Khader El-Yateem is a Palestinian-American community organizer and Lutheran pastor.
10 Facts About Khader El-Yateem
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Khader El-Yateem is the Executive Director for Service and Justice at the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
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Khader El-Yateem was born in Beit Jala in the Bethlehem Governorate in 1968, and emigrated to the United States in 1992.
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Khader El-Yateem received a Bachelor of Theology degree from Bethlehem Bible College in 1989, a Bachelor of Theology and World Religions degree from the Evangelical Theological Seminary in Cairo in 1991, and a Master of Divinity from the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia in 1996.
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Additionally, Khader El-Yateem served as a board member of Community Board 10 and the Arab American Association of New York along with being longtime leader in voter registration efforts in Bay Ridge's Arab community.
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Khader El-Yateem worked in patient relations at Maimonides Medical Center from 2010 to 2017 before leaving to run for City Council.
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In May 2018, Khader El-Yateem announced that he would be moving to Florida.
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Khader El-Yateem would serve as assistant to the bishop and director for evangelical mission with the ELCA Florida-Bahamas Synod until 2024 when he was appointed ELCA Executive Director for Service and Justice.
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In 2017, Khader El-Yateem ran in the Democratic primary for New York City Council, District 43, covering Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights, Bensonhurst and Bath Beach.
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Khader El-Yateem's campaign had been endorsed by organizations such as the New York State Immigrant Action Fund, the New Kings Democrats and the Democratic Socialists of America, of which he is a member.