Louisville, KY JVP chapter protests AIPAC

Submitted by Jesse Bacon on Wed, 09/15/2010 - 9:16am

Crowd gathers in downtown Louisville to protest pro-Israel fundraiser

by Sean Rose, September 14, 2010.

Nearly 40 demonstrators gathered outside the 21c hotel downtown on Tuesday night to protest a fundraiser held inside by the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, a pro-Israel lobbying organization.

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Theodore Bikel Op-Ed In Huffington Post

Submitted by Jesse Bacon on Mon, 09/13/2010 - 4:09pm

Legitimizing an Obstacle to Peace
by Theodore Bikel, Actor, singer, author, union leader and life long activist for Peace

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Forward interviews Bikel, Asner on support for settlement boycott

Submitted by Jesse Bacon on Mon, 09/13/2010 - 8:07am

Why Some Jewish Stars Support Israeli Artistic Boycott
by Nathan Guttman

Washington — Sixty-six years ago, Theodore Bikel, then a young actor in what would become the State of Israel, co-founded Tel Aviv’s Cameri Theatre. Today, Bikel is one of America’s iconic Jewish actors and folk singers, and is taking sides in a debate involving his fellow actors at the Cameri.

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Yale professors are part of support for Ariel settlement boycott

Submitted by Jesse Bacon on Mon, 09/13/2010 - 8:00am

By Helen Gao

Five professors from the Yale School of Drama joined 150 American theater and film professionals last week in signing a statement in support of the Israeli artists who are boycotting the controversial new theaters in a Jewish settlement in the West Bank.