A Righteous Man By Laura Maria Censabella
A Righteous Man By Laura Maria Censabella
“There are groups now. ...Zionist groups who watch students. Take down names. On a list. Jewish watchdogs. If you go to any demonstrations criticizing any policies of Israel.”
Two friends since boyhood, now roommates at a Catholic college. One Jewish, one Arab-American Muslim. The best of friends. Until one fateful day when one decides to protest, and the other doesn’t. Father Gaines comes to investigate the violent act.
(2 men: one college age, one middle aged, African-American; 20 minutes)
Laura Maria Censabella’s play Carla Cooks The War won the $10,000 William Saroyan Human Rights Playwriting Prize. Her playParadise (Alfred P. Sloan Commission) will be produced at Underground Railway/Central Square Theater in Boston in 2017. She directs the Ensemble Studio Theatre Playwrights Unit and is a graduate of Yale.
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Sources:
- http://www.salon.com/2015/09/30/free_speech_for_all_on_campus_unless_youre_criticizing_israel_that_is/
- https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/ali-abunimah/zionist-group-publishes-target-list-anti-israel-us-professors
- http://forward.com/news/308902/shadowy-web-site-creates-black-list-of-pro-palestinian-activists/
- http://zoa.org/2016/02/10315402-letter-to-cuny-chancellor-and-board-of-trustees-jew-haters-spread-fear-at-cuny-colleges/
- http://palestinelegal.org/the-palestine-exception#exec-summary
- http://www.haaretz.com/jewish/news/1.709843
- http://www.salon.com/2015/06/06/sheldon_adelsons_secret_desert_conference_to_plot_against_the_boycott_divestment_and_sanctions_movement/
- http://www.salon.com/2014/08/07/return_of_the_blacklist_cowardice_and_censorship_at_the_university_of_illinois/