Every last Friday of the month (and on select dates) we will host a special tour of Musrara neighborhood in Jerusalem and meet with Reuven Aberjil of the  Israeli Black Panthers, a popular movement of Arab Jews established during the 1970s and renewed today.

Every house in the historic “Seam Line” neighborhood, which was right on Israeli-Jordanian border until 1967, has a story to tell. On our tour we will learn about the place, its peoples, and the relevance of its history and struggle to the Israeli-Arab conflict.

Meeting At AIC center, Shlomtzion Hamalka 4 st,(centeral) Jerusalem.

For more info and to Register:

Rotem 0523-634370

rotemdanmor@disinfo.net

or at Jerusalemtours.blogspot.com

The Tours are in Hebrew with English Translation

בכל יום שישי האחרון של החודש, (ובתאריכים נבחרים נוספים) נצא לסיור ומפגש עם ראובן אברג’יל, ממייסדיי הפנתרים השחורים, בשכונת מוסררה בעקבות אחת התנועות החברתיות הכי חשובות שהיו כאן.

לכל בית יש סיפור משלו, באזור שהיה שטח ההפקר עד 1967, ובסיור נכיר יחד את המקום והאנשים שחיו וחיים בו.

יציאה מהמרכז לאינפורמציה אלטרנטיבית, שלומציון המלכה 4

למידע והרשמה:

רותם, 0523634370

rotemdanmor@disinfo.net

הסיור בתשלום ובתרגום לאנגלית

(הנחות מיוחדות למי שצריך אותם)

]]> http://www.grassrootsjerusalem.org/learn-about-the-struggle-of-the-arab-mizrahi-jews-in-israel/feed/langswitch_lang/en/ 0 http://www.grassrootsjerusalem.org/1177/ http://www.grassrootsjerusalem.org/1177/#comments Wed, 26 May 2010 12:42:20 +0000 grassrootsjerusalem http://www.grassrootsjerusalem.org/?p=1177

Dear Friends,

Greetings from Jerusalem!  We’ve got some excited news to share with you…

HEARTBEAT is heading to BERLIN!
JERUSALEM-BERLIN HIP-HOP XCHANGE Urban Art: Tools for Social Change

Beginning on May 21, 2010, sixteen Israeli, Palestinian and German youth musician, rappers, and poets (ages 16-21) will embark on a unique exploration of the past, present, and future.  Living and creating music together for one week in Jerusalem and one week in Berlin, participants of the project will explore Hip-Hop and other urban art forms as tools for youth empowerment and social change.

We are especially thrilled that two members of Heartbeat’s original band, Dana Herz and B-Box, along with four members of Heartbeat’s more recent projects, will be joining us for the program.

Their week in Jerusalem culminates with two special performances, at the Yellow Submarine on May 26th, and at Rogatka, in Tel Aviv on May 27th.  More information on the concerts can be found below.  The program is implemented by Heartbeat Jerusalem and the Willy Brandt Center Jerusalem, in cooperation with the Foundation for “Remembrance,  Responsibility and Future”.  We look forward to sharing recordings, videos and stories with you from the coming two weeks.
HEARTBEAT UPDATE: The 1st Half of 2010
In November, Heartbeat brought on four new part time staff members who’ve worked tirelessly to bring Jerusalem youth together for our Open Mic series, recruiting new participants, helping to develop and promote our student’s work, and holding auditions for our upcoming projects.  Heartbeat is lucky to have Ami, Mohamed, Ben, and Noa on board.

HEARTBEAT + WILLY BRANDT CENTER – Open Mic Night Series

For the past five months, HEARTBEAT and the Willie Brandt Center have teamed up to host monthly Open Mic nights, bringing together youth from all over Jerusalem to “HEAR and BE HEARD.”  Perhaps the only place in Jerusalem where Israeli and Palestinian young people are sharing their art work on a regular basis, the Heartbeat Open Mic provides a safe, neutral environment for free expression.
In addition to performing their music, we ask participants to talk about what they are singing/playing, sharing the inspiration and meaning behind each song.  A piece of each evening features free form improvisation combining traditional Arab and Jewish music, American folk, rock, bluegrass, Hip-Hop and R+B.  With a strong core group coming back time after time, we’ve started to hone in on a unique new style of our own.

