THE JEWISH MUSEUM OF THE PALESTINIAN EXPERIENCE
The Jewish perspective, grounded in Jewish values of truth and justice, provides a clear path to peace.
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This home page is the Welcome Center to the Promised Land Museum and your gateway to understanding the Israel-Palestine conflict.
Promised Land Museum offers 6 galleries of exhibits, including our entryway gallery, Gateway to Understanding, and our concluding gallery, An Evolving View. Each Gallery offers a host of exhibits organized largely over time. We invite you to explore the museum!
Gateway to Understanding
The Jewish Museum of the Palestinian Experience was founded to provide a Jewish perspective on the Israel/Palestine conflict. The Jewish perspective is rooted in Jewish values, to treat our neighbor as we would want to be treated.
Peaceful Palestine
The term Palestine, or similar variation, has historically been used to refer to the land between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea.
Creation of State
Between 1917 and 1947, there is a growing discourse of “colonization” of Palestine. Jewish groups like the Stern Gang worked to rid Palestine of British authorities who were restricting immigration of Jews.
Terror + Conflicts
While Palestine was a largely peaceful, multi-faith region, the early 1900s would see far more deaths, including by terrorist attacks–by both Arab and Jewish groups.
Civil Rights
The Jewish people have a long history of persecution, and this persecution has led to a Jewish commitment to civil rights.
An evolving view
FOR PALESTINIANS AND ISRAELIS
Most of us have deeply held moral beliefs that tell us not to mistreat other people. In Judaism, this is known as the Golden Rule. Rabbi Hillel the Elder once said “to which is hateful to you, do not do to your fellow.
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News and Views
Rabbi Miriam Grossman on Changing Jewish Perspectives
Rabbi Miriam Grossman of the Kolot Chayeinu/Voices of Our Lives congregation in Brooklyn, New York, is an educator and...
A Land for All: Considering the Two-State Solution
In 1948, hundreds of thousands of Palestinian men, women, and children were forced from their homes as Jewish Agency...
Justice for Rachel Corrie: An American’s Fight and Death
American Rachel Corrie was an advocate for poor and underserved populations from an early age. In this video, we see...
Israeli and Palestinian Women: Witnessing a Paradigm Shift
Shiri Ourian, Executive Director of American Friends of the Parents Circle Families Forum and friend of the Promised...
Seth Morrison: Being on the Side of Peace
Retired marketer Seth Morrison used to support and fund Zionist organizations. Now, he is an activist who boycotts...
An Imam Who Saved Jews from the Holocaust in Nazi-Occupied France
Remembering Muslims Who Risked Their Lives to Save Jews During the Holocaust Mohammad Mesli barely knew his father--he...
Is the Israel Defense Forces a Moral Army?
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) website describes its official doctrine of ethics, “The Spirit of the IDF,” as the...
Jewish Voices Profile: Stephen Zunes Against War
Leading Expert on U.S. Middle East Policy & Strategic Non-Violent Action Zunes Critiques U.S. Policy in...
What Happened to Shireen Abu Akleh?
The Tragic Killing of a Palestinian-American Journalist On the morning of May 11, 2022, American journalist Shireen...
No Child Should Die Like This: A Boy Shot and Killed
Navigating War Crimes Through a Jewish Lens In December of 2020, a Palestinian boy was killed for throwing stones at...
Inside Palestinian and Israeli Schools: A Roundtable Discussion of K-12 Curricula in the U.S., Palestinian, and Israeli Classrooms
A recent 2020 study at Tel Aviv University found that Palestine and Palestinians are not mentioned in Israeli school...
Arab Americans Support Palestinian Rights and Draw Attention to their Cause
In light of the attacks in Gaza starting May 9, 2021, thousands of Arab-Americans protested in the streets of...
Remembering Palestinian Rights Activist Tanya Reinhart and Her Legacy
Israeli linguist and Palestinian rights activist Tanya Reinhart passed away in 2007. In light of the 2021 U.S....
Are Palestinian Voices Being Represented in U.S. Media?
U.S. Media Coverage of Israel-Palestine Conflict Is Changing In a recent article in The Washington Post in May 2021,...
Dispelling Lies about Palestine
John Minto’s 2020 David Wakim Memorial Lecture The David Wakim Memorial Lecture, a Pax Christi event, took place...
Rethinking the Israeli/Palestinian Relationship
Promised Land Museum Curator Steve Feldman recently spoke with Peter Larson of Canada Talks Israel Palestine (CTIP)...
Imprisoned for Refusing Israeli Military Conscription
Since 2003, Israeli photojournalist and founding member of photography collective Activestills, Oren Ziv, has...
A Voice of Reason in the Israel-Palestine Conflict
U.S. Representative Marc Pocan Visits the West Bank During his time in Congress, U.S. representative Marc Pocan has...
Promoting Interreligious Exchange in the Israel-Palestine Conflict
A Grassroots Organization with Both Israeli and Palestinian Members While vociferous organizations from one side of...
Dispelling Myths about Israel
Ten Myths about Israel: A Book Review "Historical disinformation, even of the most recent past, can do tremendous...
Claims of Antisemitism at Duke University
A letter in a college newspaper discussed recent claims of antisemitism. Visit the Promised Land Museum to learn more about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Gabor Maté and Justifying Violence
In his book, In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction, Dr.Gabor Maté writes that “no society can...
Khirbet Khizeh and Israel’s National Identity
Khirbet Khizeh is a brief, fictional, 1949 novella by Israeli writer S. Yizhar about the violent expulsion of...
Infographic & Maps
Both maps and infographics can tell the story of a land in both a historical and visual presentation, allowing people...
The Separation Wall
Israel began constructing the Separation Wall in 2002 as a security measure to protect Israelis against “terrorism.”...
Rising Israeli Settler Violence in the Occupied West Bank
Palestinians living in the Occupied Territories endure extremely harsh living conditions due to the Israeli military...