-Saturday, March 9, 7:00-9:00 PM at The Episcopal Church of the Messiah, 6436 Montgomery St, Rhinebeck. An evening with Nobel Peace Prize Nominee Combatants for Peace, featuring two former soldiers, one Israeli and one Palestinian, who will speak about their personal transformation from fighters to nonviolent activists. A segment from the award winning documentary "Disturbing the Peace” (streaming now on Netflix!) will be shown. Donations welcome. Refreshments provided. Hosted by The Church of the Messiah and by the American Friends of Combatants for Peace www.afcfp.org. Contact: segallmarx@gmail.com
This was one of our best weekends. Both venues were filled, with many new faces in both locations. We had written into local papers and the Woodstock Times had printed some of our articles. We also had the help of Maddy, who worked hard to establish relationships with some ministers and rabbis in the area. Combatants for Peace doesn't take a stand on BDS or on a one state solution. Perhaps some rabbis see the need to acknowledge the evils of the occupation, and this was a safer place to start. Or perhaps the need to change Israel's apartheid treatment of Palestinians is finally percolating down to mainstream Christian and Jewish congregations.