Posts Tagged ‘orthodox’
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My Event at Temple SinaiApril 28th, 2008 |
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We had our first public showing of a condensed version of the show in front of an audience at Temple Sinai, a reform(liberal) synagogue in Toronto.
They seemed enthusiastic even though the material challenged some of their assumptions. We had a Q and A after , some wanted to set me straight and paint a picture in which the traditional positions were fleshed out again. Others wanted to know more about the issues of race and class and security over all other considerations among other topics.
I challenged them to look beyond simple notions of good guys and bad guys and Israel right or wrong because I believe that so many people in the middle east want and need to be seen not as the enemy but as human. I have been attacked at times for being naive. I am not. I am a student of the situation and a believer in the Jewish values of loving the stranger and standing for social justice, not just for the other but for so many in Israel who live in poverty and suffer systemic prejudice. My people Sephardim (arab land Jews for the most part). People were animated and the organizers thanked me even though they were nervous that I would offend some.
All in all a good night.
rb
Tags: Israeli, ISRAELS 6OTH ANNIVERSARY, jewishist, Mizrachi, My Israel, orthodox, Ralph Benmergui, Sephardim, synagogue, Temple Sinai, Toronto, vision tv
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Ralph Benmergui: My Israel - Episode Two TeaserApril 24th, 2008 |
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Tags: arab, ISRAELS 6OTH ANNIVERSARY, jewish, Mizrachi, My Israel, OCCUPIED TERRITORIES, orthodox, Ralph Benmergui, television in israel
Posted in Conflict, Israeli, Mizrachi, My Israel, OCCUPIED TERRITORIES, Ralph Benmergui, arabic, hamas, intifadah, israeli conflict, jerusalem, jewishist, middle east, muslim arabs, palestinian, radio, television in israel, the wall, vision tv | No Comments »
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Ralph Benmergui: My Israel - “It’s a Wrap!”April 15th, 2008 |
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We’ve just wrapped the fine cut of our fifth and final episode of ‘My Israel‘ and I have to say I’m going to miss it. I think we achieved a lot of what we set out to do in this series. In classic Jewish style I gave everybody a hard time and asked a lot of the questions I think people want asked.. So many open their hearts to us and we really couldn’t have done it without our Israeli team of Inna and Martin researching and shooting respectively.Now I’ll take excerpts around to groups, all Jewish so far and do some show and tell. I have tried to get to Arab Canadian groups interested but so far it’s a no go. Pity.
be well
rb
Tags: arab, ISRAELS 6OTH ANNIVERSARY, jewish, middle east conflict, Mizrachi, My Israel, orthodox, Palestine, Ralph Benmergui, REFORM, vision tv
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