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 organizer who leads through Jewish ritual. She teaches that following a Jewish theology means protecting the human rights of all people, including...
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 them in support of the Palestinian right to return. As a liberal Jew from Long Island who grew up with a desire to help fix the world’s problems,...
What Happened to Shireen Abu Akleh?
The Tragic Killing of a Palestinian-American Journalist On the morning of May 11, 2022, American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh went to the occupied West Bank town of Jenin with other journalists to film an Israeli military raid. Without warning, Israeli forces shot her...
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 Dearborn, Michigan, during the same month. The crowd protested in response to President Joe Biden visiting the city to tour a Ford Rouge Plant. The protesters...
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. protests calling for the support of Palestinian rights and the February 2022 rallies in support of Ukraine, Reinhart’s work is as timely as ever. Reinhart...- Journalist Gideon Levy: The Most Controversial Reporter in Israel
Gideon Levy is one of the most famous and controversial journalists in Israel. The Independent has described him as both “the most hated man in Israel” and […] - Israel Deadly Racism?: Killing Unarmed Black and Palestinian Civilians
Israeli Journalist Etan Nechin: A double standard for recognizing racism? Anti-Black and Anti-Palestinian Racism in the U.S. and Israel In a 2020 op-ed for Forward, Israeli journalist […] - Rachel Tetrault
Rachel Tetrault is a community organizer and campaigner who wrote a letter to Straight.com about Vancouver’s choice to adopt a contentious antisemitism definition. In the letter, Tetrault […] - Anna Baltzer
Anna Baltzer is a Jewish American award-winning speaker and organizer. She described her observations visiting the West Bank in a book Witness in Palestine: a Jewish Woman in the […] - Seth Morrison
Seth Morrison serves as the Treasurer of Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP), and he co-founded the Las Vegas JVP chapter. While formerly active in Zionist organizations like […] - Where Is the Palestinian Mandela?
Many interested in Israel-Palestine have asked the question: “Where is the Palestinian Mandela?” But Nelson Mandela’s grandson Nkosi Zwelivelile Mandela has argued that this question emerges from […] - Palestine Open Maps
Palestine Open Maps (POM) is a platform that uses mapping technologies in collaboration with researchers to showcase visual stories of the geographical transformation of historic Palestine over […] - “There’s Already Only One State from the River to the Sea”
Dr. Joshua Shanes, Associate Professor of Jewish Studies and Director of the Arnold Center for Israel Studies at the College of Charleston in South Carolina wrote an […] - Geraldo Rivera
Geraldo Rivera is an American journalist, attorney, author, and political commentator known for his regular appearances on FOX News programs. Rivera has decried the United States’ participation […] - Alice Rothchild
Alice Rothchild is a retired obstetrician-gynecologist who has been focused on understanding the Israeli/Palestinian conflict since 1997. She directed a documentary film, Voices Across the Divide, and […]