No Time To Celebrate: Jews Remember Nakba

eastern ontario | anti-war | news report Wednesday April 16, 2008 11:52 by Jews Remember Nakba notimetocelebrate.ottawa at gmail dot com

To kickstart planning events locally regarding: No Time To Celebrate - Jews remeber Nakba - Standing in solidarity with 60+ years of Palestinian resistance to Zionism, please email notimetocelebrate.ottawa@gmail.com

Sign the petition: http://notimetocelebrate.wordpress.com/action-ideas/
Website: http://notimetocelebrate.org

The "No Time To Celebrate: Jews Remember the Nakba" Haggadah Supplement has just been released!

We have come together with all our sadness, our rage, our compassion, our complexity and our creative genius as anti-zionist Jews to bare witness to the 60th anniversary of al-Nakba.

This resource is not a complete haggadah, but rather supplemental readings that will provide opportunities for reflection, emotion, healing and transformation. We hope they will also inspire us to continue transforming our communities, creating new traditions, and working for justice in Palestine.

This year Palestinians are refugees. Next year all Palestinians will have the right to return to their home lands and to Jerusalem!

Download it today! Visit http://notimetocelebrate.wordpress.com/action-ideas/pas...ting/ or go to www.notimetocelebrate.org and follow the links.

Please visit http://notimetocelebrate.org to check out the new campaign website. There you will find:

Great ideas and resources for planning local actions. These include resources for linking up with Palestinian-led efforts in your city, a planning guide for disrupting Israel celebrations, ideas for educational actions, ceremonial resources, street theatre and art-based action ideas, and much, much more.
The "No Time To Celebrate" Haggadah supplement which has been requested by so many of you!
An "Action News" blog where you can post descriptions and photos of actions in your city, as well as learn about what people are doing in other parts of North America.
Please contact us at to let us know what local actions you are planning so that we can connect other folks in your area with you. Following is the contact info for your regional outreach coordinator:

Bay Area - Perry perrybh@gmail.com

Boston - Amy abaron01@yahoo.com

Canada – Mia mia.amir@gmail.com

East Coast (except Boston and Philly) - Louisa louie.ludwig@gmail.com

Midwest - Haley haleympollack@gmail.com

Philly – Hannah hannahmermelstein@gmail.com

West Coast (expect Bay Area) - Amy abaron01@yahoo.com

South - Temim temim.fruchter@gmail.com

South West - Temim temim.fruchter@gmail.com

Continue to spread the word! Visit http://www.ipetitions.com/tell-a-friend.html?id=5f84b8ca to invite your friends to sign the pledge. Join the facebook group and invite your friends at http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=13109589953.

Need support getting media for your event? Join the Support Conference Call on April 23 at 7pm! More information below.

Media Support Conference Call

If you're a part of local Jewish Anti-Zionist organizing to commemorate the Nakba, let the Media Action workgroup know if you or another media representative from your group is interested in joining a national Media Support conference call (potentially one in a series) to:

learn the basics in getting media coverage for your actions/activities in print, broadcast and online media
develop a buddy system of mutual support with other local activists doing media work
determine ways we can collaborate nationally to get the most out of our media work
Wednesday, April 23rd, 7-9pm

To join the call, please RSVP to dmferis@gmail.com and let us know:

If you or your group is interested in participating
If you or someone from your group would be a good mentor/buddy for others in the network with less media experience
The skills you would most like us to focus on for the training (e.g., blogger outreach, online social media, newspapers, broadcast radio and television, online radio and video, speaking to the press, drafting press releases, developing press relationships, etc).
Contact the Media Action workgroup coordinator: dmferis@gmail.com, 646-202-3962.

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NO TIME TO CELEBRATE: Jews Remember the Nakba

In solidarity with 60+ Years of Palestinian Resistance to Zionism

notimetocelebrate@gmail.com

http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/notimetocelebrate/