{"id":73551,"date":"2024-10-30T12:18:16","date_gmt":"2024-10-30T16:18:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/?p=73551"},"modified":"2024-11-09T17:15:17","modified_gmt":"2024-11-09T22:15:17","slug":"november-9-alice-rothchild-at-the-arab-american-national-museum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/2024\/10\/30\/november-9-alice-rothchild-at-the-arab-american-national-museum\/","title":{"rendered":"November 9-10: Dr. Alice Rothchild in Metro-Detroit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/jewishvoiceforpeacedetroit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jewish Voice for Peace-Detroit<\/a> is proud to present <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alicerothchildbooks.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dr. Alice Rothchild<\/a> at several events in the Detroit area on<strong> Saturday, November 9 and Sunday, November 10, 2024<\/strong>, with support from Congregation T&#8217;Chiyah, First United Methodist Church of Ferndale, Birmingham Unitarian Church UUs for Justice in the Middle East and others.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Alice Rothchild has an extensive history as an advocate for social justice, women\u2019s health, feminist empowerment, and human rights and peace, especially related to Palestine\/Israel. She is active with Jewish Voice for Peace on the national level as a member of the JVP Health Advisory Council and serves on the boards of the Gaza Mental Health Foundation, Just World Educational, and We Are Not Numbers.<\/p>\n<p>An author, filmmaker, poet, healthcare expert and community organizer, Rothchild has been awarded the 2024 Arab American Book Award for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alicerothchildbooks.com\/old-enough-to-know\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Old Enough to Know<\/em> <\/a>(Cune Press), Young Adult (YA) category. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alicerothchildbooks.com\/finding-melody-sullivan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Finding Melody Sullivan<\/em><\/a> won a Gold 2024 Moonbeam Children\u2019s Book Award, also in the YA-Historical\/Cultural category.<\/p>\n<p>She has written three books on Israel\/Palestine, contributed to numerous newspapers, magazines, webzines, anthologies and poetry journals. After years as a OBGYN physician and educator in the Boston area, she now lives in the Pacific Northwest.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Rothchild\u2019s 2013 film <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6d-GA86EYwA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Voices Across the Divide<\/a> shares stories of Palestinians and Nakba survivors. She worked on the project with Jewish Voice for Peace Detroit, filming Detroit-area Nakba survivors in 2009.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6d-GA86EYwA?si=4p0w1ybAJGK_wPDv\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Below is the schedule of appearances:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Saturday Morning, November 9<\/strong><br \/>\nRabbi Alana Alpert, moderator<br \/>\n<strong>10:30 a.m.\u2014<\/strong>Bagels, Manakish, Coffee<br \/>\n<strong>11 a.m.\u2014<\/strong>Talk, Reading, Book Signing<br \/>\n<strong>Congregation T\u2019Chiyah<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>First United Methodist Church<\/strong><br \/>\n(22331 Woodward Ave. Ferndale, MI 48220)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Saturday Evening, November 9<\/strong><br \/>\nArab American Book Awards<br \/>\nCeremony Honoring Dr. Rothchild<br \/>\n<strong>5:30 p.m.\u2014<\/strong>Reception<br \/>\n<strong>6:30 p.m.\u2014<\/strong>Ceremony<br \/>\n<strong>8 p.m.\u2014<\/strong>Book Signing<br \/>\n<strong>8:30 p.m.\u2014<\/strong>Open Mic for Palestine<br \/>\n<strong>Arab American National Museum<\/strong><br \/>\n(213624 Michigan Ave. Dearborn, MI 48126)<br \/>\nRegister: <a href=\"https:\/\/arabamericanmuseum.org\/event\/2024-arab-american-book-awards-ceremony\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">arabamericanmuseum.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sunday, November 10<br \/>\n2 p.m.<\/strong>\u2014Gaza on Fire: The Health and Human Rights Consequences of the War<br \/>\nDr. Nidal Jboor, moderator (Co-founder of Doctors Against Genocide)<br \/>\nTalk, Refreshments, Book Signing<br \/>\nPresented with BUC\u2019s UUs for Justice in the Middle East<br \/>\n<strong>Birmingham Unitarian Church<\/strong><br \/>\n(38651 Woodward Ave, Bloomfield Hills, MI 48304)<\/p>\n<p>Register\/RSVP: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/dr-alice-rothchild-gaza-beyond-consequences-of-war-tickets-1070244432909?aff=oddtdtcreator\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">JewishVoicesinDetroit.eventbrite.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The events are free. Donations are welcome! Books will be available courtesy of Book Beat. For more information, email the Jewish Voice for Peace at jvpdetroit@gmail.com or call (313) 908-0454.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/rothchild.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-73558\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/rothchild.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\"><\/a>Alice Rothchild loves storytelling that pushes boundaries and engages us in unexpected conversations.<\/p>\n<p>She has written three books on Israel\/Palestine, contributed to anthologies and poetry journals, and directed a documentary film. She is a mentor for We Are Not Numbers, a program that supports young writers in Gaza and active in Jewish Voice for Peace. She received <em>Boston Magazine<\/em>\u2019s Best of Boston\u2019s Women Doctors Award, was named in <em>Feminists Who Changed America 1963-1975<\/em>, had her portrait painted for Robert Shetterly\u2019s <em>Americans Who Tell the Truth<\/em>, and was named a Peace Pioneer by the American Jewish Peace Archive.<\/p>\n<p>When she is not making good trouble, she loves hiking in the Pacific Northwest, playing with her grandchildren, tending to her boisterous garden, and stretching the boundaries of her cooking.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jewish Voice for Peace-Detroit is proud to present Dr. Alice Rothchild at several events in the Detroit area on Saturday, November 9 and Sunday, November 10, 2024, with support from Congregation T&rsquo;Chiyah, First United Methodist Church of Ferndale, Birmingham Unitarian Church UUs for Justice in the Middle East and others. 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