Thu., Nov. 14: 500 Dunam on the Moon (a new documentary on Israel/Palestine)

[Yoshie Furuhashi]

* Thursday, November 14, 7:30 - 9:30 PM
Screening: 500 Dunam on the Moon (Dir. Rachel Leah Jones, 2002)
Ayn Hawd is a Palestinian village that was captured and depopulated 
by Israeli forces in the 1948 war. In 1953 Marcel Janco, a Romanian 
painter and a founder of the Dada movement, helped transform the 
village into a Jewish artists' colony, and renamed it Ein Hod. This 
documentary tells the story of the village's original inhabitants, 
who, after expulsion, settled only 1.5 kilometers away in the 
outlying hills. This new Ayn Hawd cannot be found on official maps, 
as Israeli law doesn't recognize it, and its residents, deemed 
"present absentees" by the authorities, do not receive basic services 
such as water, electricity or an access road. Rachel Leah Jones' 
filmmaking debut is a critical look at the art of dispossession and 
the creativity of the dispossessed.
Cf. <http://www.500dunam.com/>
Pepe, an activist for the International Solidarity Movement (@ 
<http://www.palsolidarity.org/>) and Not In Our Name (@ 
<http://www.notinourname.net/>), will give a brief talk on his 
experience in the West Bank before the screening; he will facilitate 
discussion after it.
Location: 300 Journalism Building, Ohio State University, 242 West 
18th Ave., Columbus, OH
Campus Map: <http://www.osu.edu/map/linkbuildings/journalismbuilding.html>
Sponsors: Student International Forum & Social Welfare Action Alliance
Contact: Yoshie Furuhashi, 614-668-6554 or <furuhashi.1 at osu.edu>
Download the flyer at <http://www.osu.edu/students/sif/500DunamontheMoon.doc>.

* Friday, November 15. 5:30 - 6:30 PM
Women in Black vigil against violence, oppression, and exploitation
Location: 15th Ave. and High St., Columbus, OH
Contact: Connie Hammond, <chammon at columbus.rr.com>

* Sunday, November 17, 9:30 AM
You Are Invited to come and hear
Arthur Gish, the author of _Hebron Journal: Stories of Nonviolent 
Peacemaking_ (Herald Press, 2001 -- Cf. 
<http://www.mph.org/books/hebronjrnl.htm>)
speak about his experiences with the Christian Peacemaker Team in the 
city of Hebron in Palestine.
Location: Mennonite Church. 35 Oakland Park (one block North of 
North Broadway, just off North High St.)
Art has been active in peace and social justice work for over forty 
years, beginning with work as a conscientious objector with Brethren 
Volunteer Service in Europe (1958-1960).  He participated in the 
civil rights movement in the sixties, and has opposed US involvement 
in every war since his youth.  Arthur and his wife are now organic 
farmers near Athens, Ohio, but during the winters they have been 
serving as members of the Christian Peacemakers Team in Palestine or 
wherever they are needed.  Peggy is now in Iraq for six weeks.  When 
she returns later this month, Art will return  to Hebron in Palestine 
for two months.  The teams were established by the Quakers, 
Mennonites, and Church of the Brethren, but people of all 
denominations and countries are welcome.  They use only non-violent 
methods and go only where they are invited. Please come to hear Art 
speak of his experiences and share in the discussion.
If you are not able to come in the morning, there are two other 
events featuring Art Gish:
* an afternoon session from 1:00pm - 3:00pm has been arranged at New 
Life United Methodist Church, 35 West 5th Street near the corner of 
North High St.  Parking is on the side of the church.
* a pot luck turkey dinner at New Life Methodist Church. The address 
is 25 West Fifth St., just off North High.  Dinner will be at 12:00. 
Call Irva Taylor at (614) 476-4905 so we will know how many places to 
set.  We can have our informal discussion with Art after dinner.  If 
you are unable to bring a dish to pass, you are still welcome.
Download the flyer at <http://www.osu.edu/students/sif/Gish.doc>

* Sunday, November 17, 5-6 PM
Demonstrate against the War on Iraq!
Location: 15th Ave. and High St., Columbus, OH
Contact: Mark D. Stansbery, the Community Organizing Center, 614-252-9255
-- 
Yoshie

* Calendar of Events in Columbus: 
<http://www.osu.edu/students/sif/calendar.html>
* Anti-War Activist Resources: <http://www.osu.edu/students/sif/activist.html>
* Student International Forum: <http://www.osu.edu/students/sif/>
* Committee for Justice in Palestine: <http://www.osu.edu/students/CJP/>