On September 15, 2011, CAIR-WA Executive Director Arsalan Bukhari, Civil Rights Coordinator Jennifer Gist and Communications Intern Tim Murphy joined local rabbis and other peace activists at a lunch with Rabbi Arik Ascherman, executive director of Rabbis for Human Rights. The event was held in a conference room at the law firm of Dorsey and Whitney, LLP in downtown Seattle.

Rabbi Ascherman discussed his organization's work in Israel and the Occupied Territories. He recounted stories illustrating the work of his organization, including an episode where he was called to save a Palestinian boy who had been fastened to the windshield of an Israeli military vehicle so that rocks being thrown by Palestinians would strike and injure him.

The lunch event was also held as a benefit for Rabbis for Human Rights and event MC Phillip Ginsberg encouraged event attendees to contribute to its work.  The event provided a wonderful networking opportunity and a chance to meet with faith leaders active in social justice causes.