An Event Not To Be Missed! Monday, July
19, 2010
Most
Americans, when they see battle lines being
drawn in the Middle East, think Arab vs.
Israeli.
But in reality, the internal Palestinian civil
war between the Hamas and Fatah factions may in
fact be a much bigger obstacle to peace and
stability in the region.
So
says Jonathan
Schanzer, counter terrorism expert, former US
Treasury "Follow the Money" analyst,
and best selling author. Presently,
he is the Director of Policy at the Jewish
Policy Center, a Washington, DC -based think
tank.
Schanzer will be speaking
in Aspen on Monday, July
19, 5 pm at The Little Nell.
Schanzer recently
published “Hamas vs.
Fatah: The Struggle for Palestine,” that
he describes as follows:
“The Palestinians are usually described as one
united people with one goal: statehood. My book
questions this.
In fact,
throughout the book, which tracks the histories
of both Hamas and Fatah, it becomes increasingly
clear that the Palestinians actually lack a
coherent vision for their future. The Hamas
faction seeks an Islamist polity.
The Fatah
faction seeks a more secular one. Opposition to
Israel is perhaps the only issue upon which they
truly agree. Yet, Fatah has elected to engage
the Israelis (for now), while Hamas is steadfast
in its refusal."
Schanzer
has published widely in the national press and
has appeared with frequency on television
networks ranging from Fox News and al-Jazeerah.
He has traveled widely in Israel, Iraq, Yemen,
Egypt, Morocco, Kuwait, Qatar, Turkey, Jordan
and the Palestinian Territories. He speaks
Arabic and Hebrew.
Admission
to this event is $50 per person with a Minimum
Family Gift of $500 to the 2010 UJA Aspen Valley
Annual Campaign.
Your gift at any time throughout the year meets
the requirements for Both Winter
and Summer Campaign Events.
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"Hamas Vs. Fatah" - The Book
Each
family which attends the event will receive an
autographed copy of the book as a gift from UJA
Aspen Valley
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"Conflict and Conscience" from
ASPEN COUNTERPOINT
An
independent project, ASPEN
COUNTERPOINT is
presenting a full-day symposium “Conflict
and Conscience”
on Thursday, July 15, 9 am to 4 pm at
the newly refurbished Paepcke Auditorium called
Presenters
are:
*
Former Ambassador John
Bolton on U.N. bias
against Israel,
* James Woolsey on
the power of petro dollars,
*Feminist icon Phyllis
Chesler on Islamic
persecution of women,
*
American-Israeli journalist and author of
"Shackled Warrior," Caroline
Glick on the
complexities of Israel's role in the war against
terrorism and the global effort underway to
delegitimize the State of Israel,
*Human
rights activist Charles
Jacobs on
deconstructing the mindset which hampers the
West from confronting Islamism, and
*Arab-Israeli
journalist Khaled
Abu Toameh giving
an insider's view of the Arab Street on the West
Bank, in Gaza, and in Israel proper.
Conversations
with the speakers will continue at a private
reception for sponsors following the symposium.
General admission
tickets are $50 in advance at the Wheeler Opera
House. By phone - (970) 920-5770 locally, or
(866) 449-0464 toll free 9am-5pm Mon-Sun or
purchase tickets in person at the box office.
Tickets can be purchased online at
www.aspenshowtix.com
Tickets purchased
at the Paepcke on the day of the Symposium will
be $55.
For more information, please click here
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Aspen Jewish Film Festival
For
the fourth year, United Jewish Appeal Aspen
Valley will be hosting the Aspen Jewish Film
Festival, Monday
August 2 and Monday, August 9 at 4:30 pm at
the Isis Theater on Hopkins Avenue in Aspen.
Tickets are available now.
Two full
length and two short films will be shown:
"For
My Father," Monday,
August 2, 4 PM, an Israeli -German
co-production, is a
gripping but tender political and humanistic
drama about a young Palestinian suicide bomber,
a Jewish Orthodox young woman he meets and the
mission he feels compelled to complete.
100
Minutes Hebrew and Arabic with English
Subtitles
"Waves
of Freedom," Monday,
August 9, 4 PM, Shot in the USA, Europe
and in the Mediterranean, and using
recently discovered archives, this
unforgettable film brilliantly recounts the
dramatic and fascinating story of one of the
strangest war adventure stories of the post
world war period.
It tells the story of how
in 1947 Paul Kaye and twenty six other American
volunteers got involved in trying to break the
British blockade of Palestine.
