Events

Friday May 16, 2008
(all day)

As Jews throughout the world celebrate the founding of the state of Israel on May 14, 1948 (on the Hebrew calendar, it falls on May 8 this year), Palestinians mark the 60th anniversary of dispossession and exile, known as the nakba, or the catastrophe.  For some of the ways you can act to remind the celebrants and the U.S.

Saturday May 17, 2008
(all day)

As Jews throughout the world celebrate the founding of the state of Israel on May 14, 1948 (on the Hebrew calendar, it falls on May 8 this year), Palestinians mark the 60th anniversary of dispossession and exile, known as the nakba, or the catastrophe.  For some of the ways you can act to remind the celebrants and the U.S.

Sunday May 18, 2008
(all day)

As Jews throughout the world celebrate the founding of the state of Israel on May 14, 1948 (on the Hebrew calendar, it falls on May 8 this year), Palestinians mark the 60th anniversary of dispossession and exile, known as the nakba, or the catastrophe.  For some of the ways you can act to remind the celebrants and the U.S.

Monday May 19, 2008
(all day)

As Jews throughout the world celebrate the founding of the state of Israel on May 14, 1948 (on the Hebrew calendar, it falls on May 8 this year), Palestinians mark the 60th anniversary of dispossession and exile, known as the nakba, or the catastrophe.  For some of the ways you can act to remind the celebrants and the U.S.

Tuesday May 20, 2008
(all day)

As Jews throughout the world celebrate the founding of the state of Israel on May 14, 1948 (on the Hebrew calendar, it falls on May 8 this year), Palestinians mark the 60th anniversary of dispossession and exile, known as the nakba, or the catastrophe.  For some of the ways you can act to remind the celebrants and the U.S.

Wednesday May 21, 2008
(all day)

As Jews throughout the world celebrate the founding of the state of Israel on May 14, 1948 (on the Hebrew calendar, it falls on May 8 this year), Palestinians mark the 60th anniversary of dispossession and exile, known as the nakba, or the catastrophe.  For some of the ways you can act to remind the celebrants and the U.S.

Thursday May 22, 2008
(all day)

As Jews throughout the world celebrate the founding of the state of Israel on May 14, 1948 (on the Hebrew calendar, it falls on May 8 this year), Palestinians mark the 60th anniversary of dispossession and exile, known as the nakba, or the catastrophe.  For some of the ways you can act to remind the celebrants and the U.S.

Friday May 23, 2008
(all day)

As Jews throughout the world celebrate the founding of the state of Israel on May 14, 1948 (on the Hebrew calendar, it falls on May 8 this year), Palestinians mark the 60th anniversary of dispossession and exile, known as the nakba, or the catastrophe.  For some of the ways you can act to remind the celebrants and the U.S.

Saturday May 24, 2008
(all day)

As Jews throughout the world celebrate the founding of the state of Israel on May 14, 1948 (on the Hebrew calendar, it falls on May 8 this year), Palestinians mark the 60th anniversary of dispossession and exile, known as the nakba, or the catastrophe.  For some of the ways you can act to remind the celebrants and the U.S.

Sunday May 25, 2008
(all day)

As Jews throughout the world celebrate the founding of the state of Israel on May 14, 1948 (on the Hebrew calendar, it falls on May 8 this year), Palestinians mark the 60th anniversary of dispossession and exile, known as the nakba, or the catastrophe.  For some of the ways you can act to remind the celebrants and the U.S.

Monday May 26, 2008
(all day)

As Jews throughout the world celebrate the founding of the state of Israel on May 14, 1948 (on the Hebrew calendar, it falls on May 8 this year), Palestinians mark the 60th anniversary of dispossession and exile, known as the nakba, or the catastrophe.  For some of the ways you can act to remind the celebrants and the U.S.

