PLEASE TELL YOUR FRIENDS IN EUGENE: "Dare I Call You Cousin" exhibition that showed at Havurah will open at Temple Beth Israel in Eugene.

Exhibition Opening, Friday, May 12
Shows through May 21
Temple Beth Israel
1175 E 29th Ave
Eugene, OR 97403

On Friday, May 12, doors open at 6:30 pm for exhibition viewing, preceding Shabbat services at 7:30 pm, during which poet Frances Payne Adler will give a reading and talk about the exhibition.

Video Screening, Monday, May 15. Doors open at 6:00 pm for exhibition viewing. At 7:00 pm, a communal discussion and viewing of selected videos from the exhibition, with introductory remarks by Dr. Paul Slovic.

Eugene's Temple Beth Israel will host "Dare I Call You Cousin," an exhibition of poems, photographs, and videos about the Israeli-Palestinian struggle. The showing is in acknowledgement of the 50th anniversary of the Six-Day War and the resulting Occupation.

"Cousin" was created collaboratively by three Jewish artists concerned about the settlements, Portland poet Frances Payne Adler, Jerusalem photographer Michal Fattal, and Tel Aviv videographer Yossi Yacov. It is a collection of poems, videos, and images from both Israeli and Palestinian points of view about the simmering conditions underpinning their lives that repeatedly erupt in war. The art aims to create breathing space for community discussion.

About the artists: A Jerusalem photographer and a Tel Aviv videographer whose ancestral families emigrated from the conflicts in Iraq and Yemen; a Portland poet whose grandmother, by herself, at the age of 13, walked out of Russia and away from pogroms. Three artists have collaborated to create "Dare I Call You Cousin." Poet Frances Payne Adler, author of five books, Professor Emerita and founder of the Creative Writing and Social Action Program at California State University Monterey Bay; photographer Michal Fattal, who works for Ha'aretz newspaper and whose photographs have been published in the New York Times, International Herald Tribune, and the Guardian; and videographer Yossi Yacov, who has documented the Israeli and Palestinian peace movements for years.

"Cousin" is funded, in part, by Portland's Regional Arts & Culture Council; hosted by Temple Beth Israel, and co-sponsored by J Street Education Fund. Free and open to the public. ADA accessible.

For more information, please contact Frances Payne Adler, fpayneadler@csumb.edu.

Above photos copyrighted by Michal Fattal