Program at Mishkan Shalom on Israel Protests

[Susan Landau]

This Friday, September 16th: MASS PROTEST IN ISRAEL: THE SOCIAL JUSTICE
JUGGERNAUT

It started with one young woman pitching a tent on Tel Aviv’s
Rothschild Boulevard. Within a month, more than 300,000 Israelis in
twenty cities were marching for social justice, for fairness, and for
Israel’s future. On September 3, a million Israelis – Ashkenazi,
Mizrachi, Arab, secular, Orthodox, middle-class and poor – are
expected
to hit the streets in the most massive social protest seen in Israel in
decades.

The sense of excitement, of empowerment, is palpable. Broad-based and
focusing on the quality of life for average Israelis , the protest is
forcing the government to confront basic issues of democracy, equity and
justice. 
Join Naomi Paiss, Director of Communications for the New Israel Fund,
for a special Kabbalat Shabbat service followed by a discussion of the
social protests and their potentially huge impact on Israeli politics
and society. 

Friday, September 16 at 7:30pm 
Mishkan Shalom Synagogue
4101 Freeland Avenue 
Philadelphia PA 19128

The New Israel Fund is the leading organization advancing democracy and
social justice in Israel, and is supporting the protests with grants and
organizational assistance. For more information on Mishkan Shalom,
including directions to the event, call (215) 508-0026, or go to our 
website at www.mishkan.org.