On April 17, we had the pleasure of co-sponsoring a workshop/performance by world renowned musician Fred Johnson along with The Sulha Peace Project and Musaique.  ”Fred reminded us of the powerful healing characteristics of the open voice. It was a virtuoso show that included singing, playing, story telling and activating the audience’s creative power.”  - from Sulha Director, Elad Vezana

www.frejon.org www.sulha.com

The best is yet to come…

As always, thank you for your interest and support.  Our programs are made possible by the generous contributions of kind people all around the world. If you can help, please visit our website: JOIN US | STAND UP

This Friday’s weekly demonstration was impassioned. Dozens of activists crossed Nablus Road from the park where we had been demonstrating to demand that the police allow us to demonstrate near the houses, just as the settlers had done.

The police refused.

Nearly 100 protesters sat on the street.

Nearly 100 protesters sat on the street.

So nearly 100 demonstrators crossed and sat down on the concrete in a bold act of civil disobedience. The response of the police was unprecedented in its violence, but the scene was priceless (see a video clip here). The Border Guards who were called in put people in headlocks, shoved us as hard at they could, and were reduced to dragging the sitting protesters limb by limb, only for the protesters to sit right back down. 14 were arrested, and four protesters were hospitalized: Uri with a broken hand, Elisheva with a back injury, Dani with a broken finger and Ro’i with a broken rib. As if to acknowledge that they were breaking the law, the Border Guards covered the name tags on their uniforms.

What the police seem not to get is that this is a resilient and committed movement, and that we do not speak their language—violence. We speak solidarity. So with 10 protesters spending the weekend in jail—for no good reason —over 400 people arrived outside the Russian Compound courthouse the next night (Saturday) to support them. After about an hour and a half, when the police tried to silence this protest too, it spontaneously turned into a march on Jaffa St.

A spontaneous march on Jaffa St. An Arabic sign reads "No to occupation," and a Hebrew one, front, middle, reads "The Police of Yisrael Beiteinu," a play on 'Israel Police' to imply that the police are favoring the agenda of Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman's right-wing, fascist-leaning party.

A spontaneous march on Jaffa St. An Arabic sign reads “No to occupation,” and a Hebrew one, front, middle, reads “The Police of Yisrael Beiteinu,” a play on ‘Israel Police’ to imply that the police are favoring the agenda of Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman’s right-wing, fascist-leaning party.

Several passers-by joined us, and our chanting became loud and spirited, completely drowning out the small crowd of young people who gathered to counter-protest. They chanted, “a Jew is a human-being, an Arab is a son of a bitch.”

That racism is indeed a fitting mantra for the policy of evicting Arabs in East Jerusalem—because why would “sons of bitches” need homes?—and a mantra for which the Jerusalem municipality, Israeli courts, and the Israel Police must be taken to task.

Of all cities, racism will not pass in Jerusalem.

If you want to support the struggle for Jerusalem, please help us cover the legal fees that the police are forcing us to incur—or hop on a bus or plane, and join us in Sheikh Jarrah this Friday, May 21!

Thursday (Workshop details)

בשעandת 9:00 ו- 16:00 – טיולי אופניים מודרכים ביער עמינדב על ידי עמותת רוכבי שמשון
18:00 באוהל דיאלוג: פאנל פוליטי!

Friday (Workshop details)

Besides, ביום שישי בבוקר, יתקיים בעין-כרם הסיור “עקרון דחיסת נתונים”.

Saturday (Workshop details)

בשעה 16:00 – טיולי אופניים מודרכים ביער עמינדב על ידי עמותת רוכבי שמשון

לו”ז יוגה ושות’
יום ג’ (18.5)
Dialogue Tent: 17:30, Orit Solomon – יוגה
יום ד’ (19.5)
Dialogue Tent: 07:00, תמר גשיץ – יוגה
אופן ספייס: 07:00, Orit Solomon – צ’י קונג
יום ה’ (20.5)
Dialogue Tent: 07:00, תמר גשיץ – יוגה
יום ו’ (21.5)
Dialogue Tent: 07:00 , תמר גשיץ – יוגה
אופן ספייס: 07:00, Mata-Em – יוגה גיזום(!)
יום ש’ (22.5)
Dialogue Tent: 07:00, תמר גשיץ – יוגה
אופן ספייס: 07:30, יעל סיוון – טאי צ’י

