JEWISH
CALL for
PEACE Lëtzebuerg

The Narrow Bridge

Bereaved Palestinian and Israeli families: beyond revenge

24.02.2024 16:00 Film & discussion, Free admission

LuxExpo (Festival des Migrations)
10, Circuit de la Foire Internationale
Luxembourg-Kirchberg

Film (1h16) subtitled in English, French and Arabic. Debate in direct oral translation from English into French

In a conflict that seems more intractable than ever, some men and women have decided to take the narrow bridge of reconciliation.This is the story of Bushra, Bassam, Rami, Meytal, Palestinians and Israelis, parents and children, who have paid the price of blood. They have decided to break the circle of vengeance and appeal together to humanity.

The screening will be followed by a discussion with Salwa and Bassam Aramin, the parents of Abir, aged 10, murdered in 2007 by an Israeli policeman, and Rami Elhanan, father of Smadar, aged 14, victim of a suicide bombing in 1997. They will be signing the book that Irish writer Colum McCann dedicated to them, Apeirogon (2021).

Are you interested in organising a meeting with Salwa, Bassam and Rami in a school or another setting? Contact contact@jcp.lu

Who We Are

Jewish Call for Peace asbl (JCP) is a progressive and secular association, based in Luxembourg, which bases its action on humanist and universal values.

Created from the desire to bring a different Jewish voice on the Israeli-Palestinian question, it brings together Jewish and non-Jewish members with diverse backgrounds, identities and political opinions.

Our Vision

Jewish voices are plural. JCP wants to give a voice to those who advocate justice, equality and security for Israelis and Palestinians and an end to the Israeli occupation and colonization of the Palestinian territories.

We want to react to the confusion that has grown in recent years between the terms Jewish and Zionist, Jewish and unconditional defender of Israel, Jewish and Israeli.

It is necessary to clarify these misleading amalgams in order to safeguard the right to solidarity with the Palestinian people and to fight against antisemitic prejudices.

Our Mission

JCP has following objectives:

to contribute to the defense and promotion of democratic values of equality, solidarity, social justice and to fight against all forms of racism, especially anti-Semitic prejudice,
to make known the diversity of Jewish voices both politically and culturally,
to contribute at its own modest level to a just resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Our Values

From the Jewish heritage, we uphold above all the universal values of dignity, responsibility, and commitment against injustice. Together with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and international law, those values are the basis of our action.

Our Means of Action

Through open debates, cultural or political events, and media interventions, we want to reach out to all audiences.

We cooperate with other associations sharing the same values, among them associations encouraging the Jewish-Arab and Jewish-Muslim dialogue, beyond stereotype and essentialization.

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The annual fee is 15 EUR. We will send you the bank references by e-mail.

This form allows you to become adhering member. Adhering members are invited to participate in the general meetings of the association without voting rights. Full members are those who have been adhering members for one year and obtain an absolute majority of the votes of the full members present at the next general meeting.

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