Zochrot

An evening at Zochrot in honor of Ariella Azoulay’s new book, published by Resling:

 Constituting Violence 1947-1950

A visual geneology of a regime and “A catastrophe from their point of view”

Wednesday, 3.6.2009, at 9 PM

Ariella Azoulay will discuss the possibilities and limitations of photography, and why it is essential to go beyond them.  Azoulay will present the theoretical background to the exhibit, with reference to some of the photographs displayed, and to others which are not shown.

The book presents a new perspective on four crucial years in the history of Palestine/ Israel, through a reading of some 200 photographs.

It rejects the national perspective that analyzes what took place here during those years.  It reconstructs the process by which a Jewish regime was formed by destroying Palestinian society through killing, division, dispossession, expulsion and preventing the return of those expelled, and by the creation of an antagonistic separation between Jews and Arabs as an instrument of rule over both populations.

The evening in honor of the book’s publication takes place against the background of the “Nakba Law,” which will be submitted next week to the Knesset.  Zochrot invites the public to attend this meeting, in order to protest the draft legislation, to learn and to remember what the law will soon require us to forget. 

The Nakba Law is a symptom of the crisis in the ongoing policy of the Israeli regime to erase evidence and educate for ignorance, to deny the injustices of the past and their consequences for the present and the future.  Passage of the law will increase the numbers of those who understand the lie reflected in the phrase “a democratic Jewish state,” and the fact that research on the nakba and the memory of it concerns not only Palestinians, but Jewish Israelis as well.  It isn’t enough to join the fight against passage of the law, and for the Supreme Court to invalidate it – that would be sufficient for those looking for a reason to celebrate “democracy’s triumph.”  The nakba must be studied and taught. 

Azoulay’s lecture is the culmination of a series of eight meetings in which researchers discussed the exhibit, and brings the exhibit to a close.

An introductory lecture in Jerusalem about the learning packet about the Nakba

"How Do You Say Nakba in Hebrew?"  is a unique learning packet in Hebrew about the Nakba. Three years in preparation, the packet was written, designed, and assessed by teachers and by Zochrot staff. The learning packet is for the formal and informal Israeli educational system. The packet contains lessons and activities tailored to students aged 15 or older. The learning packet engages students in learning about the Nakba by first raising questions about their identities, about places in Israel that they know well, and about their own collective memory. More advanced units examine hegemonic versus silenced histories, what it means to be a refugee, and reconciliation, among other topics.

In the lecture we will introduce the framework of the packet, its main agenda and a few of its activities.

 

Facilitator: Amaya Galili, Educational Coordinator at Zochrot Organization.

Thursday, June 11, at 20:00 in Barbur Gallery, Jerusalem (6 Shirizli Street, Mazkeret Moshe, Nachlaot).

 

 

בקרוב: הרצאה של ד"ר עאדל מנאע: "המשמעויות השונות של הנכבה לפלסטינים בישראל"
יום חמישי, ה 18 ליוני, בשעה 20:00, במרכז המידע של זוכרות.
פרטים נוספים בהמשך.

Coming soon: A lecture of Dr. Adel Manna: "The Different Implications of the Nakbe for Palestinians in Israel".
Thursday, June 18th, at 20:00, Zochrot learning center.
More details will publish soon.