Committee from 1995 to 2002, will deliver a public lecture, “The Goldstone Report: Armed Conflict and the Duty to Investigate.” Kretzmer, who served as vice-chairperson of the UN Human Rights Committee in 2001 and 2002, has authored, among other works: The Occupation of Justice: The Supreme Court of Israel and the Occupied Territories; The Concept of Human Dignity in Human Rights Discourse, a co-edited volume; and The Legal Status of the Arabs in Israel. For the last two years he has been co-chair of the executive board of B’Tselem, the Israel Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories. A professor emeritus of international law at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Kretzmer was a founding member and past chairperson of the Association for Civil Rights in Israel. During the 2009-10 academic year, Kretzmer is an inaugural fellow at the Straus Institute for the Advanced Study of Law and Justice at the NYU School of Law. For more information about Professor Kretzmer, please visit http://www.nyustraus.org/fellows/fellows_2009-2010.html#11. The event is hosted by NYU’s Taub Center for Israel Studies. The lecture is free and open to the public. RSVP to fas.taubcenter@nyu.edu or 212.998.8981. Space is limited.Website: http://hebrewjudaic.as.nyu.edu/page/taub Wednesday, December 9th at 7:30 PM Where My Girls At? Ladies Only Dessert Party!@ the Bronfman Center Join SRL (Jewish Women @ NYU) for a delicious dessert party... if you want to be involved in women's programming at the Bronfman Center next semester, don't miss this! There'll be tons of tasty treats, lots of brainstorming for 2010, and girl talk galore. Contact Rachel Slaff Monday, December 14th at 7:00 PM ShalOM: Ladies Yoga!@ the Bronfman Center Finals stressing you out? Girls, take a break from studying and join SRL (Jewish Women @ NYU) for a relaxing evening of yoga! Bring your yoga mat if you have one; yogis of all experience levels are welcome. No boys allowed! Contact Rachel Slaff |