OPENING NIGHT RECEPTION (all are welcome!) - Saturday, March 1 at 7 pm
Refreshments and opening remarks

March 1 – March 16
Beren Hall (upstairs) at Harvard Hillel
52 Mt. Auburn St.
Cambridge, MA 02138

This exhibit features over 100 photographs and video testimonials, led by guided tours by former Israeli soldiers.

Exhibit open hours:

Mon – Thurs: 2 pm – 8 pm

Fri: 10 am – 4 pm

Sat: Closed

Sun: 12 pm – 8 pm

Extended hours on certain dates; other hours subject to change.
For complete day-by-day listing, check the web site for updates:
www.BreakingTheSilenceExhibit.org


Hosted by the Harvard College Progressive Jewish Alliance.

Sponsored by Americans for Peace Now, Brit Tzedek v'Shalom: The Jewish Alliance for Justice and Peace, Hashomer Hatzair, Jewschool.com, Meretz USA, the Union of Progressive Zionists, Open Society Institute's Documentary Photography Project, and the Foundation for Middle East Peace.

To schedule a tour of the exhibit or request a speaker for your synagogue, classroom or community group, contact Ben Murane at (646) 419-2016 or ben@shovrimshtika.org.


About Breaking the Silence

Breaking the Silence is an organization of veteran Israeli soldiers that collects testimonies of soldiers who have served in the Occupied Territories during the Second Intifada.

Soldiers who serve in the Territories are witness to, and participate in military actions which change them immensely. Cases of abuse towards Palestinians, looting, and destruction of property have been the norm for years, but are still excused as military necessities or explained as extreme and unique cases.

Discharged soldiers who return to civilian life discover the gap between the reality that they encountered in the Territories, and the silence that they encounter at home. In order to become a civilian again, soldiers are forced to ignore their past experiences. Breaking the Silence voices the experiences of those soldiers, in order to force Israeli society to address this reality.