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SIGNATORS TO THE CHICAGO ENDORSEMENT PRESS CONFERENCE

Dec. 3, 2003
Marriott Hotel Chicago

SIGNATORIES TO THE CHICAGO DECLARATION OF SUPPORT FOR THE GENEVA ACCORD

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SPEAKERS

1. Aaron Freeman, National Public Radio commentator and journalist
2. Ray Hanania, former national president, Palestinian American Congress, and coordinator of Yalla Salam (Palestinians for Peace Now)
3. Father Robert Rabat, an Arab Maronite Catholic priest
4. Rabbi Andrea London, Beth Emet The Free Synagogue
5. Talat Othman, a prominent Palestinian-American Muslim, international banker and President of Grove Financial, Inc., President of the Arab Business and Professionals Association, Secretary/Treasurer of the American Task Force on Palestine, signatory of the Manifesto for Peace.
6. Aliza Becker, National Executive Director, Brit Tzedek V'Shalom, The Jewish Alliance for Justice and Peace
7. Gidon D. Remba, President, Chicago Peace Now (affiliated with Americans for Peace Now)
   
   

OTHER SIGNATORIES ATTENDING

8. Newton Minow, an adviser to President John F. Kennedy, President Bill Clinton and to both Bush administrations, and Former Commissioner, Federal Communications Commission; signatory of the Manifesto for Peace.
9. Marshall Bennett, an industrial real estate developer and CEO, former director of National Advisory Committee of the Robert M. Hutchins Center For the Study of Democratic Institutions; signatory of the Manifesto for Peace.
10. Saffiya Shillo, Executive Board, Palestinian American Womens' Society
11. Shani Beth-Halachmi, Professor, National Louis University (Israeli American peace educator and educational psychologist)
12. Ali AlArabi, Yalla Salam
13. Rabbi Michael Sternfield, Chicago Sinai Congregation
14. Rev. Dr. Donald E. Wagner, Professor of Religion and Middle Eastern Studies, Executive Director, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, North Park University
15. Jim Klutznick, Americans for Peace Now National Board Member
16. Rabbi Brant Rosen, Jewish Reconstructionist Congregation
17. Rev. Ted Miller, First Congregational Church, Evanston
18. Elliot Zashin, Brit Tzedek v'Shalom, Chair, Chicago Chapter
19. Hatem Abunimeh, YallaSalam
    
    

LIST OF ADDITIONAL SIGNATORIES ENDORSING THE CHICAGO GENEVA ACCORD DECLARATION BUT UNABLE TO ATTEND

20. Ola Isa, President, Palestinian American Womens' Society
21. Rabbi Peter Knobel, Beth Emet The Free Synagogue
22. Rabbi Herbert Bronstein, North Shore Congregation Israel
23. Syed Wahaj Ahmed, Coordinator, Islamic Center of Chicago, Member, Board of Trustees, Council for Parliament of the World's Religions
24. Rabbi Sam Gordon, Congregation Sukkat Shalom
25. Rabbi Michael Mishkin, Northwestern University Hillel
26. Professor Chava Nachmias, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Director, Center for Jewish Studies (Israeli scholar)
27. Rev. Robert V. Thompson, Senior Minister, Lake Street Church of Evanston, former chairman, Parliament of the World's Religions
28. Rabbi Arnold Jacob Wolff, KAM Isaiah Israel Congregation
29. Rabbi Aaron Petuchowski, Temple Sholom
30. Fr. Robert H. Oldershaw, St. Nicholas Church, Evanston
31. Rabbi Gary Gerson, Oak Park Temple
32. Professor Cherif Bassiouni, President, International Human Rights Law Institute, DePaul University College of Law; signatory, Manifesto for Peace.