jweekly.com/2026/04/17/t...
"What they offer is less about policy than process. Eliding the discussion of one state or two, they agree that Israelis & Palestinians need to get to a place that offers both sides justice, forgiveness and reconciliation...'Hope is an act of resistance, Abu Sarah said."
Note especially the story on page 1 about a speech by Jean Paton, then 80, in favor of #adoptee birth certificate access that she gave at a rally in 1989. She had been able to see her own birth certificate 46 years earlier, BEFORE Michigan sealed its birth records. "This does not happen any more." ๐ฃ
www.foodpolitics.com/2026/04/just...
Since the government reduced access to SNAP benefits, participation has declined.
"When people ask me what policy might actually improve food insecurity and reduce poverty, I say Universal Basic Income. That would solve a lot of problems."
โ Marion Nestle
โฎ๏ธ Below is the recording of the 2026 Joint Memorial Day Ceremony by Combatants for Peace, with stories and music in 3 languages.
"On Monday, April 20, the eve of Memorial Day in Israel, we will come together for the 21st IsraeliโPalestinian Joint Memorial Ceremony โ a shared act of remembrance...
Come for the arthouse theater love, stay for the Amy Goodman trademark puns.
Thank you to all the arthouse theaters around the country who are the absolute lifeblood of our culture & community.
Our indie film about indie media will be in 100+ arthouse theaters in the coming weeks!
Unfortunate about your dad. My *adoptive* parents also divorced.
About half of the ceremony is music, along with stories of loss, some that were recorded from the West Bank because Palestinians were not allowed to travel to the ceremony in person.
It ends with the anti-war version of the traditional Passover song, "Chad Gadya" written by Chava Alberstein. ๐ฟ
They are singing Leonard Cohen's "Anthem" with my favorite lines,
"Forget your perfect offering
There is a crack, a crack in everything
That's how the light gets in." ๐ถ
"...that refuses the belief that war, bloodshed, dehumanization and conflict must define our future. Together, we will show that there is another way - and that despite it all, hope is still alive."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTKI...
"The 21st Israeli-Palestinian Joint Memorial Ceremony
"On the eve of Israelโs Memorial Day, we are coming together, Israelis and Palestinians, many of whom have lost their loved ones in the past 2.5 years, in a shared act of remembrance... +
jweekly.com/2026/04/17/t...
"What they offer is less about policy than process. Eliding the discussion of one state or two, they agree that Israelis & Palestinians need to get to a place that offers both sides justice, forgiveness and reconciliation...'Hope is an act of resistance, Abu Sarah said."
Has anyone else seen "The Lost Child," a Hallmark movie from 26 yrs ago? It's based on a true story by an adoptee.๐ฅ
Warnings:
๐ฐ It starts with child trafficking in the 1950s
โ ๏ธ Soon there is a painful loss, an adoptive father from hell, and a truly evil stepmother +
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYp6...
โWe Are the Day Afterโ From Loss to Hope ๐๏ธ
On April 20 at 10:30 am PT/1:30 ET you can watch the moving Joint Memorial Ceremony by Combatants for Peace with stories by both Palestinian and Jewish Israeli victims of violence. More information and free regisration: www.cfpeace.org/memorial-cer...
On the anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, a tribute to Marek Edelman and his comrades, to the legacy of the now-largely-forgotten-hopefully-to-soon-be-revived-thanks-to @mollycrabapple.bsky.social Bund, and to the tremendous diversity of understandings of what it means to be a Jew.
Thank you, this is fascinating history
Why I like it:
- The adoptee searches through a new thing called the internet
- A fantastic reunion scene by phone
- A storyline of an inherited health condition
- Indigenous people describe the theft of their children
- Most Native characters (but not the main one) are acted by Native actors
2/2
Has anyone else seen "The Lost Child," a Hallmark movie from 26 yrs ago? It's based on a true story by an adoptee.๐ฅ
Warnings:
๐ฐ It starts with child trafficking in the 1950s
โ ๏ธ Soon there is a painful loss, an adoptive father from hell, and a truly evil stepmother +
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYp6...
"The ceremony will take place in Israel, with a simultaneous event in Palestine, and will be broadcast live to a global community of people choosing to remember together and refuse the logic of endless war."
โWe Are the Day Afterโ From Loss to Hope ๐๏ธ
On April 20 at 10:30 am PT/1:30 ET you can watch the moving Joint Memorial Ceremony by Combatants for Peace with stories by both Palestinian and Jewish Israeli victims of violence. More information and free regisration: www.cfpeace.org/memorial-cer...
STEAL THIS STORY, PLEASE! is in theaters this weekend!
A gripping portrait of iconic independent journalist Amy Goodman (Democracy Now!) from Academy Awardยฎ nominated directors Carl Deal and Tia Lessin
"Stirring... rousing, urgent" โ Screen International
๐๏ธ stealthisstory.org
Here is the link to the KQED podcast interview of Amy Goodman, host and executive producer of the news show "Democracy Now!". Tia Lessin, co-director of the new documentary โSteal This Story, Please!โ that recounts Goodmanโs career joined her.
www.kqed.org/forum/201010...
We should be learning from other countries...
bsky.app/profile/jani...
...where Palestinians and Jewish Israelis joke with each other and get along (with Jon Stewart)
"On April 16th, Rahmanโs legal team filed a federal tort claim against ICE, seeking monetary restitution for their clientโs treatment at the agencyโs hands. Itโs a tactic more and more people are using to seek accountability for mistreatment and violence done by federal agents."
UC Berkeley's digital library recently made my #adoption newsletter from the 1990s more accessible. Now you don't have to download a PDF, just type "Chain of Life" and a number from 1 to 42 in the search bar and it will appear. Here is Issue 5 from 1990: +
digicoll.lib.berkeley.edu/record/27658...
๐ฅ
"Batra, who is Sikh, left India after her parents were murdered during a state pogrom against Sikhs in the 1980s."
Note especially the story on page 1 about a speech by Jean Paton, then 80, in favor of #adoptee birth certificate access that she gave at a rally in 1989. She had been able to see her own birth certificate 46 years earlier, BEFORE Michigan sealed its birth records. "This does not happen any more." ๐ฃ
UC Berkeley's digital library recently made my #adoption newsletter from the 1990s more accessible. Now you don't have to download a PDF, just type "Chain of Life" and a number from 1 to 42 in the search bar and it will appear. Here is Issue 5 from 1990: +
digicoll.lib.berkeley.edu/record/27658...
๐ฅ
๐๏ธ Here's the trailer to the new documentary "Steal This Story, Please!" about Amy Goodman and Democracy Now. What braveryโผ๏ธ
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeg6...
