Saturday, October 9, 2010
The Boston Workmen's Circle is at it again. Last Monday they hosted a training session run by Jewish Voice for Peace on how to undermine Israel. Here's the announcement:
Difficult Conversations
When: Monday, October 4, 2010, 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Where: Workmen's Circle • 1762 Beacon St • Green Line (C) Train - Tappan St. • Brookline
Start: 2010 Oct 4 - 6:00pm
End: 2010 Oct 4 - 8:00pm
A Model for Framing the Israel/Palestine Conflict and Moving to Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS)
This meeting is designed to give us the tools to begin conversations with friends and colleagues who need more information as they take a position against the occupation.
Alice Rothchild, a physician, author and activist, will present an historical basis for the call for Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions. In breakout groups, we will discuss how we can apply what we heard in our own outreach around the JVP TIAA-CREF campaign.
Alice has co‐chaired an annual health and human rights delegation to Israel/Palestine since 2003 and is the author of Broken Promises, Broken Dreams: Stories of Jewish and Palestinian Trauma and Resilience (2nd edition 2010).
For more information, email jvpboston@gmail.com.
Alice Rothchild is a long-time public Israel hater. She also happens to be a Workmen's Circle official while also a co-chair of a group serving as a US arm of the "Jewish Boat to Gaza".
Perversely, Workmen's Circle is a member of the Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC) with a say in policy (as is J Street, but that's another story). They also receive Jewish communal funds through Combined Jewish Philanthropies. This ought to stop. There must be a zero tolerance policy with regard to organizations that provide aid and comfort to the Jewish boycott.
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