Whos in town: Children of Oasis of Peace to speak in Bay Area Facebook Twitter Email SMS WhatsApp Share By J. Correspondent | April 23, 2004 Two young women who grew up at Neve Shalom/Wahat al-Salam, the only Jewish and Arab village in Israel, will speak in the Bay Area next week. Laila Najjar, 20, an Israeli Arab, and Adi Frish, an Israeli Jew, were among the first children born in the bilingual, bicultural village, which is named “Oasis of Peace” in English. The village was established in 1978 as a place for Jews and Palestinians to live, work and raise their children together. Najjar and Frish will be appearing at a brown bag lunch at 12:30 p.m. Friday, April 30, at the offices of the New Israel Fund, 785 Market St., 14th floor, S.F. For reservations, call (818) 325-8884. They will also appear 1:30 p.m. Saturday, May 1, at Congregation Kol Shofar, 215 Blackfield Drive, Tiburon. For other venues, please go to the Web site, oasisofpeace.org. J. Correspondent Also On J. Local Voice Here’s to the next 175 years of Jewish life in California Politics Jewish philanthropist Daniel Lurie files to run for mayor of S.F. Bay Area How local Jewish orgs are helping Ukrainian and Afghan refugees find jobs Sports No Yom Kippur dilemma for MLB players this year, but Joc comes close Subscribe to our Newsletter Enter Email Sign Up