Posts Tagged ‘Sephardim’
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Ralph Benmergui: My Israel - Scenes from Episode OneApril 30th, 2008 |
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Well things are heating up as we get ready to premiere the show. There will be articles in the Globe and Mail and a cover of the Starweek Magazine in the Toronto Star as well as some radio and the Canadian Jewish News. On Saturday I’m off to Montreal to talk a group at the Segal Centre. If you live in Montreal I hope you come out, it’s at 9:00 pm.
I’ve already presented the 50 minute version of the show in Toronto and will be back on Sunday to Premiere it at the Toronto Jewish Film Festival at 6:00 pm at the Al Green Theatre.
I hope to be able to go to even more venues both Jewish and not in the future because the conversation is just starting as far as I’m concerned. If you know of anyone who would like to hear more tell me about it.
Here are scenes from episode one, airing Monday the 5th on Vision TV at 9PM.
Shalom
rb
Tags: hamas, ISRAELS 6OTH ANNIVERSARY, jewishist, Mizrachi, My Israel, Palestine, palestinian, Ralph Benmergui, Sephardim, television in israel, vision tv
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Ralph Benmergui: My Israel - OpeningApril 29th, 2008 |
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Tags: education, ISRAELS 6OTH ANNIVERSARY, middle east crisis, Mizrachi, My Israel, Ralph Benmergui, Sephardim, vision tv
Posted in Conflict, Israeli, Mizrachi, My Israel, OCCUPIED TERRITORIES, Ralph Benmergui, Trailers, arabic, hamas, intifadah, israeli conflict, jerusalem, jewishist, middle east, muslim arabs, palestinian, radio, television in israel, the wall, video blog, vision tv | No Comments »
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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
Posted in Conflict, Episode Scenes, Israeli, Mizrachi, My Israel, OCCUPIED TERRITORIES, Ralph Benmergui, Trailers, arabic, hamas, intifadah, israeli conflict, jerusalem, jewishist, middle east, muslim arabs, palestinian, radio, television in israel, the wall, video blog, vision tv | No Comments »
