Let's talk about hard things that often make folks uncomfortable: Zionism, settler colonialism, the war on Gaza, and antisemitism.

Q&A follows. Books will be on sale.

About the Authors:

Alice Rothchild is a physician, author, and filmmaker who practiced ob-gyn for almost 40 years. Until her retirement, she served as Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Harvard Medical School. She has published two Palestine-focused novels for young people, her young adult novel, Finding Melody Sullivan and middle grade novel, Old Enough to Know. She writes and lectures widely, is the author of books including Broken Promises, Broken Dreams: Stories of Jewish and Palestinian Trauma and Resilience and Condition Critical: Life and Death in Israel/Palestine. She has contributed to a number of anthologies, the most recent being Reclaiming Judaism from Zionism: Stories of Personal Transformation and What Jerusalem Means to Us: Jewish Reflections and Perspectives. She directed a documentary film, Voices Across the Divide, exploring the history of Israel/Palestine through the voices and experiences of Palestinians. She received Boston Magazine’s Best of Boston’s Women Doctors Award, was named in Feminists Who Changed America 1963-1975, had her portrait painted for Robert Shetterly’s Americans Who Tell the Truth, and was named a Peace Pioneer by the American Jewish Peace Archive. Dr. Rothchild is a member of Jewish Voice for Peace Health Advisory Council, the mentor liaison for We Are Not Numbers, and on the board of the Gaza Mental Health Foundation. She was last in Israel, the West Bank and Gaza in August 2023. Her memoir, Inspired and Outraged: The Making of a Feminist Physician, will be published in November 2024.

Ramsey Hanhan is a Palestinian American author. His autobiographical debut, Fugitive Dreams, is a literary exploration of the Palestinian experience through five decades of personal stories. His short stories and poetry have appeared in various publications. He also speaks publicly about Palestine. He was formerly a physics professor noted for his computer models that describe and predict complexity in nature. Hanhan holds a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan and resides near Baltimore, Maryland.