Tarzana : Israeli to Speak on Peace Movement
Israeli author and human rights activist Yael Dayan, daughter of military hero Moshe Dayan, will speak in Tarzana on Friday on the state of the peace movement in her country after the assassination of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin.
The talk--titled “After Rabin--Finally, Peace Now?”--will begin at 8:15 p.m. at Temple Judea at 5429 Lindley Ave.
Dayan, born in 1939 in Nahalal, a village in Palestine, studied science at Hebrew University in Jerusalem and biology at Open University in Tel Aviv. She was elected to the Israeli parliament in 1992 to a four-year term, and serves on Israel’s Defense and Foreign Affairs Committee.
She chairs such groups as the subcommittee for the administration of the occupied territories and the women’s rights subcommittee for gay and lesbian rights.
Dayan, who has worked for peace between Arabs and Jews, is involved in organizations such as Peace Now, and the Women’s Network for Peace.
She has written six books including “Sinai Diary-67” an account of her experiences an army officer and war correspondent during the Six Day War, and “My Father, His Daughter,” about her relationship with her father.
For information call (818) 987-2616.
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