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Written by kristel
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Wednesday, 18 June 2008 |
 Saturday 21st June,
8pm
Lecture by Reuven
Aberjil about the Israeli Black Panther
Movement
Reuven Aberjil is one of the founders of
the Israeli Black Panthers.
The Israeli Black Panthers were one of the
biggest and most important social protest movements to have been created in
Israel. They were a movement of second generation immigrants from Middle Eastern
and North African countries, referred to in Israel as Mizrahi Jews.The
movement began early in 1971 in the Musrara neighborhood of Jerusalem, a
neighborhood whose inhabitants were mostly North
African (Arab) Jews. It was
established in reaction to the state’s
European (Ashkenazi) elite’s discriminating policies and attitude towards
Mizrahi Jews. They named themselves after the African American Black Panthers,
who were active at the time in the U.S and with whose struggle they identified
with.
The Black Panthers felt that this discrimination could be seen most
clearly in the different attitude of the Ashkenazi Establishment favoring the
new immigrants who had come from the Soviet Union over the more established
Mizrahi immigrants. The movement's founders protested "ignorance from the
establishment for the hard social problems", and wanted to fight for a different
future. The struggle of the Israeli black panthers was one of the key social
struggles in Israel. The issues it raised concerning social inequality and the
attitude of the state towards Middle Eastern Jews (and non-Jews) are still very
relevant today.
The AICafe is open on Tuesday and
Saturday night from 7pm. It is located in the Alternative Information Center in
Beit Sahour, close to Suq a Shaab square (follow the sign to Jadal Center) We
have a small library with both novels and political books and magazines. Phone
number; 02 2775444
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Suggestion:
Alternative Archaeological Tour of Ancient
Jerusalem
Monday 23 June, 2pm
"From Shiloah to Silwan"
A tour administered by non-governmental, non-Elad affiliated, independent
archaeologists coupled with Palestinian activist residents
It is free to the public and will last about two hours.
Recommended: walking shoes, a hat, and water. Suitable for all ages.
The meeting is the Givati Parking lot right across the entrance to the "City
of David" National Park in Silwan.
For directions please check their website:
http://www.alt-arch.org/tours.php
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