“Wrestling in the Daylight” in Seattle
Posted: May 9, 2013 Filed under: American Jewish Community, BDS, Books, Gaza, Human Rights, Israel, Jewish Community, Jewish Fast for Gaza, Jewish Voice for Peace, Judaism, Nakba, Palestine, Peace, Peace Process, Religion, Wrestling in the Daylight, Yom Ha'atzmaut, Zionism 3 Comments »Here’s a great quality video of my entire speaking appearance at University Friend’s Meeting in Seattle this past Monday night. I attended series of wonderful – and at times inspiring – events during my short stay in the Northwest and will be reporting on them in due course. In the meantime here’s a taste:
My “Wrestling” Interview with Just World Books
Posted: April 12, 2013 Filed under: BDS, Gaza, Israel, Palestine, Peace Process, Politics, Wrestling in the Daylight Leave a comment »
Click here to listen to a podcast interview I did with Just World Books last February.
In this podcast, Rabbi Brant Rosen, author of ‘Wrestling in the Daylight: A Rabbi’s Path to Palestinian Solidarity,’ shared his reflections on his book and how it has impacted his understanding of “what to do” with his beliefs and convictions as well as provided his insights about the effects of Operation Cast Lead, the Gaza flotilla incident, and other Israeli actions on both the views of young American Jews and the Arab Spring. He also offers his opinion on what President Obama should do in his second term about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Book Readings (and a Legislative Visit) in Baltimore/DC
Posted: December 6, 2012 Filed under: Books, Israel, Palestine, Politics, Wrestling in the Daylight 4 Comments »
Helena Cobban (left), Sarah Grey and me at the FCNL office
Had a wonderful whirlwind visit in Baltimore/DC, highlights included book readings in Baltimore, DC and Georgetown and a visit with the National Friends Legislative Committee to Senator Dick Durbin’s office to encourage him not to support a Senate defense authorization bill that sought to punish Palestinians for seeking non-member observer status at the United Nations. Thankfully, the amendment never came up for a vote.
While in DC, I also had the pleasure of being interviewed by blogger/journalist Mitchell Plitnick for Inter Press Service News Agency. (The full version appears on Mitchell’s blog.)
A snippet:
To create political power, leveraging people power is the best method, and historically, this has been shown to be the case. The fact that Israel is reacting so harshly against it shows its potential. When Hillary Clinton says 3000 new settlements are “not helpful,” that doesn’t get Israel’s attention. But when (Jewish Voice for Peace), (Students for Justice in Palestine) and church groups move to get corporations and holding companies to divest from Israel, that’s front page news in Israel. That is a sign that this has a great impact, when used in a smart and concerted way.
One of the big pleasures of the trip was finally getting the chance to meet Just World Books publisher Helena Cobban and my editor, Sarah Grey, both of whom have thoroughly become my kindred spirits.
Some more pix from my trip:
Book reading at Busboys and Poets, Washington DC (under the watchful gaze of Angela Davis)
Book Reading at St. John’s Episcopal, Georgetown
With Kate Gould, Legislative Associate for Middle East Policy at FCNL
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