for conversation, book signing and refreshments.

RSVP: JewishVoicesinDetroit.eventbrite.com

Topics may include: Destruction of Healthcare & Human Rights in Gaza, Physical & Psychological Trauma to Children & Families, Teaching Our Children about Palestine, Ending the Genocide, and more.

SATURDAY, November 9 • 11 am

Rabbi Alana Alpert, moderator

10:30 am: Bagels, Manakish & coffee

11 am: Talk, reading & book signing

Congregation T’Chiyah at the

First United Methodist Church
22331 Woodward Ave. Ferndale, MI

Saturday, November 10 • 2 pm

Gaza on Fire: Health & Human Rights Consequences of the Genocide

Dr. Nidal Jboor, moderator, Co-founder Doctors Against Genocide

Talk, refreshments & book signing

Presented with BUC’s

UUs for Justice in the Middle East

Birmingham Unitarian Church

38651 Woodward Ave, Bloomfield Hills, MI

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DEARBORN: Saturday evening, Nov. 9

RESERVE SPACE ON ARABAMERICANMUSEUM.ORG WEBSITE

Arab American Book Awards Ceremony Honoring Dr. Rothchild

5:30 pm–Reception 6:30 pm–Ceremony • 8 pm – Book Signing

8:30 pm – Open Mic for Palestine

Arab American National Museum

213624 Michigan Ave. Dearborn, MI

Register: arabamericanmuseum.org/event/ 2024-arab-american-book-awards-ceremony

Dr. Alice Rothchild has an extensive history as an advocate for social justice, women’s health and Feminist empowerment, and human rights and peace, especially related to Palestine/Israel. She is active with Jewish Voice for Peace on the national level as a member of the JVP Health Advisory Council and serves on the boards of the Gaza Mental Health Foundation, Just World Educational, and We Are Not Numbers.

An author, filmmaker, poet, healthcare expert and community organizer, Rothchlld has been awarded the 2024 Arab American Book Award for Old Enough to Know (Cune Press), Young Adult (YA) category. Finding Melody Sullivan won a Gold 2024 Moonbeam Children’s Book Award, also in the YA-Historical/Cultural category.

She has written three books on Israel/Palestine, contributed to numerous newspapers, magazines, webzines, anthologies and poetry journals. After years as a OBGYN physician and educator in the Boston area, she now lives in the Pacific Northwest.

Dr. Rothchild’s 2013 film Voices Across the Divide shares stories of Palestinians and Nakba survivors. She worked on the project with Jewish Voice for Peace Detroit, filming Detroit-area Nakba survivors in 2009. We highly recommend that you watch the documentary.

Thank you to Book Beat for providing Rothchild’s youth and adult books for sale.

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

Wayne State University Bernath Auditorium in the Adamany Undergraduate Library

5155 Gullen Mall, Detroit, MI 48202

Support the students at Wayne State University and JVP WSU

Register in advance here

Where Olive Trees Weep (2024), the sixth film in the Voices of Palestine Film Series, will be screened at 7 pm on Monday, November 11, in Bernath Auditorium in the Adamany Undergraduate Library on the campus of Wayne State University.

The film offers a searing window into the struggles and resilience of the Palestinian people under Israeli occupation. It explores themes of loss, trauma, and the quest for justice. The film will be followed by brief comments from discussants Dr. Layla Saatchi of Wayne State’s Reid Honors College; and Laila Balboun, RN , Jews and Allies; as well as dialogue with the audience.

This event is free and open to the public. The film series continues to be a source of connection, education, and solidarity building. The conversation and action that these films and discussions generate are crucial.

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