Join Bonai on Friday May 3rd at 6pm for a First Friday program featuring Bonai member Professor Hilary Kalisman. Enjoy Kabbalat Shabbat services, a catered dinner, and a presentation on politics, history & standardized testing in the Middle East.

Hilary Falb Kalisman is an Assistant Professor of History and Endowed Professor of Israel/Palestine Studies in the Program in Jewish Studies. Her book “Teachers as State-Builders: Education and the Making of the Modern Middle East” won the History of Education Society Outstanding Book Award this past fall. At CU Boulder she teaches courses on Israel/Palestine, Jewish and Middle Eastern History.