Wednesday, May 28 at 7 PM at First Parish of Watertown, 35 Church St., Watertown MA

Jewish Faculty Speak Out on Palestine, Israel and Resistance

Please join us as members of Concerned Jewish Faculty discuss Jewish resistance to Israel’s policies, Jewish support for Palestinian rights, and Jewish support for protest over Palestine in the US.

PROFESSOR MARJORIE N. FELD, Professor of History, Babson College - Author of The Threshold of Dissent (2024) which chronicles the long history of American Jewish dissent over Israel and Zionism & argues for the value of open and safe conversations and criticism to a healthy American Jewish communal life.

PROFESSOR JONATHAN FEINGOLD, Associate Professor of Law, Boston University - Expert in antidiscrimination law, affirmative action, and education law. He has analyzed the spread of discriminatory censorship laws designed to demean inclusionary values.  Host of #RaceClass Podcast.

PROFESSOR MNEESHA GELLMAN, Associate Professor of Political Science, Emerson College - Author of Misrepresentation and Silence in United States History Textbook: The Politics of Historical Oblivion.
Founder & Director of the Emerson Prison Initiative and expert witness in US immigration courts.

Sponsored by Watertown Citizens for Peace, Justice and the Environment (watertowncitizens.org) and Concerned Jewish Faculty (concernedjewishfaculty.org).

Parking is available in Church lot accessed off of Summer Street, and in CVS lot off of Church Street. Use front entrance facing Church Street.

Source: Jewish Faculty Speak Out – Massachusetts Peace Action