Email report - 1/22/04

Report Contents -

1) January 23 through February 15 - Unicorn Theatre play focuses on Middle East violence
2) January 22 - "Who Influences U.S. Middle East Policy" Talk by Barbara LeClerq
3) New Film - Peace, Propaganda & the Promised Land: U.S. Media & the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
4) January 26 - CJME Monthly Meeting

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1) January 23 through February 15 - Unicorn Theatre play focuses on Middle East violence

-- January 23-February 15: The Unicorn Theatre continues its 30th Anniversary season with the professional World Premiere of former Kansas City playwright Karen Sunde's, HOW HIS BRIDE CAME TO ABRAHAM, a politically-charged drama about young strangers divided by a holy war who learn about friendship when faced with their enemy.

-- Discussions will follow the performances on January 27, February 1, February 3 and February 8.
-- From Kansas City Star review (1/21): Sunde's tense parable, in which a wounded male Israeli soldier finds himself trapped with a female Palestinian terrorist, contends that any true solution to the region's age-old woes must hinge on talking, not killing. "I love the fairness of the play," said Cynthia Levin, producing artistic director at the Unicorn Theatre, where the show will have its professional world premiere. "You find out what happens if you're face to face with your enemy, and you get to really talk to your enemy. That's the only way that we can resolve our differences."

When: January 23-February 15, 2004
Where: Unicorn Theatre, 3832 Main Street, Kansas City, MO; Phone (816) 531-7529 ext.10
Ticket prices: $15 - $23.50

-- Go to Unicorn's web site for more information on the play - http://www.unicorntheatre.org


2) January 22 - "Who Influences U.S. Middle East Policy" Talk by Barbara LeClerq

Peace & Justice Teach-In -- Who Influences U.S. Middle East Policy -- Barbara LeClerq was a military officer for eight years and later lived and taught in the Middle East. Her most recent trip to the Middle East was in September 2003, when she visited Bethlehem and the Golan Heights.

> When: Thursday, January 22
> Where: Unity Temple, 47th & Jefferson, Room D, 1st Floor, Kansas City, MO
> Recent Kansas City Star article by Barbara LeClerq - http://www.cjme.org/program-kcstar.htm


3) New Film - Peace, Propaganda & the Promised Land: U.S. Media & the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

This pivotal video exposes how the foreign policy interests of American political elites--working in combination with Israeli public relations strategies--exercise a powerful influence over news reporting about the Middle East conflict. Combining American and British TV news clips with observations of analysts, journalists, and political activists, Peace, Propaganda & the Promised Land provides an historical overview, a striking media comparison, and an examination of factors that have distorted U.S. media coverage and, in turn, American public opinion.
Interviewees include Seth Ackerman, Mjr. Stav Adivi, Rabbi Arik Ascherman, Hanan Ashrawi, Noam Chomsky, Robert Fisk, Dr. Neve Gordon, Toufic Haddad, Sam Husseini, Hussein Ibish, Robert Jensen, Rabbi Michael Lerner, Karen Pfeifer, Alisa Solomon, and Gila Svirsky.

-- More on the video release - http://www.mediaed.org/videos/MediaRaceAndRepresentation/PeacePropaganda


4) January 26 -- Planning Meeting: Citizens for Justice in the Middle East -- You are cordially invited to this meeting to learn about CJME and work towards peace between Palestinians and Israelis. NOTE: The meeting was originally scheduled for January 19.
- Where: Village Presbyterian Church, Room Y125, 67th & Mission Road, Mission, KS
- When: 7:00-8:30 p.m.
- Directions: Park in south parking lot, meeting room is first room on the right
- For more information: mailto:info@cjme.org

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For more information about CJME
call - 816-333-0928 or 816-524-3905
write - mailto:info@cjme.org
web - http://www.cjme.org

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About us: Kansas City-based Citizens for Justice in the Middle East (CJME) seeks to educate the American public about the issues involved in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and to end U.S. support for the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories.

Composed of Kansas City area citizens concerned about the direction of U.S. policy in the Middle East, Citizens for Justice in the Middle East urges ordinary American citizens to speak out in favor of an even-handed U.S. policy in the Middle East that recognizes the rights and aspirations of both Israelis and Palestinians. Only by respecting the need to provide both parties in the conflict with security and self-determination can a viable and just peace be assured.


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