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! 

May 20th – 22nd
Activism 2010 in Jerusalem / Al Quds will be a space for creativity, education, shared activity and community building.
The festival will be comprised of various events, workshops, talks, performances, exhibitions, collective feasts and debates – all with an activist spirit.
This festival is for everyone! So expect everyone to be there.
This will be one space, with enough room for a diversity of different ideas to come together, for our future!
Come share your thoughts on culture, politics, our environment: this community is growing, we all have a lot to say, come say it!
Join us, we’ll meet you there!

أكتفنسم 2010 من تحت ل فوق
أيار 20 – 22 2010
“أكتفنسم 2010″ في القدس, سيكون ملتقى للإبداع, التعليم وتبادل الخبرات وبناء طاقات المجتمع
سيتضمن المهرجان العديد من الأنشطة وورشات العمل, محاضرات, مجموعة من الأدائات المسرحية, معارض, وجبات جماعية ونقاشات كل منها في روح العمل المجتمعي.
هذا المهرجان للجميع! والكل مدعو!
المهرجان مكان واحد يتسع لجميع الأفكار المختلفة للتناقش وتتوحد من أجل مستقبلنا
تعال وشارك أفكارك المتعلقة بالثقافة, السياسة والبيئة: هذا التجمع يكبر بإستمرار,الكل لديه الكثير ليقوله, تعال هنا وشاركه معنا

نبذة عن المهرجان
المهرجان سيحتوي على عدة زوايا للنشاطات المختلفة: البيئة, حقوق الإنسان, الإحتلال الصهيوني, العدالة والعديد من المواضيع الأخرى
عبر اللقاء سوية نأمل أن نبني الأسس لحث التغير في مجتمعنا وتوفير البديل الحضاري الواضح للتحديات التي نواجهها اليوم.
نشرة المهرجان
لجميع النشطاء المجتمعيين في كل مكان!! شاركونا في أيار من 20- 22 لملقى من ثلاثة أيام من الإبداع, التعليم وتبادل الخبرات وبناء طاقات المجتمع
سيتضمن المهرجان العديد من الأنشطة وورشات العمل, محاضرات, مجموعة من الأدائات المسرحية, معارض, والطعام اللذيذ
هذا نشاط مجاني والكل مرحب فيه

الباصات تتحرك من الشيخ جراح, باب العامود, محطة القطارات الرئيسية في تل أبيب, لمزيد من المعلومات والتفاصيل الرجاء زيارة موقعنا الإلكتروني:
www.activism2010.org.il
وعلى الفيس بوك:
Facebook: Activism Fest 2010

To register send in the following information, and send it to Micha@grassrootsJerusalem.org or ayelet225@walla.com

Hello Dear Friends,
Activism Festival 2010 is getting closer, and our crew and committees are narrowing down the concepts and clarifying our goals. We would appreciate your participation in the process by answering a few questions that will help us in our planning. Please fill this form out and send it back to us by March 21st.
Registration form
Name of organization:
Location/s:
Contact person:
Contact info (email, phone, facebook):

Organization mission/context (for the festival booklet):

What is the activity you would like to bring to the Festival? (Workshop, exhibit, booth, movie, screening etc…) please write a short description:

Equipment needed for your activity (film projector, lighting, chairs, etc…):

Besides the festival’s “Fair Grounds”, where you can set up a booth for your group or organization, the festival will host a number of other “zones”, including Ecology and Sustainability, Justice, Peace and Human Rights, Local Economy, Activist Education, Body Soul and community, Open Space Tech’, Direct Action; Where does your organization fit in?:

Please fill in this “logistical” part of the registration form to help us plan and build the festival according to our available resources:
Do you have equipment that could be used for the Festival? (Tables, chairs, projectors, kitchen supplies, lighting, ground mats, vehicles, paint etc…):

Festival Finances: Organizations are encouraged to help pay for festival expenses with a suggested donation of 300nis to 1000nis. Any amount is most welcome. Will your organization be supporting the festival finances? If so, will your donation be to support something specific?:

Festival set-up: Crews begin work in the forest on May 9th and will be there until the festival starts. Are there members of your organization who could be a part of this crew? If so, how many?:

Over the next few weeks we will send you information about the festival to forward to your list-serves and audiences. We are creating a “guesstimate” of our mailing list capacity in order to estimate out how many people will know about and potentially participate in the festival. Does your organization have a list serve? Mailing lists? Facebook group? What are the sizes of these groups?:

Please send your organization’s logo in a PDF file!
It is a pleasure working with you, and we look forward to seeing you in the forest this MAY!!
Blessings,
2010 Activism Festival planning committee.