English
- 60 Minutes
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"Hava Nagila - What is it?"
(documentary)
will precede "Waves of Freedom." It
is to music what the bagel is to food – a
uniquely Jewish invention that has transcended
its origins and become a worldwide hit.
"Hava Nagilah, What Is It?" is a
documentary feature which asks that burning
question."
English 11 Minutes
"888-Go-Kosher"
(documentary)
will follow "Waves of Freedom"
This film depicts a
day in the life of New York City 's only
rapid-response Kitchen Koshering service. Follow
Rabbi Sholtiel Lebovic as he helps clients go
kosher from scratch. It is an
affectionate portrait of one man's passion for
making the world kosher, one kitchen at a
time.”
English
- 11 Minutes
Tickets are
$18 per film/ $20 at the door. Student ages 18 and
under - $11. A pass for all films is $32.
For tickets, please contact Aspen Show Tickets at www.aspenshowtix.com
or go to the Wheeler Opera House Box Office. You
can call the Box
Office at 970.920.5770
or toll free 866.449.0464 |
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United Jewish Appeal Aspen
Valley
PO Box 8590
Aspen CO 81612
Voice and Fax - 970.704.1827
Email - aspenvalleyuja@yahoo.com
www.aspenvalleyuja.org
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Lion
of Judah/Pomegranate Summer Luncheon
Aspen and
Out-Of Town Lions and Aspen Pomegranates-
Save the Date: Wednesday, August 4 at Noon
at the home of Hal and
Dorothy Thau.
You'll be
in for a treat: Jewish Federations of North
America (formerly United Jewish Communities)
Speaker Sophie Ambrose will
tell everyone about her experience growing up in
the Ozark Mountains
Arkansas where there was no
electricity, running water, or Jewish people.
She was raised hardly knowing she was Jewish, much
less knowing what being Jewish meant.
Enter "Birthright, Israel," which
provides the gift of first time, peer group,
educational trips to Israel for Jewish young
adults ages 18 to 26. Sophie went and the
experience changed her life.
Luncheon event costs
are $25 for Aspen Lions and Pomegranates and $250
for out of town Lions. You can RSVP to 970.704.1827
or aspenvalleyuja@yahoo.com
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Aryeh
Green of Media Central coming to Aspen
Please
mark your calendars for Wednesday,
July 14 from 4-6 pm at
the Aspen Alps Community Room in Aspen. That's
when a privately hosted reception for Aryeh
Green will be held. Everyone is invited to meet
and talk with Mr. Green
He is the Director of Media Central, a
Jerusalem-based center providing support services
for journalists based in or visiting Israel, the
Palestinian territories and the region.
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From
JAFI - Jewish Agency for Israel
June
28, 2010 / 16 Tammuz 5770
Leading
Scholar on Anti-Semitism: "Every Jew Who
Cares Must Take Part in this Important
Struggle."
A leading
scholar on the history of anti-Semitism gave a
sobering talk on the rise of anti-Semitism and
anti-Israel sentiment across the globe at the
World Zionist Congress in Jerusalem.
Robert
Wistrich, a Professor of European and Jewish
history at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
and the head of the University's Vidal Sassoon
International Center for the Study of
Antisemitism, spoke on Wednesday, June 16, 2010.
Wistrich
is the author of 25 books, most recently, A
Lethal Obsession: Antisemitism - From Antiquity
to the Global Jihad.
"Anti-Semitism
and hostility and antagonism to Israel have long
existed," said Wistrich, but a "globalized,
highly mobile, media-tized world," has
amplified this phenomenon.
The
internet in particular, despite its potential,
also "provides a paradise for bigots"
and is the source of an "endless
mushrooming of websites spewing anti-Israel and
anti-Semitic propaganda and a platform to
recruit followers," he said.
Beyond that,
ideas that are considered no longer acceptable
in the Western world, such as Holocaust denial
and anti-Semitic rhetoric like the Protocols of
the Elders of Zion are embraced by the Arab
world en masse as well as within the academic
Arab elite, according to Wistrich.
Radical
Islam, with its accompanying anti-Semitism and
anti-Israel feelings, is a real danger for
Jewish communities around the world since the
Muslim population is growing exponentially.
"We as the Jewish people and Israel cannot
fight and win this battle alone," he said.
"Jews
have to take responsibility have to be
proactive. Gentiles and the silent majority have
to find allies," said Wistrich.
JAFI
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