Past Events

    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.

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,…

 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.

PALESTINE: WHY THE CAGED DOVE SINGS
Screening and discussion with filmmaker, Sabry Wazwaz

Religion and Race in Trump's America Irene Paxia (Amani Family Services), Rev. Bill McGill (Imani Baptist Temple), Dr. Michael Spath. Panelists discuss the policies of the current administration related to religion and race. Irene Paxia (Amani Family Services)   Rev. Bill McGill (Imani Baptist Temple) RELIGION AND RACE IN TRUMP’S AMERICAJANUARY 18 @ 6:30 PM - 9:00 PM  

Reserve your tickets now! The Andalusian Trail celebrates the shared cultural history of medieval Andalusia (southern Spain), the civilizations – India, Middle East, North Africa – that nurtured the coexistence of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, a rich exchange of music, culture, and science. Surabhi Ensemble (also performing at Washington DC’s Kennedy Center) performs original, traditional, and modern music and dance with original Indo-European instruments. With an Arts United “Amply Arts” Matching Grant Please join us as we host nationally-acclaimed, Chicago-based…

We are very excited to be hosting the UK's  Robert's blog is Micah's Paradigm Shift (http://micahsparadigmshift.blogspot.com/) -       Act justly, love kindness, walk humbly.       Rescuing the Hebrew Covenant one blog post at a time. Robert is one of the leading dissident Jewish voices on Israel-Palestine in the UK, taking a firmly Jewish but anti-Zionist position – “Our relationship with the Palestinian people is the greatest challenge facing Jews and Judaism in the 21st century.”  Robert spent ten years…