Standup for Peace

The Two Comedian Solution to Middle East Peace

Dean Obeidallah &
Scott Blakeman

Sunday, February 10, 2008, 2:30pm

Oak Park River Forest High School
201 N. Scoville Avenue, Oak Park, IL

Co-sponsored by American Friends Service Committee and the Arab-Jewish Partnership for Peace and Justice in the Middle East

 

Information: 312.427.2533 x18 or email justpeace1@aol.com

“Standup for Peace shows audiences that Jews and Arabs … can have a respectful sense of humor about themselves and the other’s culture and politics. We need to support them, think like them, and send them on the road around the world as ambassadors of peace and pleasure.”—Larry Litt, New York Theater Wire

This groundbreaking, side-splitting comedy show is the creation of Jewish comedian Scott Blakeman and Palestinian-American comedian Dean Obeidallah. Standup for Peace, originally formed to benefit Seeds of Peace, has received critical acclaim and standing-room-only crowds at theaters, Jewish and Arab-American community centers, and temples, as well as colleges including Yale, Harvard, Columbia, Stanford, and UCLA.

Dean Obeidallah is co-creator of the Comedy Central.com show The Watch List and was featured on Comedy Central’s Axis of Evil special. He recently appeared on ABC’s The View. Scott Blakeman has made more than thirty national television appearances, and was the warmup comedian for CBS’ Late Show with David Letterman. Hailed as ‘the top political comedian working in New York today’(NBC), Scott has performed his progressive political humor from a liberal Jewish point of view around the world, including the Jewish Historical Museum in Amsterdam and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland.

The Committee for a Just Peace in Israel and Palestine (CJPIP) is a community-based organization founded to develop and support activities that further the cause of peace and justice in Israel and Palestine. The 2007-08 Community Education and Dialog Series, running September 2007 through May 2008, will bring distinguished speakers and cultural events to Chicago-area audiences. See all planned events in this series. Series presenters will appear in Oak Park and elsewhere throughout the Chicago and suburban area. Events are subject to change. Speakers do not necessarily represent the views of CJPIP.

Please support our work! In this ambitious program year, your financial support is critical to our success: your generous donation will enhance our ability to reach a broad public with these events. Donations may be mailed to CJPIP, P.O. Box 3667, Oak Park, IL 60303. If you wish your donation to be tax-deductible please make your check out to The Illinois Justice Foundation/CJPIP. Thank you.