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Laila El-Haddad: The Gaza Mom; The Gaza Kitchen
INDIANA CENTER FOR MIDDLE EAST PEACE is excited to be hosting author Laila El-Haddad on Thursday, February 23, at the Universal Education Foundation Muslim Center, 2223 Goshen Road, 6:30-8:30pm. Laila El-Haddad has a Masters in Public Policy from Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. She has authored The Gaza Mom: Palestine, Politics, Parenting & Everything In-Between and The Gaza Kitchen: A Palestinian Culinary Journey , which was named Arab Cuisine Book of the Year 2012 by Gourmand magazine. It has been highly praised…
Find out more »REV. ALEX AWAD, PALESTINIAN PASTOR ADVISING US CHURCHES
INDIANA CENTER FOR MIDDLE EAST PEACE is excited to be hosting Rev. Alex Awad, Tuesday, March 21, at Beacon Heights Church of the Brethren, 2810 Beacon Street, from 6:30-8:30pm. 260.482.8595. Alex is the retired pastor at East Jerusalem Baptist Church and Professor at Bethlehem Bible College. His family is one of the oldest and most celebrated Christian families in Bethlehem - brother, Bishara, is founder of Bethlehem Bible College; his nephew, Sami, is director of Holy Land Trust and founder of…
Find out more »Two Blue Lines, with Director Tom Hayes
ICMEP will be hosting Tom Hayes, the Director of the acclaimed documentary, TWO BLUE LINES, on Thursday, September 28, 6:30pm. Venue to be announced. Shot over a period of 25 years, Two Blue Lines examines the human and political situation of Palestinian people from the years prior to the creation of Israel to the present day. By primarily featuring the narratives of Israelis whose positions run counter to their country’s official policy, the documentary provides a portrait of the ongoing…
Find out more »The Occupation of the American Mind
Indiana Center for Middle Easte Peace hosts the screening of the powerful documentary, narrated by Pink Floyd's Roger Waters, The Occupation of the American Mind: Israel's Propaganda War in the United States, April 20, 6:30pm.
Find out more »Jewish & Palestinian Voices for Peace
Indiana Center for Middle East Peace and Mennonite Church USA host Jewish & Palestinian Voices for Peace, Plymouth Congregational Church UCC, 501 West Berry Street, Thursday, May 11, 6:30pm
Find out more »ArabFest
Arab Americans have richly enhanced Fort Wayne and Allen County since their arrival in the mid-1800’s, more than 150 years. They are doctors, lawyers, business entrepreneurs, professors and teachers, restaurateurs, and industrious workers of various kinds. They come from the 22 Arab countries, from Syria, Palestine, the Gulf, North Africa, and Levant. They are Christians and Muslims and other people of good will. They number in the thousands. We believe Arab culture is a treasure invisible to most people in…
Find out more »VOICES ACROSS THE DIVIDE – An Oral History of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Our Gala 2017 speaker, physician Alice Rothchild, relates her personal journey from Zionism to Palestinian human rights activist and explores Israel’s occupation of Palestine through rarely heard personal stories. Free, open to the public. Alice is our Gala 2017 Keynote Speaker on Saturday, October 21.
Find out more »TWO BLUE LINES, with TOM HAYES, filmmaker, author
Shot over 25 years, Tom Hayes describes his production of Two Blue Lines. The film examines the political situation of Palestinians from the years before the creation of Israel to today. Includes stories of Israelis part of the peace movement; it gives a portrait of the conflict not often depicted by the mainstream media.
Find out more »Gala 2017 with Dr. Alice Rothchild
DR. ALICE ROTHCHILD Condition Critical: Life & Death in Israel-Palestine Since 2005, physician Alice Rothchild has traveled annually to Israel/Palestine to learn about health and human rights situation of politically marginalized communities, especially Palestinians. She will describe life in the West Bank, Israel, and Gaza up close. Alice is a physician, filmmaker, author. She was an Assistant Professor of Ob/Gyn & Reproductive Biology at Harvard University and a member of Jewish Voice for Peace. $75/person – Dinner, Silent Auction, Music,…
Find out more »Dr Marc Ellis: I Couldn’t Have Arrived Here Without You: A Reflection on My Encounters With Richard Rubenstein, Daniel Berrigan, Dorothy Day, Gustavo Gutierrez, Naim Ateek, Rosemary Ruether and Edward Said; On the 30th Anniversary of Toward a Jewish Theology of Liberation”
Marc Ellis is the ‘father’ of Jewish liberation theology emphasizing “the prophetic’ as the unique Jewish contribution to Western religion. He was Senior Fellow at Harvard Divinity School, MA Program Director at Maryknoll Institute for Justice & Peace, founder of Baylor University’s Center for Jewish Studies. Marc has worked with Dorothy Day, Daniel Berrigan; liberationists Rosemary Radford Ruether, Gustavo Gutierrez, Naim Ateek; Archbishops Desmond Tutu & Elias Chacour. Free, open to the public.
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