The What Would Leibel Do (WWLD)? Awards Dinner
Sunday, January 11, 2015
Named for long-time APN Board Member Leonard "Leibel" Fein, who passed away in August, the event will be
Sunday, January 11, in Boston.
Sidney Topol will receive the inaugural "Leonard Fein Justice Award," and Rabbi Toba Spitzer the "Elizabeth
Wyner Mark Peace Award."
Invitation to Come
By Rabbi Dr. Marc Gopin
THE PORTION OF HAYYEI SARAH: GENESIS 23-25:18
This portion of Genesis is an end of life saga, but at the same time it is a secret testimony, a message delivered across the ages, as to what it means to perpetuate life on a promised land, how one can make it an eternal life on the land. It is momentous and dramatic, focusing both on the burial of the old generation and the continuity of the next generation, with Isaac’s marriage to Rebekah. None of these changes, however, guarantee any perpetual relationship to the land. The secret to that lies in the nature of their dealings with their neighbors.
MAKING PEACE POSSIBLE: Bringing Together an American Jewish Response
Three prominent national Jewish community leaders discuss the path to Israeli-Palestinian peace and the current
challenges to Israel’s Jewish and democratic values.
December 18, 2014, 7pm
This week, Alpher discusses whether the unrest in Arab East Jerusalem is just a Palestinian-Israeli issue or is it also an internal issue involving the Arab citizens of Israel; whether the unrest accomplished anything for the Palestinian cause; how committed is the Arab-Israeli to the anti-Jewish demonstrations that broke out on Saturday; how does all this affect the broader Palestinian issue, and particularly the Fateh-Hamas/West Bank-Gaza reconciliation process; the Netanyahu government's apparent fraying;
Washington Jewish Week - November 5, 2014
APN's Alana Suskin op-ed: Keep the Status Quo on the Temple Mount
http://washingtonjewishweek.com/17194/on-the-temple-mount/
Haaretz - November 6 ,2014
APN's Lara Friedman op-ed on the meaning of US midterm elections for Israel-Palestine
http://www.haaretz.com/opinion/.premium-1.625037
Fathom Journal - Autumn 2014
Interview with Peace Now's Lior Amihai
http://fathomjournal.org/settlements-and-the-two-state-solution-alan-johnson-interviews-lior-amihai/
Associated Press - November 3, 2014
Peace Now's Hagit Ofran: Netanyahu building settlements instead of building peace
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/israel-pushes-forward-east-jerusalem-building-26655336
Al Arabiya (AFP story) - November 3, 2014
Peace Now: Israel approves 500 homes in East Jerusalem settlement
http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/2014/11/03/Israel-approves-plans-for-500-settler-homes-in-Jerusalem-NGO.html
i24 News (Israeli online) - November 3, 2014
Peace Now: Jerusalem District Planning and Building Committee approves 500 new housing units in East Jerusalem
settlement
http://www.i24news.tv/en/news/israel/diplomacy-defense/49683-141103-israel-approves-hundreds-of-hou
+972 (Israeli, online) - November 6, 2014
Peace Now highlights 'epidemic' of incitement in Israel
http://972mag.com/peace-now-highlights-epidemic-of-incitement-in-israel/98438/
