Serious, sustained dialogue, in which both sides are heard and acknowledged, is urgent and necessary to address the long and growing list of conflicts involving Muslims and Jews around the world, according to two adjunct professors of law at Cornell Law School.

Mohamed ‘Arafa and Menachem Z. Rosensaft demonstrated that point at “The Urgency of Jewish-Muslim Dialogue,” a discussion held April 14 in Myron Taylor Hall. Jens David Ohlin, the Allan R. Tessler Dean and professor of law at Cornell Law School, facilitated the event.

Dialogue is necessary “not tomorrow, not when things calm down, but now, precisely because emotions are high, because wounds are open and because misunderstandings are deepened,” ‘Arafa said.

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