WHAT'S A NICE JEWISH GIRL DOING IN A PLACE LIKE GAZA CITY? (tags)
Tamara Rettino, a Jewish mother of three, and resident of Los Angeles spoke of her recent trip to the West Bank and Gaza Strip to a standing-room-only crowd of more than150 people at a local Jewish community center. Rettino traveled to the Middle East to join with the hundreds of international volunteers who gathered as a part of "Freedom Summer,” sponsored by the International Solidarity Movement.
Tamara Rettino at Workmen's Circle (tags)
A founding member of "LA Jews for a Just Peace", Tamara's first public event was attended by an overflow audience. Tamara was the only Jewish women from the L. A. area to join this year's International Solidarity Movement's "Freedom Summer" in the occupied territory. Her heart wrenching first hand account of the violence and humiliation perpetrated upon the Palestinian people by the IDF is a story "LA Jews for a Just Peace" is dedicated to spread. For more info. khesed-ve-din@lycos.com or 323-769-5282
From the West Coast...to the West Bank (tags)
Tamara Rettino, a Young Jewish-American Woman Shares Stories & Pictures of her Journey to Occupied Palestine.Tamara's first public speaking engagement, will happen just one week after leaving the occupied Palestinian territories. She is the only Jewish activist from the Los Angeles area to join in this year's International Solidarity Movement's Freedom Summer, where she spent six weeks under fire in Ramallah, Gaza and Jenin.