Matzpen film screening and Radio coverage
Thursday, August 28, 2008 Los Angeles
Matzpen film screening
On July 20, IJSN members in Los Angeles organized a screening and
discussion about Eran Torbiner's film Matzpen: Anti-Zionist Israelis.
The discussion featured Liliane Cordova Kaczerginski, an IJSN
International Core member from Paris, France who had been a member of
Matzpen in Israel for much of the 1970's. A multi-generational and
multi-racial audience of 30 attended the event, the majority of whom
had no previous exposure to the organization Matzpen and the history of
anti-Zionist organizing inside Israel. The lively discussion after the
film discussed the trends within the Israeli anti-Zionist Left and the
Palestinian Left during the period of Matzpen's activity in the 1970's,
and the relevance of Matzpen for today's Anti-Zionist and Palestine
Solidarity organizing. The event was held at the Workman's Circle
building in west Los Angeles. A most poignant moment was Liliane's
meeting with the Los Angeles Workman Circle's director, a Yiddishkeit
historian who was intimately familiar with the songs and writings of
Liliane's father, a famous Lithuanian Yiddish poet and folksong writer
who was also a Communist and part of the underground resistance. t
Radio Coverage
In addition, IJSN local organizers and international visitors
received substantial radio coverage over this two week period on Los
Angeles station KPFK 90.7FM. This included interviews on the Sojourner
Truth Show and Morning Review with Riku Matsuda, and two segments on
local news. The following list includes all the information on these
interviews, which can be accessed through the Audio Archives section of
the station website, www.kpfk.org.
KPFK Evening News -- Wednesday 8/6/08 -- Listen to 17:40--22:45 of the 30 minute show --Interview with Rueven Abergel, Marcelle Edery, and Gabriel Ash about Black Panther Party, Mizrahim, IJSN, and the event in LA last night.KPFK Mid-Day News -- Tuesday 8/6/08 -- Listen to 22:43--28:30 of the 30 minute show-- Interview with Shoshana Vogal and Eric Romann.Sojourner Truth -- Tuesday 7/29/08 -- Listen to 38:50--54:20 of 60 minute program. -Interview with Eric RomannMorning Review with Riku Matsuda 7/31/08 -- Listen to 9:54-20:00 of 60 minutes program -- Interview with Shoshana Vogel and Eric Romann