Like other nationalities, Hollywood has manufactured cinematic stereotypes of the French. Unlike Tinseltown movies such as 1951’s An American in Paris, 1954’s The Last Time I saw Paris, 1964’s Audrey Hepburn-William Holden comedy Paris When It Sizzles, and 1972’s Last Tango in Paris, there are no berets, brioches, baguettes, accordions or on location (or B unit) shots of urban landmarks such as the Eiffel Tower or Montmartre’s Sacré-Coeur Basilica to be found in Parisian Jacques Audiard’s Paris, 13th District. Indeed, the long shots of this arrondissement (district) on the Seine’s left bank consist mostly of hideous high rises – not the charming architecture often associated with the City of Lights.

Nuclear sanity: ultimate (or, God help us, immediate) disarmament.

Nuclear insanity: ongoing development and deployment, endless investment, eventual (either accidental or intentional) use.

Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., addressing Congress several weeks ago, made a heartfelt and powerful case for nuclear sanity, for a revamping of the system of mutually assured destruction, which gives certain national leaders “Godlike powers known as sole authority to end life on the planet as we know it . . .”

This morning, workers at the Westerville Starbucks, 533 South State Street, petitioned the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) for a union election to join the Starbucks Workers United movement that’s currently sweeping the country. The store is the second in Columbus behind four locations in Cleveland and one that filed this week in Cincinnati, becoming the seventh in Ohio and pushing well over 200 nationwide.

Workers at the Westerville Starbucks wrote a letter to Starbucks CEO saying that “the company has now deemed it too expensive to provide adequate coverage for us to properly serve the community we love,” echoing a sentiment streaming out from locations from across the country.

On April 11, 2022, the B.R.E.A.D. (Building Respect, Equality and Dignity) organization held its third rally in support of affordable housing at the Washington Gladden Social Justice Park. The action called for the city of Columbus and county of Franklin to set up over $100 million in housing funds to help build more housing options that would be available for families with less than $150,000 of annual income. The action was a dress rehearsal for the May 10, 2022 Nehemiah Action at the Ohio Expo Center, 6 p.m., where the 2022 BREAD campaigns for a city identification program, fair housing, group violence intervention, and environmental justice will be presented to city and county elected officials by over 3,000 BREAD members. 

Tuesday, April 12, 7pm, this on-line event requires advance registration

Join Jewish Voice for Peace Central Ohio in person or online for a screening of “The Wanted 18.” Through a clever mix of animation and interviews, “The Wanted 18” recreates an astonishing true story: the Israeli army’s pursuit of 18 cows, whose independent milk production on a Palestinian collective farm was declared “a threat to the national security of Israel.” Consequently, the dairy is forced to go underground with the Israeli army in relentless pursuit. This documentary is an enchanting, inspirational tribute to the ingenuity and power of grassroots activism and self-determination.75 minutes.

“In-person” location: Northwood-High Building, 2231 N. High St., Rm. 100

Free parking is available in the “R” spaces — “R” for “Rardin Clinic” — behind the building.

RSVP for this event by using this link.

Hosted by Jewish Voice for Peace Central Ohio.