<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 19px; line-height: normal;" class="">Keep Hope Alive <span style="font-stretch: normal; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;" class="">series</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 23px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 23px;" class=""><b style="font-size: 14px;" class="">First Talk Feb 2nd at 7:15 pm</b></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">Speaker: Ted Schmidt</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><p style="margin: 0px 0px 8px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13.5px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal;" class=""><b class=""><br class="">
“</b></span><b class="">I will be previewing my new book: ‘2014: The Year Zionism died</b>’.</p>
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<li style="margin: 0px 0px 8px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Symbol;" class=""></span>former editor of Catholic New Times</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 8px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Symbol;" class=""></span>author Shabbes Goy: A catholic Boyhood</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 8px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Symbol;" class=""></span>pioneer in Holocaust education</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 8px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Symbol;" class=""></span>recipient of Queen Elizabeth jubilee medal for work<br class="">
in education and Justice.</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 8px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Symbol;" class=""></span>We must act and speak in this time of unparalleled suffering.</li>
</ul></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">When: This Friday, Feb 2 at 7:15 PM</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">Where: Carrot Common, 348 Danforth Ave, Room 212</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">(Entry is next door to Book City. If you need the stair-lift,</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">please call 416-550-0170 or<span style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Century Schoolbook";" class=""> </span>416-361-1341)</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 23px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">Seating is limited. Please email Elizabeth Whelan </div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="text-decoration: underline" class=""><a href="mailto:erwhelan@icloud.com" class="">erwhelan@icloud.com</a></span> if you plan to attend in person.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 23px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">Zoom link is below. Or email Tedd Dillon at <a href="mailto:cabbagetown@live.ca" class="">cabbagetown@live.ca</a></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 23px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 23px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 23px;" class="">The email (below) was sent on Jan 26, 2024</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 23px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">From Ted Schmidt</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 23px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 18px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-stretch: normal; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;" class="">T</span>he Keep Hope Alive is a series of evenings programmed by and hosted at the Carrot Common 348 Danforth Avenue. It is basically a follow up of the Beit Zatoun evening. Guest speakers are Canadians from a variety of backgrounds and careers who have taken a stand in a public and active way on the question of peace or conflict in Israel / Palestine (IP). At some point [they] realized that the question of peace in Israel / Palestine is key to global justice, international law and to peace in the world, and had the courage to speak out publicly or to become active on the issue.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 18px; line-height: normal; min-height: 25px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 18px; line-height: normal;" class="">Courtesy of David Walsh, we have four such evenings hosted by presenters with strong background knowledge of the issue but come from different perspectives.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 18px; line-height: normal; min-height: 25px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 18px; line-height: normal;" class="">My concern is the religious communities — especially, but not exclusively, the Roman Catholic hierarchy and administration — who have failed to speak in this unprecedented time of genocide of the Palestinian people who again, and again have requested our solidarity.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 18px; line-height: normal; min-height: 25px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 18px; line-height: normal;" class="">We must act and speak in this time of unparalleled suffering.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 18px; line-height: normal; min-height: 25px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 18px; line-height: normal;" class="">I will be hosting the first night on Friday, <span style="font-stretch: normal; font-size: 19px; line-height: normal;" class=""><b class="">Feb 2, 7:15. </b>T</span>he remaining 3 months will be on the last Thursday. Robert Massoud will be hosting February 29.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 18px; line-height: normal; min-height: 25px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 18px; line-height: normal;" class=""><b class="">I will be previewing my new book: 2014: The Year Zionism died</b></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 18px; line-height: normal; min-height: 25px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 18px; line-height: normal;" class="">Max 45 people at the live event. It will also be zoomed.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 18px; line-height: normal; min-height: 25px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 18px; line-height: normal;" class="">If you are interested in being present, email Liz Whelan a<b class="">t </b><a href="mailto:erwhelan@icloud.com" class=""><span style="color: rgb(9, 79, 209);" class=""><b class="">erwhelan@icloud.co</b>m</span></a> We have room for 45 people</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 18px; line-height: normal; min-height: 25px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 18px; line-height: normal;" class="">If not, here is the zoom link: <span style="font-stretch: normal; font-size: 20px; line-height: normal;" class=""> </span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 23px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14.7px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; min-height: 17px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14.7px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;" class="">Ted Schmidt is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14.7px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; min-height: 17px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14.7px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;" class="">Join Zoom Meeting</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14.7px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; color: rgb(56, 101, 115);" class=""><span style="text-decoration: underline" class=""><a href="https://us06web.zoom.us/j/8961374598?pwd=TXJBeDI4aTJUUllKbE11WUtlS3JMUT09&omn=83592036336" class="">https://us06web.zoom.us/j/8961374598?pwd=TXJBeDI4aTJUUllKbE11WUtlS3JMUT09&omn=83592036336<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14.7px; line-height: normal; color: rgb(56, 101, 115);" class=""></span></a></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14.7px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; min-height: 17px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14.7px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;" class="">Meeting ID: 896 137 4598</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14.7px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;" class="">Passcode: 025421</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 18px; line-height: normal; min-height: 25px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 18px; line-height: normal; min-height: 25px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">Ted Schmidt</div></div></div></body></html>