LWVMC News for the Week of November 4th, 2024
UPCOMING EVENTS
Tuesday, November 5th, 2024, Election Day! 6am-6pm.
Wednesday, November 6th, 2024, 7 pm, Whitlock Hall, St John's Episcopal Church: Well Read Citizen Book Club, discussion of Israel: A Simple Guide to the Most Misunderstood Country on Earth by Noa Tishby. Israel. The small strip of arid land is 5,700 miles away but remains a hot-button issue and a thorny topic of debate. But while everyone seems to have a strong opinion about Israel, how many people actually know the facts? Here to fill in the information gap is Israeli American Noa Tishby. But “this is not your Bubbie’s history book” (Bill Maher, host of Real Time with Bill Maher). Instead, offering a fresh, 360-degree view, Tishby brings her “passion, humor, and deep intimacy” (Yossi Klein Halevi, New York Times bestselling author of Letters to My Palestinian Neighbor) to the subject, creating an accessible and dynamic portrait of a tiny country of outsized relevance. Through bite-sized chunks of history and deeply personal stories, Tishby chronicles her homeland’s evolution, beginning in Biblical times and moving forward to cover everything from WWI to Israel’s creation to the disputes dividing the country today. Tackling popular misconceptions with an abundance of facts, Tishby provides critical context around headline-generating controversies and offers a clear, intimate account of the richly cultured country of Israel.
OTHER NEWS
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Here are the ways to reach your legislators:
House District 13, Rep. Sharon Negele: Link here
House District 44, Rep. Beau Baird: Link here
State Senate District 7, Sen. Brian Buchanan: Link here
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