Co-Director - Marcia Patt
Co-Director - Debra Lira

This chapter is currently in formation, to add your name to our San Diego chapter mailing list and for more information about our activities and committees, please email us.

 

November 15, 2007
7:00 PM
University of California at San Diego (UCSD)
The Price Center, Gallery A on the second floor
(Parking is in the Gilman Parking Structure)

Talk by Marcia Freedman: “The Israelis and the Palestinians: Prospects for Peace”

Please join us for another interesting presentation by Marcia Freedman.  She is a former member of the Israeli Knesset, co-founder of the Women’s Party in Israel, and one of the founders and leaders of the feminist movement in Israeli in the early 1970s.  We will have food and drink and time for questions and discussion with our honored guest.  For more information on the location please visit http://maps.ucsd.edu/Default.htm.

Co-sponsored by Hillel and Jewish-Palestinian Dialogue Group.

For more information please contact the San Diego Chapter.

November 14, 2007
7:00-8:30PM
Joan B. Kroc Peace Institute for Peace and Justice on the University of San Diego campus
5998 Alcalá Park, San Diego, CA 92110

Talk by Marcia Freedman: “The Israelis and Palestinians: Prospects for Peace”

Please join us for the second of three wonderful talks by Marcia Freedman.  She is a former member of the Israeli Knesset, co-founder of the Women’s Party in Israel, and one of the founders and leaders of the feminist movement in Israeli in the early 1970s.  A reception will follow the presentation.  For more information and to RSVP please go to http://peace.sandiego.edu/.

Co-sponsored by the Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice.

For more information please contact the San Diego Chapter.

 

November 13, 2007
7:00-9:00 PM
California State San Marcos (CSUSM)
Academic Hall 102

Talk by Marcia Freedman: “The Israelis and the Palestinians: Prospects for Peace”

Please join us for an interesting presentation by Marcia Freedman.  She is a former member of the Israeli Knesset, co-founder of the Women’s Party in Israel, and one of the founders and leaders of the feminist movement in Israeli in the early 1970s.  We will have food and drink and time for questions and discussion with our honored guest.  For more information on the location please visit  ttp://www.csusm.edu/resources/images/maps/index.html.

Co-sponsored by the Women’s Program.

For more information please contact the San Diego Chapter.

Thursday October 18, 2007 at 7:00pm
The San Diego Chapter of Brit Tzedek will hold it's next meeting at Elijah's Deli in La Jolla
8813 Villa La Jolla Drive, San Diego 92037
(858) 455-1461

We will be doing the final planning for the Marcia Freedman presentation to take place at te Joan B. Kroc Center on November 21 at 7:00 pm on the Camps of the University of San Diego.

Friday, September 21, 11am-2pm
The San Diego Chapter of Brit Tzedek information table at Joan B. Kroc Peace Institute, on the campus of the University of San Diego in honor of the United Nations Anniversary.

Sunday, September 16, 3pm
The First Unitarian Universalist Church of San Diego
4190 Front St
San Diego, CA 92103
(619) 298-9978

The San Diego Chapter of Brit Tzedek information table at the performance of "Ladies First," an anti-war comedy, held at the First Unitarian Universalist Church of San Diego, by invitation of Brit Tzedek member Tanja Winter.

Thursday August 23, 2007 at 7:00pm
The San Diego Chapter of Brit Tzedek will hold it's next meeting at the home of Ed and Ethel Sweed
8439 Paseo Del Ocaso
La Jolla Shores
R.S.V.P. marciapatt@cox.net or (619) 501-1031

August 17, 2007
San Diego Chapter members meet with Caridad Sanchez, Sen. Barbara Boxer's District Director for San Diego and Imperial counties.

from left to right: Roger Ingraham, Deborah Lira, Caridad Sanchez (Barbara Boxer's District Director for San Diego and Imperial Counties of California), and Marcia Patt

August 13, 2007
Members of Brit Tzedek-San Diego meet with Congressman Robert Filner
August 7, 2007
San Diego Chapter members meet with Congresswoman Susan Davis

from left to right: Windy Yancey Hamilton, Francis Friedman,Martin Stern, Marcia Patt, Congresswoman Susan Davis, Deborah Lira, Julian Chazin, Millie Chazin, Carol Wahlen, Eugenia Kuttler

Thursday July 26, 2007 at 7:00pm
The third meeting of Brit Tzedek v'Shalom will take place at 350 West Ash Street Community Room. Our chapter is picking up momentum (see Chapter Update below) and there is even more to talk about. For more information and to RSVP please contact Marcia Patt by e-mail or call 619-501-1031.

Chapter Update
The third organizing meeting of the San Diego Chapter was held on June 28, 7:00p.m. The meeting began with each member introducing themselves with a brief personal history of what led them to affiliating with Brit Tzedek, especially their personal journey to espousing the peace process to solve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict over all other strategies.

Marcia Patt, Acting Director, having just returned from Washington, D. C. to attend the Brit Tzedek Training Institute and Advocacy Days, gave a detailed report of the over 100 Congressional offices where delegations from Brit Tzedek v'Shalom had met with staff or Representatives to lobby for the two Peace Envoy Resolutions introduced by Senator Dianne Feinstein and our own Representative Susan Davis.

A decision was made to have our members actively emulate the actions of the national Advocacy campaign. Our members will arrange meetings with our Congressional representatives during the Congressional recess. We plan to urge them to sign on to Rep. Susan Davis House Resolution 143 and to urge Senator Boxer to sign on to Sen. Feinstein's Senate Resolution 224. Both call for an immediate high-ranking permanent peace envoy to begin the serious process of peace negotiations between the Israelis and Palestinians.

It is clear that the San Diego Chapter of Brit Tzedek v'Shalom fills a vacuum that has existed in our Jewish Community. Several of our members had been active in the Jewish-Palestinian Dialogue Movement here in San Diego. Brit Tzedek v'Shalom - the largest Jewish grassroots peace organization has chapters that are expanding across the country. Clearly, the ranks of those in the Jewish Community who believe that there is more than one way to support Israel are growing everywhere.

June 28th from 7-9pm
Second organizational meeting of a new local chapter of Brit Tzedek v'Shalom! Marcia Patt, acting co-director just returned from a training and advocacy workshop in Washington, DC with Brit Tzedek V'Shalom. She will speak about her experiences and help to kick start our local advocacy work. The meeting will take place at the Community Center at 350 W. Ash St (it is in a Condo complex) in Little Italy on .

April 16-19, 2007

Director of Chapter and Grassroots Development Carinne Luck will be traveling to the San Diego metro area this coming April 16-19 to meet with supporters who have expressed an interest in starting a Brit Tzedek chapter in the area, and increasing the pro-peace presence within the San Diego metro area's Jewish community.

She would like to meet with as many members as possible during this time. Please let her know if you would be interested in meeting with her, either individually or as part of a larger group, so we can discuss the best way to bring our message of vigorous US engagement towards a negotiated and just two-state resolution to the greater San Diego district.

To find out more about what Brit Tzedek is currently doing, you can go to the website for Brit Tzedek's latest campaign, Let's Talk! . In addition to this campaign, Brit Tzedek provides its activists with media and advocacy opportunities, resources and educational materials, and speakers. Brit Tzedek v'Shalom hopes you will take advantage of these opportunities, and join our network of 39 chapters as we demonstrate that there are American Jews who support a negotiated two-state resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.