JOIN US FOR OUR NEXT READING: WEDNESDAY, JAN. 8
Wrestling with Zionism - A Reader’s Theater: An evening of theater, poetry & conversation
WHEN: WEDS., January 8th | 8:00 - 9:30 pm (7:15 PM Community Meal)
WHERE: Judson Memorial Church | 55 Washington Square South
Experience the personal stories of Muslim, Christian and secular Palestinians & Ashkenazi, Mizrahi and Palestinian Jews from the West Bank, Tel Aviv, Syria, Chicago, Oklahoma and Brooklyn.
Join us for Judson’s community meal before this special evening of storytelling and poetry.
Conversations about Israel/Palestine are often charged and challenging. Many families and friends avoid the subject to keep the peace and worry that even a slight criticism of Israel can result in being labelled anti-Semitic. At JVP-NYC we want to create a space where we can discuss this subject, with respect and active listening, with the aim to build relationships and understanding. Wrestling With Zionism is a collection of stories of people from a range of backgrounds who share their evolving relationships to Zionism.
CONFRONTING ZIONISM: A JVP-NYC PUBLICATION
Confronting Zionism: a Collection of Personal Stories embodies a year-long project by members of the New York City chapter of Jewish Voice for Peace. The booklet grew out of a three-part discussion series about Zionism, anti-Semitism, and our own histories of coming to embrace justice for Palestine and questioning mainstream Zionism. It contains thirteen testimonies by JVP members from the New York City area—of diverse ages, backgrounds (Ashkenazi, Mizrahi, Sephardic, Israeli, Palestinian) and genders; a discussion of the project’s rationale in the booklet’s introduction; and an annotated bibliography and set of discussion questions.
We hope this booklet will be of use to educators, students, activists, researchers and anyone who is “wrestling with Zionism” as a political ideology, a family battlefield, a dream betrayed, or a form of racist exclusion in everyday life.