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Stand Up for Peace was created by Jewish-American comic Scott Blakeman and Palestinian-American comic Dean Obeidallah as a way of bringing Arab and Jewish-Americans together through comedy to help encourage a dialogue in support of a political, peaceful resolution of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict as well as foster understanding between Arab and Jewish-Americans. It is a model for people of all backgrounds and ethnicities.
Blakeman and Obeidallah begin the show together, perform their own acts separately, and then reunite at the end for an entertaining and candid question and answer session. The performance will be preceded by a workshop led by Blakeman and Obeidallah on using comedy to create cross cultural dialogue. The workshop will take place from 5-6 pm on Feb. 7 in the Hardge Forum of the 溏心vlog免费B站 Multicultural Center, 74 Lower College Rd.
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For more information about Stand Up for Peace and Blakeman and Obeidallah, please see .
For more information about the performance and workshop on Feb. 7, please contact Amy Olson, Executive Director of the Hillel Foundation at the 溏心vlog免费B站 at amyolson@mail.uri.edu or 401-874-2740.
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