power of the people

Plans to evict residents and build a settlement in Sheikh Jarrah advance in the Israeli legal system One hand pacifies the United States while the other advances settlements in the heart of Jerusalem
On Tuesday 6.4.10, the Simon the Righteous Estate company inc. submitted a request to evict two more families from their homes in Sheikh Jarrah. For the first time two additional precedential arguments appear in the request, that expose the organization’s future plans for the site and their work methods. The settlers are demanding in the statement of claim that the Palestinians be removed from the neighborhood because they “bother their Jewish neighbors”. They also threaten to sue the residents of the neighborhood for the financial loss they suffer as a consequence of further delay in the evictions, in light of the money invested in the plan for a 200 housing unit settlement in the neighborhood.
As always, this week we will demonstrate against the Settlement in Sheikh Jarrah The demonstration will take place on Friday at 16:00 in the neighborhood
To join the bus leaving from the Arlozorov station at 14:30 (please sign up before Friday)
- Leehee 0504880969
For further information- justjerusalem@gmail.com, Silan 0547958143 or Yotam 0544763800

תוכניות לפינוי תושבים והתנחלות בשיח’ ג’ראח ממשיכות להיות מקודמות במערכת המשפט של מדינת ישראל

יד אחת מפייסת את ארה”ב ויד השניה מקדמת התנחלויות בלב ירושלים

ביום שלישי 6.4.10, הגישה חברת נחלת שמעון בע”מ בקשה פינוי שתי משפחות נוספות מבתיהן בשייח ג’ראח. לראשונה עולות שתי טענות תקדימיות בכתב התביעה, החושפות בבהירות את כוונותיהם העתידיות במתחם ואת שיטות עבודתם. המתנחלים תובעים בכתב תביעה לגרש ערבים מהשכונה כי הם “מפריעים לשכניהם” היהודים. הם אף מאיימים כי יגישו תביעה כספית נגד תושבי השכונה בגין הנזק הכלכלי שנעשה להם בעיכוב הפינוי, לאור ההשקעה הכספית המושקעת בתוכנית לבניית התנחלות בת 200 יחידות דיור בשכונה.

גם השבוע נפגין נגד ההתנחלות בשייח ג’ראח

ההפגנה תתקיים ביום שישי ב- 16:00 בשכונה
להרשמה (לפני יום שישי) להסעות מתל אביב שיצאו ממסוף אל על ב-14:30- ליהי 0504880969
לפרטים נוספים– justjerusalem@gmail.com סילאן 0547958143 או יותם 0544763800

المخططات لإخلاء السكان والاستيطان في الشيخ جراح تتقدم باستمرار في جهاز القضاء في دولة اسرائيل
يد واحدة تتصالح مع الولايات المتحدة الامريكية واليد الثانية تواصل الاستيطان في قلب القدس

يوم الثلاثاء، 6.4.10، قدمت شركة نحلات شمعون م.ض. طلبا لاخلاء عائلتين إضافيتين من منزلهما في الشيخ جراح.
لأول مرة يطرح ادعاءان يعتبران سابقة في لائحة الادعاء، واللذين يكشفان بوضوح النوايا المستقبلية في المنطقة ووسائل العمل. المستوطنون يطالبون بلائحة الادعاء بطرد العرب من الحي لأنهم “يزعجون الجيران” اليهود. إنهم يهددون أيضا بتقديم شكوى مالية ضد سكان الحي على الأضرار المالية التي يتسبب بها إعاقة الإخلاء، على ضوء الاستثمار المالي بالخطة لبناء مستوطنة من 200 وحدة سكن بالحي.

