BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/Detroit X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Detroit BEGIN:VEVENT UID:31731@arabamerica.com DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20231015T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20231015T170000 DTSTAMP:20230921T013210Z URL:https://www.arabamerica.com/events/israelism-the-documentary-and-an-on line-film-salon/ SUMMARY:"Israelism"–The Documentary and an Online Film Salon DESCRIPTION:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOn Sunday October 15\, join a pan el discussion about the documentary "Israelism" at 3 pm ET. Are Jewish Ame rican youth awakening to the violence of the occupation? Register to recei ve free access to the film:  Tinyurl.com/VFHL-October2023.\n\nAbstract:\ nThe modern nation of Israel\, created by the UN in 1948\, is central to t he political and cultural life of the American Jewish community. But Israe l has also become a deeply divisive subject\, as painful generational crac ks have emerged within the Jewish community. Points of contention–includ ing Israel’s apartheid policies toward its non-Jewish citizens as well a s its oppression of Palestinians living on occupied lands–have led to de bate\, protest\, and even censorship.\nFocusing on the stories of two youn g Americans raised to defend Israel at all costs\, Israelism traces thei r awakening to Israel's dehumanization of Palestinians and the ongoing vi olence of the occupation.  The film explores the past\, present\, and fut ure of the relationship between American Jews and Israel\, as growing numb ers question whether support for Israel should condition and define their Jewish identity.  Featuring a range of American Jewish thinkers\, communi ty leaders and activists\, Israelism asks how and why Israel became the cornerstone of American Judaism\, what the consequences have been\, and wh at will happen as divisions continue to grow.\n\nPanelists:\nEric Axelman\ , Director and Producer of Israelism\, is a trans Jewish filmmaker who ha s produced videos for Senator Ed Markey\, as well as Congressman Jamaal Bo wman. Eric is the Co-Executive Director of Tikkun Olam Productions\, which is a progressive multimedia storytelling collective\, and executive direc tor of Pushed Learning and Media. For three years\, Eric ran the multi-dis ciplinary high-school hip-hop program at the Wheeler School in Providence\ , Rhode Island\, and has a solo hip-hop album\, “Too Much.”\n\nSimone  Zimmerman is the central character in the documentary Israelism. In 20 14\, she helped found IfNotNow which states\, “[Will the Jewish American Community] recognize that Palestinian and Jewish safety are intertwined\, and join together in the fight for equality\, justice and a future for al l?” Simone was national Jewish outreach coordinator for Bernie Sanders ’ presidential campaign and has worked for a variety of human rights org anizations focusing on both Palestinian rights as well as the fight agains t antisemitism.\n\nLubna Alzaroo grew up in Hebron\, Palestine\, before m oving to the United States for graduate school on a Fulbright Scholarship. She has a Ph.D. in English from the University of Washington and is curre ntly a part time lecturer at the University of Washington and South Seattl e College. Her research is particularly interested in the representation o f settler colonial infrastructure\, necropower\, and the environment in bo th U.S. and Palestinian literature.\n\nPeter Beinart (Moderator) is Edito r-at-Large\, Jewish Currents\; MSNBC Contributor\; Professor of Journalis m and Political Science\, Newmark School of Journalism\, CUNY\; Fellow\, F oundation for Middle East Peace\; and frequent contributor to the New York Times. He publishes The Beinart Newsletter online\, writing\, “I don ’t think the U.S. possesses any inherent right to run the world. If Amer ica wants moral authority\, it must earn it. And I believe that the best w ay to secure the safety of the Jewish people\, my people\, is through equa lity and justice for Palestinians. I hope these principles foster a differ ent kind of conversation.”\n\nWatch the Trailer:  Tinyurl.com/VFHL-Isr aelismTrailer\n\nThis is a Voices From the Holy Land Online Film Salon. Cosponsors: Independent Jewish Voices Canada and Northern New Jersey Je wish Voice for Peace\n\n \;\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMONDO WEISS covers the\nVFHL Online Film Salon of July 16\, 2023 about the doc umentary "My Tree\," filmmaker Jason Sherman's "attempt to find the tree his parents planted for him in Israel" as a bar mitzvah gift.\n\n\n\n\n\n\ n\n\n\n\n\nWASHINGTON REPORT ON MIDDLE EAST AFFAIRS covers the VFHL Onli ne Film Salon about "My Tree" and the Jewish National Fund's "efforts to uproot the native people of Palestine and reshape their land."\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.arabamerica.com/wp-content/uploads/2 023/09/download.png CATEGORIES:Documentary END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Detroit X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Detroit BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20230312T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR