FORUM: "JUDEO-CHRISTIAN PERSPECTIVES ON TORTURE AS A MORAL ISSUE

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Those invited include members of the Jewish community as well as interested Christians and members of other faiths from the greater Princeton Community. The Forum will include a panel of three speakers.  Most notable among them is Rabbi Rachel Kahn-Troster, Director of Education and Outreach and Co-Interim Executive Director for Human Rights-North America.  Ordained in 2008, following graduation from The Jewish Theological Seminary, Rabbi Kahn-Troster is a noted speaker and writer on Judaism and human rights.  Currently, she serves on the boards of The National Religious Campaign Against Torture, and Hazon, the largest Jewish environmental group in America.  Rabbi Kahn-Troster will explore with the audience Judaic teachings on the moral implications of torture. Joining Rabbi Kahn-Troster will be the Reverend Robert Moore, with an introduction by Kip Cherry, a member of the Princeton Area Anti-torture Group, who will briefly cover the legal and political status of torture with regard to the U.S. Reverend Moore is the Executive Director of the Coalition for Peace Action and the part-time Pastor for the East Brunswick Congregational Church.  He was a co-founder of the National Religious Campaign Against Torture and serves on the Board of the National Religious Campaign Against Torture Foundation.  Rev. Moore will focus on the Christian perspectives of torture as a moral issue. The Forum will include the showing of a short video produced by the National Religious Campaign Against Torture (NRCAT), which highlights a variety of national religious leaders who discuss torture as a moral issue.  The Forum is co-sponsored by the Coalition for Peace Action and the Princeton Area Anti-Torture Group. Light refreshments will be served.