PRESS RELEASE
Contact: Arlene Tolopko, 269-0220
Café Palestina of the Southern Berkshires, will present
Alice Rothchild, physician, activist, and author of
Broken Promises, Broken Dreams: Stories of Jewish and Palestinian Trauma and Resilience, and
On The Brink.Alice will be presenting
Gaza, an Eyewitness Report: From Disaster to
Resilience, about her trip in March 2015 with Physicians for Human Rights.
Her presentation is free and will take place on
Tuesday, August 18, 2015 at the Friends Meeting House, 280 State Road,
Great Barrington, MA.
She is also a renowned filmmaker of
“Voices Across the Divide.” Alice is co-founder and co-chair of
American Jews for a Just Peace-Boston, is on the coordinating committee
of Jewish Voice for Peace Boston, and has organized annual health and
human rights delegations to Israel and Palestine since 2003, lecturing
widely, and writing numerous articles.