لمواصلات من تل أبيب والتي ستنطلق من مجطة قطار ارلوزوروف 14:30 الرجاء الإتصال ب ليهي على هاتف- 0504880969
لتفاصيل إضافيّة – justjerusalem@gmail.com 0547958143 أو 0544763800

השבוע בברבורThis Week at Barbur

Monday 03.05 יום שני
at 20:30 בשעה
סדרת סרטי מופת Movie Masterpieces series
פאוסט (1926) של פרידריך מורנאו Faust (1926) by F.W.Murnau

סרט אילם עם כתוביות באנגלית Silent movie with English subtitles

Thursday 06.05 יום חמישי
at 20:30 בשעה
סרטה של נטע עפרוני A Film by Neta Efrony
קלנדיה Kalandia
סיפורו של מחסום a Checkpoint’s Story

הסרט “קלנדיה” הינו סרט מעקב על התפתחותו של מחסום קטן וזמני בצפון ירושלים. במשך שש שנים צילמה נטע עפרוני במאית וחברת מחסום WATCH איך המחסום הממוקם בתוך גבולות ירושלים המזרחית, גדל והופך לקבוע.

Over a span of six years, Neta Efrony, a member of MachsomWatch (Checkpoints Watch), documented an Israeli military Checkpoint – on the road between East Jerusalem and Ramallah – which grew and expanded into becoming a Terminal.

עשרות אלפי פלסטינים בעלי תעודות זהות ישראליות נותרו מעברו השני של המחסום וחייבים כל יום לעבור בו כדי להגיע למקום עבודתם, בתי ספר ובתי חולים הנמצאים במזרח ירושלים. מאות אלפי פלסטינים, תושבי הגדה ,מנותקים מירושלים המזרחית שהיא מרכז חייהם במשך מאות שנים. מחסום קלנדיה שהופך במשך הזמן ל”טרמינל”- אינו מפריד בין ערבים ליהודים, אלא בין פלסטינים לפלסטינים.

Kalandia’s Checkpoint does not separate between Arabs and Jews; it separates between Palestinians and Palestinians. The film, shot in a cinéma vérité style, is an authentic and disturbing testimony to the daily struggle of Palestinians who wish to continue their routine lives, on their way to work, education, medical care or religious reasons.
בימוי וצילום: נטע עפרוני
עריכה ותסריט: ציפי רז
מעצב פס קול: אלכס קלוד
הפקה: סוזן לורנסו, קרו נשים לזכויות אדם Filmed and Directed by Neta Efrony
Script and Editing by Tsipi Raz
Sound Design by Alex Claud
Production by Susan Lourenco, Women’s Fund for Human Rights
אחרי הסרט שיחה עם הבימאית. After the screening there will be a talk with the director.
לפני הקנרת הסרט תנתן סקירה של מפת המחסומים מסביב לירושלים. Before the screening a survey of the checkpoints around Jerusalem will be presented.
60 דקות. אנגלית, ערבית ואנגלית. קריינות בעברית וכתוביות באנגלית. 60 minutes. English, Arabic, Hebrew. Hebrew narration & English subtitles.

Every Wednesday at 20:00

A Close Reading of Plato’s Republic with Shlomo Felberbaum

The meetings are conducted in English
Please call 050-5537503 for details

תערוכה
רצה Current
Exhibition

הנס שטוצר Hans Stuetzer
לנטוע עצים – לכרות עצים Baeume pflanzen, Baeume abhauen
עוד תלכי בדרכים שאני כבר מכיר Du wirst viele Dinge sehen, die ich heute schon kenne

שעות פתיחת הגלריה
א’ – ה’ : 14:00 – 20:00
ו ‘: 11:00 – 14:00 Gallery opening hours
Sun – Thu: 14:00 – 20:00
Fri: 11:00 – 14:00

רח’ שיריזלי 6, מזכרת משה, נחלאות
6 Shirizli Street, Mazkeret Moshe, Nachlaot

The panel will feature activists involved in Anarchists Against the Wall (http://www.awalls.org/), the Sheikh Jarrah protests, and CometME (http://www.comet-me.org/) who regularly organize joint activities to challenge the present reality.

March 24 @ 8pm
PresenTense, 64 Emek Refaim, Jerusalem

Invite your friends!
Please RSVP to lectureseries.socialchange@gmail.com
Hope to see you there! 

On Saturday March 6th please join us in our protest to stop the Jewish settlements in East Jerusalem.