Tuesday May 27, 2008
(all day)

As Jews throughout the world celebrate the founding of the state of Israel on May 14, 1948 (on the Hebrew calendar, it falls on May 8 this year), Palestinians mark the 60th anniversary of dispossession and exile, known as the nakba, or the catastrophe.  For some of the ways you can act to remind the celebrants and the U.S.

Wednesday May 28, 2008
(all day)

As Jews throughout the world celebrate the founding of the state of Israel on May 14, 1948 (on the Hebrew calendar, it falls on May 8 this year), Palestinians mark the 60th anniversary of dispossession and exile, known as the nakba, or the catastrophe.  For some of the ways you can act to remind the celebrants and the U.S.

Start: 7:00 pm

New Voices presents "Blacks, Jews, and the Post-Racial Candidate."

Three leading journalists discuss the Jewish response to Barack Obama's candidacy, and what it tells us about the state of the relationship between African-Americans and Jews. With Ari Berman (The Nation), Ta-Nehisi Coates (Village Voice) and Sam Freedman (New York Times). The discussion will be moderated by Marissa Brostoff (The Forward). Presented by New Voices, the independent Jewish student magazine.

Thursday May 29, 2008
(all day)

As Jews throughout the world celebrate the founding of the state of Israel on May 14, 1948 (on the Hebrew calendar, it falls on May 8 this year), Palestinians mark the 60th anniversary of dispossession and exile, known as the nakba, or the catastrophe.  For some of the ways you can act to remind the celebrants and the U.S.

Friday May 30, 2008
(all day)

As Jews throughout the world celebrate the founding of the state of Israel on May 14, 1948 (on the Hebrew calendar, it falls on May 8 this year), Palestinians mark the 60th anniversary of dispossession and exile, known as the nakba, or the catastrophe.  For some of the ways you can act to remind the celebrants and the U.S.

Saturday May 31, 2008
(all day)

As Jews throughout the world celebrate the founding of the state of Israel on May 14, 1948 (on the Hebrew calendar, it falls on May 8 this year), Palestinians mark the 60th anniversary of dispossession and exile, known as the nakba, or the catastrophe.  For some of the ways you can act to remind the celebrants and the U.S.

Start: 1:10 pm

Ethiopian Millennium Concert
Saturday, May 31, 11 p.m.
Joe's Pub
425 Lafayette St., Manhattan

The concert, featuring such rising stars of Ethiopia as Abebe Teka and Asresash Meshesha a.k.a. Mimi, kicks off an Ethiopian Millennium Celebration Series that includes a film festival, art exhibits, and panel discussions.

Go to Beta Israel of North America (BINA) for more information.

Monday June 09, 2008
Start: 7:30 pm

Tenth Annual KlezBiGay Pride Show

Monday, June 9, 7:30 p.m.
El Sol Brilliante Garden
East 12th Street, between Avenues A and B
Free and open to the public

Featuring Isle of Klezbos sextet and MC Jennifer Miller of Circus Amok

In case of rain:
Bluestockings Books & Cafe, 8:30 p.m.
172 Allen Street, between Stanton and Rivington Streets

Friday June 13, 2008
(all day)

The Human Rights Watch International Film Festival has a variety of offerings this year related to Middle East politics and the US war in Iraq including To See If I'm Smiling, about women in the Israeli army serving in the Occupied Territories; Deadly Playground, about the effects of unexploded cluster bombs in Lebanon; USA vs.

Saturday June 14, 2008
(all day)

The Human Rights Watch International Film Festival has a variety of offerings this year related to Middle East politics and the US war in Iraq including To See If I'm Smiling, about women in the Israeli army serving in the Occupied Territories; Deadly Playground, about the effects of unexploded cluster bombs in Lebanon; USA vs.

Sunday June 15, 2008
(all day)

The Human Rights Watch International Film Festival has a variety of offerings this year related to Middle East politics and the US war in Iraq including To See If I'm Smiling, about women in the Israeli army serving in the Occupied Territories; Deadly Playground, about the effects of unexploded cluster bombs in Lebanon; USA vs.

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