Bloor Street United Church and Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions

Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions: Nobel Prize nominee Jeff Halper talks about the future of Israel and Gaza at Bloor Street United Church, 30 Bloor West. Wednesday January 21 at 7:30 pm. $10 suggested donation. Proceeds from the event go to the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions , which Halper co-founded. He'll be speaking at two events in Toronto as part of a Canada-wide tour. The second, on the military and surveillance, is on January 22 at Beit Zatoun, 612 Markham. 7 pm, $10 suggested donation. 416-966-2815, beitzatoun.org . 3 White privilege: the other side of racism , according to NOW Magazine and Hollywood version of Into The Woods is onscreen now, but you can get a more intimate feel for the show at a concert version slated for Saturday January 17 . Christopher Wilson narrates alongside performers Gabi Epstein , Ryan Kelly , Dana Jean Phoenix and others at Metropolitan Community Church, 115 Simpson. Better still, proceeds go to the Committee of Toronto and the MCC Toronto Refugee Immigration Program . 8 pm. $20. 647-298-9338, brownpapertickets.com/event/1077653 . 2 Where Gaza is headed Activist journalist and NOW contributor Desmond Cole leads a discussion on white privilege and race at the Unitarian Fellowship of Northwest Toronto, 55 St. Phillips, on Sunday January 18 at 10:30 am. Cole appears regularly on TV and radio and has written extensively on the subject of race. $2-$5 or pwyc. ufnwt.com . (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.