Lively book reading, Old Enough to Know. Engaged audience including several teachers. Several joined me for dinner to keep talking. Village Books in Fairhaven is a fabulous place.
News from the Refuser Solidarity Network in Israel. 3 examples of non-violent resistance undermining the sustainability of the Gaza genocide.
Urgent health update: Consequences of war on Gaza-June 9, 2024
Israeli air, land, & sea bombardment continue to cause civilian casualties, displacement, & destruction of houses & other infrastructure. Ground fighting continues, particularly in Rafah. Airstrikes have been especially intense in central Gaza, particularly in Al Bureij, Al Maghazi, & An Nuseirat refugee camps & eastern Deir Al Balah. The levels of public health disaster are catastrophic.
University of Minnesota pauses hiring of professor who called Israel’s war against Hamas ‘a textbook case of genocide’
From Hind's Hall to Mahmoud's Hall: I won't forget the blood-soaked hand of Western academia in Gaza
In her book On Being Included: Racism and Diversity in Institutional Life, Sara Ahmed writes about "acts of naming" and how building names "can keep a certain history alive: in the surroundings, you are surrounded by who was there before. A history of whiteness can be a history of before."
Last month, students at the University of Melbourne's pro-Palestine encampment carried out their own "act of naming" that exposed how universities' white supremacist "history of before" follows us into the present.
WANN receives Outstanding Impact Award from Amnesty International UK
I am so proud of all the WANN writers and the dedicated mentors and staff that support them to uplift the voices from Gaza during these catastrophic times.
Gaza's Shattered Souls: The Untold Story of Hala Abulebdeh's Family
check out the launch of Watermelon Pictures
"From the river to the screen, Palestine will be seen."
Did you get an Israeli bond for your B'nai Mitzvah? Does your union have Israeli bonds? Your city? Your town? Jewish Voice for Peace is organizing a divestment from Israeli bonds. Sign the pledge!