Announcing two great Mima’amakim events on two different continents:

NYC Event: Poetry as Protest

Please join Uri l’Tzedek and Mima’amakim on THIS Wednesday night July 22nd from 7:30-9:30pm at the Drisha Institute (65th and Broadway) as we spend an evening exploring the relationship between poetry and social justice. We will look at examples of poetic activism spanning the Romantic period, the Irish Revolution and the Civil Rights movement. We will probe these poems for what they contribute to contemporary social justice discourse, as well as raise questions and qualifications in regard to the relation between poetry and activism. Discussion points will include: Doesn’t explicit ideology make for “bad poetry”? What can literature really “do” when there is serious suffering in the world? And what can poetry, and perhaps art in general, uniquely offer as a medium for social criticism and protest? The evening will include poetry readings, discussions, and Jewish text learning.

Co-sponsored by AJWS-AVODAH. Dinner will be served.

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Jerusalem Event: Jerusalem Siege: Artistic Interpretations

An evening in creative contemplation of Jerusalem’s destruction. Join us on Monday, July 27, as poets and writers share their interpretations of Jerusalem, siege, exile and struggle. If you are interested in sharing 1-2 pieces, please contact Yehudit at 050-875-7489 or David at 052-566-4595 (pre-registration required). Copies of the 2009 Mima’amkim Journal will be on sale.

The event will take place in the outdoor courtyard of Museum of Psalms, Jerusalem from 7 - 9 pm. The Museum will be open before & during event.

*No music, appropriate for the 9-days.*

Entrance Fee: 25nis