JoAnn Magnuson is the Yad Vashem Project Coordinator for the International Christian Embassy in Jerusalem. She will provide a breakdown of the February 2009 Israeli elections, and discuss Evangelical Christian support for Israel. See her full bio below.
Date: Thursday, March 12th
Time: 7 pm - 8:45 pm
Location:
Sabes Jewish Community Center
4330 S. Cedar Lake Road
Minneapolis, MN 55416
(952) 381-3400
Maps and DirectionsJoAnn G. Magnuson Biography
JoAnn Magnuson is part of an international network of Christians who are endeavoring to build bridges of understanding between Christians and Jews. Believing that the words of the Hebrew prophets have significance for our time, these bridge-builders feel it is important for the Christian community to be aware of current events involving Israel and issues of concern to the Jewish community around the world.
JoAnn has been involved in Christian support for Israel for many years. In Minnesota she speaks for a variety of groups, teaches Bible studies and preparation seminars for Israel tour groups and works with the Jewish community on projects supporting Israel and Jewish-Christian understanding. Israel involvement is a family affair for the Magnusons. JoAnn and her husband, Buzz, a retired St. Paul news photographer, have two adult children. Their son, Jeffrey, a free-lance writer and editor, lived in Israel for many years and was the editor of the Jerusalem Perspective – a magazine about biblical research published in Jerusalem. Their daughter, Jodi, worked in Israel as a kibbutz volunteer and has taught Hebrew.
JoAnn did undergraduate and graduate-level work in medieval history and Jewish studies at the University of Minnesota, studied at the Biblical Resources Center in Jerusalem, and completed the Holocaust Educator’s Seminar at Yad Vashem. She has made Jewish-Christian studies a life-long pursuit. She has done extensive work in the fields of antisemitism and Holocaust studies and has written and spoken widely on these issues. Over the last thirty years she has made over fifty trips to Israel and has spent time there studying and helping others to see the land and the people from a biblical and historical perspective. In addition to her Israel-related work, JoAnn has been involved in many forms of Christian ministry including teaching Bible studies in the inner city and leading prayer and study groups since the 1960s. She also works closely with the Jewish community in Minnesota and serves on a number of committees involved with Jewish-Christian and pro-Israel issues. She is also a member of the Unity Coalition for Israel and the American Israel Public Affairs Committee. In these capacities she has been active in political support for Israel both nationally and internationally.
In the summer of 1993 she was part of an interfaith group of 21 Jewish, Catholic and Protestant women from Minnesota who traveled to Holocaust sites in Eastern Europe – including Auschwitz, Teresienstadt and the Warsaw Ghetto. From 1996 to 2007 she has been leading study groups to Poland, Slovakia and Ukraine, as well as Israel. She recently organized the main U.S. Christian delegation which attended the annual “March of the Living” in Poland.
In June of 2006 she served as coordinator for the “Committee to End Divestment Now,” a Presbyterian group which mobilized pro-Israel support and opposition to the divestment campaign at the PCUSA General Assembly in Birmingham, AL.
JoAnn also served as scholar-in-residence for several Catholic Israel tour groups in recent years. She enjoys working across denominational lines and believes that we strengthen our own faith as we listen and learn from one another.
She speaks on a variety of topics including: Christian history and antisemitism, history and geography of Israel, biblical issues and modern Israel.
She currently serves as U.S. project coordinator for the International Christian Embassy’s joint project with Yad Vashem.
The Man Himself
Good turn-out, over 100 people!
1 comments:
Howdy All
Given the success of this group getting Dennis here to speak with us, I'm wondering if it would be possible to work with you all to set up a debate between Dennis and Pastor Greg Boyd of Woodland Hills Church in St. Paul on the subject of pacifism.
Boyd appears to be an absolute pacifist (though in fairness he does acknowledge that it would be hard for him to stick to that view in a personal emergency).
Anyway, any tips on how we can get this process going? Perhaps the next time Dennis is in town (I'm thinking next year's Minneota State Fair)?
Please leave a comment on this post with your contact info and I'll get in touch with you.
Thanks,
Thomas
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