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Acknowledging the Past
Imagining the Future

Israelis And Palestinians on 1948 and the Right of Return

March 27 - April 6, 2008

This speaking tour explored Israeli and Palestinian experiences of 1948, the creation of the Palestinian refugee crisis and the role of the right of return in any just solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

It was organized by the American Friends Service Committee's Middle East Peacebuilding Program.

Speakers

Muhammad Jaradat is a Palestinian activist and co-founder of Badil Resource Center (http://www.badil.org/) for Palestinian Residency and Refugee Rights, established in 1998. Badil takes a rights-based approach to the Palestinian refugee issue through research, advocacy and promoting the participation of refugees themselves.

Eitan Bronstein is a Jewish Israeli educator, activist, and Director of the Israeli organization, Zochrot (http://nakbainhebrew.org/). Founded in 2002, Zochrot seeks to educate Jewish Israelis about al-Nakba, the Arabic word for “catastrophe” which refers to the 1948 displacement and dispossession of Palestinians.

Video

The following video is of the event that took place April 1, 2008 in Portland, OR.

Event Locations

Providence

• March 27, 1:00 PM
  The Diocesan Annex
  275 N. Main St.
  Providence

Boston

• March 27, 7:00 PM
  Cambridge Friends Meeting House
  Longfellow Park
  Cambridge, MA

Sponsored by: Boston Coalition for Palestinian Rights, Cambridge-Bethlehem People to People Project, Cambridge UJP, Friends of Sabeel New England, Jewish Voice for Peace-Boston, Jewish Women for Justice in Israel/Palestine, Somerville-Medford UJP, Watertown Citizens for Environmental Safety, UJP Israel/Palestine Task Force, Unitarian Universalists for Justice in the Middle East

Chicago

• March 31, 12:00 PM
  DePaul University
  Cortelyou Commons Hall
  2324 N. Fremont Street
  
  Co-sponsored by: Students for Justice in Palestine
  
• March 31, 7:00 PM  
  International House
  Assembly Hall at the University of Chicago
  1414 E 59th St.
  
  Persons with disabilities may request assistance in advance by calling the International House at 773 753-2274.

Portland

• April 1, 6:30 PM
  Reed College
  Vollum Lecture Hall

Sponsored by: AFSC-Portland, Americans United for Palestinian Human Rights, Jews for Global Justice, Friends of Sabeel North America, Northwest Jews Against the Occupation, Lutherans for Justice--Central Lutheran Church, and Chevarim.

• April 2, 10:30 - 11:30 AM
  University of Portland
  500 N. Willamette Blvd.
  Franz Hall, Room 206.
  Seating is limited

Seattle

• April 2, 7:00 PM
  Presentation and Fundraiser
  1125 Harvard East, Seattle
  
  
• April 3, 7:00 PM
  Lutheran Church, just south of town,
  18632 Vashon Hwy SW.

New York

• April 5, 2:00 PM
  Alwan for the Arts
  16 Beaver Street, New York, NY
  
  Co-sponsored by: Adalah-NY: The Coalition for Justice in the Middle East
  
  
• April 5, 7:00 PM
  Al-Salam Church
  345 Ovington Ave, Brooklyn, NY
  
  There will also be a performance by Al-Nujoom Dabkeh Troupe and a fashion show of Palestinian traditional dress. Food will be served. Please RSVP: info@mideastjustice.org, by March 25th
  
  Co-sponsored by: Adalah-NY: The Coalition for Justice in the Middle East, Arab Muslim American Association, National Council Arab American, and Palestinian American Congress

Lancaster, PA

• April 6, 2:00 PM
  East Chestnut Street Mennonite Church
  432 East Chestnut Street
  
  Co-sponsored by:the Mennonite Central Committee U.S.

Philadelphia

• April 6, 6:00 PM
  Presentation and Fundraiser
  RSVP to tgreen@afsc.org or philly@jvp.org for location
  
  Co-sponsored by: Jewish Voice for Peace - Philadelphia

More Information

• Badil Website
• Zochrot Website

Contact Us

For more information about the Acknowledging the Past, Imagining the Future speaking tour, contact Adam Horowitz at ahorowitz@afsc.org.

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