At 7:00 PM we will be holding a mass rally in Sheikh Jarrah against:

· The forced eviction of the Palestinian families from their homes in Sheikh Jarrah

· The Jewish settlement of East Jerusalem

· The undemocratic attack on political protest

50 Palestinians have already been evicted from their homes in Sheikh Jarrah. Another 500 are threatened. If the settlers and their government allies succeed, all Palestinians in East Jerusalem are threatened. If we stop them in Sheikh Jarrah, we can stop them elsewhere.

We call on all groups who support the struggle for Palestinian rights and for a just and lasting peace for Israelis and Palestinian, to hold solidarity protest vigils on March 6 near Israeli consulates and embassies abroad.

The Sheikh Jarrah Neighborhood Committee

Just Jerusalem – the Israeli Coalition for a just solution in Jerusalem

For Transportation to the demonstration:

http://www.justjlm.org/?page_id=87

For more information on the struggle see our blog:

http://www.en.justjlm.org/

What’s the Deal in Sheikh Jarrah

To make contact please write to:
justjerusalem@gmail.com

לא נעצרים!

עוצרים את ההתנחלות במזרח ירושלים!

עצרת נגד גירוש משפחות פלסטיניות משייח ג’ראח

נגד “ייהוד” מזרח ירושלים ונגד דיכוי פוליטי

מוצ”ש, 6.3.10, בשעה 19:00, שכונת שייח ג’ראח בירושלים

לפרטים ומידע על הסעות מרחבי הארץ:

http://www.justjlm.org/?page_id=87

justjerusalem@gmail.com

www.justjlm.org

facebook

דוברים ומופיעים: עמיר לב, עינת ויצמן, מתופפי היסמבה, ד”ר דפנה גולן, סמיח ג’עברין נציגי השכונה ונציגי הפעילים

لن نتوقف!
لنوقف الأستيطان في القدس الشرقيّة!

تظاهرة ضد اقتلاع العائلات الفلسطينية من الشيخ جراح
لا لتهويد القدس الشرقيّة ولا للقمع السياسي

يوم السبت، 6.3.10، الساعة 19:00، حي الشيخ جراح

للاستفسار وتفاصيل السفر من انحاء البلاد:

http://www.justjlm.org/?page_id=87

justjerusalem@gmail.com
www.justjlm.org

facebook

Ezra Nawi

Tomorrow, Wednesday, March 3, at 13.30, the Jerusalem District Court will hear Ezra Nawi’s appeal.

We will stand there, outside and inside the court, to show our support to Ezra and protest against the continual attempt by the Israeli authorities to silence legitimate protest by spurious accusations.

In March 2009, the judge Eilata Ziskind of the Jerusalem Magistrate’s (Peace) Court found Ezra Nawi guilty of assaulting a police officer and participation in a riot during a house demolition of a tin shack in the West Bank Palestinian village of Um el-Hir in the south Hebron hills, back in 2007. Nawi protested against the demolition by lying in front of a bulldozer, and later running into the shack before its demolition. Although throughout the whole incident Ezra kept to his principle of non-violent protest, in the end, he found himself arrested and charged with the aforementioned accusations that eventually led to his conviction based on the sole testimonies of two police officers who claimed that Nawi attacked them inside the shack. In addition, the judge Ziskind ruled that Ezra’s behaviour exceeded the limits of legitimate protest and therefore convicted him of rioting.

The District Court will hear Ezra’s appeal and will decide whether or not Ezra indeed participate in a riot, and peruse the reasons that led Ziskind to believe the police testimonies and not Ezra’s.

The Committee Supporting Ezra added, “Ezra’s trial is a stark example of the Police’s and the DA’s depraved use of severe charges such as assaulting a police officer and participating in a riot in order to silence and punish activists who take part in demonstrations inside the boundaries of legitimate protest. We hope that the district court tomorrow will perceive and rectify the series of shortcomings that are alarmingly apparent in Ezra’s conviction. Ziskind’s interpretation of the right to protest might serve as a dangerous precedent that will cripple and paralyze this vital right in a democratic society.”

The hearing will take place tomorrow, March 3, in the Jerusalem District Court, Salah Ed-din Street, at 13.30.

For more information please see: http://www.supportezra.net

Please come to show your support at 13.00.