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Video of the Miko Peled event on December 5,2023,  at the Bethlehem Library in Delmar, NY   by Jon Flanders

THE BETHLEHEM PUBLIC LIBRARY HAS BANNED BETHLEHEM NEIGHBORS FOR PEACE FROM USING THE LIBRARY MEETING ROOMS FOR 1 YEAR. THE STATED REASON WAS “SELLING BOOKS” WHICH IS NOT ALLOWED UNDER LIBRARY POLICY.  BNP DID NOT SELL ANY BOOKS AT THIS EVENT.  MIKO PELED DID SELL SOME BOOKS IN THE LIBRARY PARKING LOT, AS HE WAS LEAVING THE EVENT.

 

 

 

Sunday, April 14, 2:00 – 4:00 pm,  Albany Public Library, Delaware Ave. Branch, 331 Delaware Avenue, Albany NY. Presentation on the Jenin Freedom Theatre by Felice Gelman, followed by a Bethlehem Neighbors for Peace general meeting.   Felice Gelman is on the Board of Friends of the Jenin Freedom Theatre. The Freedom Theatre is a Palestinian community-based theatre and cultural center in the Jenin refugee camp, in Jenin, in the northern part of the West Bank, Palestine.  Jenin has been repeatedly attacked by the Israeli army over the last months.  Join us in our efforts to advocate for peace and justice. Information: 518-466-1192  Pre-Register for meeting, seating is limited.

 

 

 

 Friday, April 19, 5:30 – 8:00 pm, Delmar Reformed Church, 386 Delaware Ave, Delmar, N. Y . Pot luck at 5:30 pm, Program begins at 6:30 pm, Bethlehem Neighbors for Peace 20+ Year Anniversary Celebration, and talk by Keren Carmeli. We will begin the evening with a pot luck appetizers and desserts, starting at 5:30 pm. ( Please bring a pot luck dish to share. If possible, bring your own table setting and a bag to put it in, to bring it home after use.) We will have live music by Terry Phelan and Terry Roben, peace items such as books and t-shirts available for a donation, a word from our candidates who are promoting peace, and a talk by Keren Carmeli. Keren Carmeli is a member of the Albany chapter of Jewish Voice for Peace. She is an anti-Zionist Israeli-American who was raised in Israel, and draws on her family’s Holocaust survival story to inform her dedication to the liberation of Palestine. Please let us know ASAP if you plan to attend. Please join us for a pot luck, a talk by Keren Carmeli, and a chance to reflect on what Bethlehem Neighbors for Peace has meant to our community, and to us, over the past twenty years. For further information: 518-466-1192 Please pre-register for this event.  RSVP here.

 

 

 

Monday, April 22, 5:00 – 6:00 pm, BNP Vigil: “Earth Day: War is Warming”, at the Four Corners, intersection of Kenwood and Delaware Aves. in Delmar, NY. Join us! Possible signs: “War is Warming”, War is Not Healthy for the Planet”, “Stop the Genocide!”, “Stop Arming Israel”, ” Ceasefire Now!”, “Free Palestine!”. Stay for a few minutes or an hour. 518-466-1192 for further information. Join us!

 

 

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Monday, October 29, 2018, BNP Vigil: “STOP THE HATE” , at the Four Corners, intersection of Kenwood and Delaware Aves. in Delmar

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