At a TED-styleStyle session, APN"s Lara Friedman spoke on the question “What do WE
(Israelis) need from the relationship with YOU (American Jews)”?
Tuesday, December 1st
5:30pm to 7pm
Room 407 of the Marvin Center (800 21st Street NW)
Join us for an event on Yitzhak Rabin's legacy, which will include a brief overview of Rabin's life and his assassination, followed by Ori Nir speaking about his experience as a journalist on the ground during the Rabin era, the importance of the Rabin legacy, and getting to two states.
Click here for the Facebook invitation
APN's Rabbi Alana Suskin and her co-panelist Dov Waxman speak at Open Hillel's teach-in about the Jewish tradition of dissent and the changing views of Israel as regards the occupation among American Jews
"You don't support countries by enabling behavior that will harm them." -@RabbiSuskin #OpenFederations #JFNAGA
— Open Hillel (@OpenHillelNow) November 8,
2015
Please join us for a briefing call on Wednesday, November 4th, at 3:00 PM (Eastern Time) with the leaders of APN, the New Israel Fund, J Street, Ameinu and T’ruah. The call, on the anniversary of the assassination of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, will bring together the five organizations to help unite uniting progressive Americans in a solemn demand for a peaceful and democratic Israel has never been more necessary.
The call will bring together Daniel Sokatch, the CEO of the News Israel Fund, Jeremy Ben-Ami, the President of J Street, Rabbi Jill Jacobs, the Executive Director of T’ruah, and Debra DeLee, the President and CEO of Americans for Peace Now.
The call will be moderated by JJ Goldberg of the Forward.
To join the call, RSVP here, and you will receive a call-in number with an individual pin.
On the eve of the 20th anniversary of the assassination of Israel’s Prime Minister
Yitzhak Rabin, please join APN for a briefing call on Monday, November 2nd, at 2:00 pm Eastern Time,
with Dan Ephron, the author of a new investigative book on the murder.
In Killing a King: The Assassination of Yitzhak Rabin and the Remaking of Israel, Ephron tells the parallel stories of Rabin and his assassin, Yigal Amir, during the two years leading up p to the murder, and sets the scene to the two decades that followed.
Ephron is an award-winning writer, who has served as the Jerusalem bureau chief for Newsweek and the Daily Beast, and now lives in New York City.
The details of the call are as follows:
As we mark the 20th anniversary of Yitzhak Rabin's assassination, APN supporters in the Washington
DC metropolitan area are invited to join us on November 5th at 7PM at the DC JCC, for an evening of conversation
and remembrance honoring Rabin, his legacy and leadership. Particularly at this time, it is important to
commemorate an Israeli leader who had the courage to lead his people toward peace.
Led by the JCRC of Greater Washington, and co-sponsored by Americans for Peace Now, the evening will feature Knesset Member Ayelet Nahmias-Verbin, a former assistant to Rabin, a current member of the Zionist Union, and a passionate activist for Rabin's legacy.
For more information on this event and to RSVP click here: http://www.jcouncil.org/site/Calendar/1759717568?view=Detail&id=109901
Professor Gerald Bubis ("Jerry"), an APN founder, long-time Board Member and former National Co-Chair, passed away on August 21 of this year at age 91. He will be deeply missed and remembered.
This annual event, established in his honor by the APN Board of Directors in 2011, is co-sponsored with Valley Beth Shalom in Encino, CA, and the fifth annual will be this October 20 with special guest speaker from Israel, Gershom Gorenberg.
Event information is below, and RSVP requested to apnwest@peacenow.org or 323-934-3480.
Inside the Iran Deal: Policy and Politics Tues Sept 8 at 7pm
The deal recently agreed to by many of the world’s powers and Iran, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action
(JCPOA), has sparked serious debate among American policymakers, supporters of Israel, and those invested in
diplomacy and Middle East peace.
Join J Street DC’s Young Professionals Network as we discuss the policy and politics of the JCPOA
with two of the deal's most insightful advocates on Capitol Hill: