Dr. Alice Rothchild, Gaza & Beyond: Consequences of War

Rabbi Alana Alpert, moderator

10:30 am: Bagels, Manakish & coffee

11 am: Talk, reading & book signing

Congregation T’Chiyah at the

First United Methodist Church
22331 Woodward Ave. Ferndale, MI

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Arab American Book Awards

Ceremony Honoring Dr. Rothchild

5:30 pm–Reception 6:30 pm–Ceremony

8 pm – Book Signing

8:30 pm – Open Mic for Palestine

Arab American National Museum

213624 Michigan Ave. Dearborn, MI

Register: arabamericanmuseum.org/event/ 2024-arab-american-book-awards-ceremony

Gaza on Fire: The Health and Human Rights Consequences of the War

Dr. Nidal Jboor, moderator
Co-founder Doctors Against Genocide

Talk, refreshments & book signing

Presented with BUC’s

UUs for Justice in the Middle East

Birmingham Unitarian Church

38651 Woodward Ave, Bloomfield Hills, MI

Watch Dr. Rothchild's 2013 award-winning film “Voices Across the Divide” Oral histories and stories of Palestinians and Nakba survivors. She worked on the documentary with Jewish Voice for Peace Detroit, filming Detroit-area Nakba survivors in 2009

has an extensive history as an advocate for social justice, women’s health and Feminist empowerment, and human rights and peace, especially related to Palestine/Israel. She is active with Jewish Voice for Peace on the national level as a member of the JVP Health Advisory Council and serves on the boards of the Gaza Mental Health Foundation, Just World Educational, and We Are Not Numbers.

An author, filmmaker, poet, healthcare expert and community organizer, Rothchlld has been awarded the 2024 Arab American Book Award for Old Enough to Know (Cune Press), Young Adult (YA) category. Finding Melody Sullivan won a Gold 2024 Moonbeam Children’s Book Award, also in the YA-Historical/Cultural category.

She has written three books on Israel/Palestine, contributed to numerous newspapers, magazines, webzines, anthologies and poetry journals. After years as a OBGYN physician and educator in the Boston area, she now lives in the Pacific Northwest.

Dr. Rothchild’s 2013 film Voices Across the Divide shares stories of Palestinians and Nakba survivors. She worked on the project with Jewish Voice for Peace Detroit, filming Detroit-area Nakba survivors in 2009.

Thank you to Book Beat for
providing Rothchild’s youth and adult books for sale

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Various Locations: Congregation T'Chiyah Ferndale, Arab American Museum Dearborn & Birmingham Unitarian Church, Woodward Avenue, Ferndale, United States