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<span style="font-family: 'times new roman',serif;"><span
style="font-size: large;"><strong>Please join us to tell Leonard Cohen</strong>:</span></span><font
id="role_document" color="#000000" face="Arial" size="2">
<p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman',serif;"><span
style="font-size: large;"><strong><font size="7">DO NOT PLAY ISRAEL</font></strong></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman',serif;"><span
style="font-size: large;"><strong>Friday May 29<sup><span
style="font-family: 'times new roman',serif;"><span
style="font-size: large;">th</span></span></sup><span
style="font-family: 'times new roman',serif;"><span
style="font-size: large;"> and/or Saturday <span
style="font-family: 'times new roman',serif;"><span
style="font-size: large;">May 30</span></span><sup><span
style="font-family: 'times new roman',serif;"><span
style="font-size: large;">th</span></span></sup><span
style="font-family: 'times new roman',serif;"><span
style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></strong></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman',serif;"><span
style="font-size: large;"><strong><span
style="font-family: 'times new roman',serif;"><span
style="font-size: large;"><span
style="font-family: 'times new roman',serif;"><span
style="font-size: large;"></span></span></span></span></strong></span></span><span
style="font-family: 'times new roman',serif;"><span
style="font-size: large;"> </span></span><b><span
style="font-family: 'times new roman',serif;"><span
style="font-size: large;"><font size="6">7-8:15 PM</font></span></span></b></p>
<p><b><span style="font-family: 'times new roman',serif;"><span
style="font-size: large;">The Wang Theatre, Tremont Street</span></span></b></p>
<p><b><span style="font-family: 'times new roman',serif;"><span
style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></b><span
style="font-family: 'times new roman',serif;"><span
style="font-size: large;">We plan to leaflet concert-goers to help us
get the message to Cohen as well as sing some of our own songs and
chants.</span></span><span><span
style="font-family: 'times new roman',serif;"><span
style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span><span
style="font-family: 'times new roman',serif;"><span
style="font-size: large;">We need at least ten people to commit to
each night to make it happen.</span></span><span><span
style="font-family: 'times new roman',serif;"><span
style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman',serif;"><span
style="font-size: large;"></span></span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-family: 'times new roman',serif;"><span
style="font-size: large;">Please RSVP <a moz-do-not-send="true"
title="mailto:glaubman.jude@gmail.com"
href="mailto:glaubman.jude@gmail.com" target="_blank">glaubman.jude@gmail.com</a>
& <a moz-do-not-send="true" title="mailto:nailajirmanus@aol.com"
href="mailto:nailajirmanus@aol.com" target="_blank">nailajirmanus@aol.com</a>
to let us know whether you are able to make this commitment and on
which night so we know whether we can move forward.</span></span></b></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman',serif;"><span
style="font-size: large;"></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman',serif;"><span
style="font-size: large;">Read the excerpt below from a 29 April 2009
letter sent to Leonard Cohen from Israelis (both Jewish and
Palestinian) appealing to him to join the boycott. </span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span
style="font-family: 'times new roman',serif;">Israel is facing one of
its most immoral historical moments. Its ruthless, criminal bashing of
the Palestinians has been met with little international criticism or
curbing. The silence of most of the world's governments continues to
embolden successive Israeli governments to commit more violent acts.
Israel has violated numerous international laws, but so far for Israeli
Jews life in Israel goes on as if nothing happened. Indeed, your
people, Cohen, have built "a new Dachau, And call it love, Security,
Jewish culture," as you have so perceptively put it yourself in
"Questions for Shomrim," but only a few voices have been raised against
these injustices.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span
style="font-family: 'times new roman',serif;">It is left for us,
citizens of the world, to condemn Israeli atrocities and crimes against
humanity. Dissociating ourselves from Israel's brutal policies is the
only nonviolent way now to avoid becoming complicit in the killing, the
wounding and the maiming, and the robbing of Palestinians. Faced with
all this and more, Palestinians are calling on all people to support
their struggle for their basic rights. Unfortunately, recognizing
Palestinian rights will require a fundamental shift in Israeli society.
We suspect that this change will be achieved only via external
pressure. The least that one can do in such a situation is not act as
if it is business as usual. We see our society becoming more and more
calloused and racist and given your longstanding, vocal commitment to
justice, we cannot envision you cooperating with continued Israeli
defiance of justice and morality; we cannot envision you playing a part
in the Israeli charade of self-righteousness. We appeal to you to add
your voice to those brave people the world over who boycott Israel. We
urge you to cancel your planned performance in Israel.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span
style="font-family: 'times new roman',serif;"><font face="Arial">If
you need some inspiration, watch this video of the demonstration in New
York last week when Cohen performed: </font><a moz-do-not-send="true"
title="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjU_zdfX9Eg"
href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjU_zdfX9Eg" target="_blank"><font
face="Arial">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjU_zdfX9Eg</font></a><font
face="Arial"> It's complete with chants and songs that we will use. </font></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span
style="font-family: 'times new roman',serif;"><font face="Arial">And...
for the Facebookers out there, join the group "Leonard Cohen, drop
Israel from your world tour!" at </font><a moz-do-not-send="true"
title="http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/group.php?gid=81564072660&ref=ts"
href="http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/group.php?gid=81564072660&ref=ts"><font
title="http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/group.php?gid=81564072660&ref=ts"
face="Arial">http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/group.php?gid=81564072660&ref=ts</font></a><font
face="Arial">. <br>
<br>
For more on the NY Leonard Cohen demo and to download the flyer: </font><a
moz-do-not-send="true" title="http://adalahny.org/"
href="http://adalahny.org/"><font face="Arial">adalahny.org</font></a><font
face="Arial">. <br>
For more info on cultural boycott: </font><a moz-do-not-send="true"
title="http://pacbi.org/" href="http://pacbi.org/"><font face="Arial">pacbi.org</font></a><font
face="Arial">.</font><br>
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<p><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" size="-1">"<i>Reality
is the
leading cause of stress among those in touch with it.</i>" <br>
"<i>Sometimes I worry about being a success in a mediocre world.</i>"
~Jane Wagner, <u>Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe</u></font>
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<font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" size="-1">"<i>Reality
is that
which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.</i>" ~Philip K.
Dick</font>
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pf soto
<a href="http://rule19.org"><br>
rule19.org</a>
<a href="http://upandout.org"><br>
UPandOUT.org</a>
<a href="http://azapoi.org"><br>
AZAPOI.org</a>
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