The Promised Land Museum highlights Jewish perspectives about the Palestinian experience. Here we have collected profiles of Jewish voices to show the diversity of Jewish thought on Israel and Palestine. These thinkers ground their political philosophy in an understanding of the Jewish moral and ethical tradition: treating each other the way we want to be treated and protecting the human rights of all people regardless of religion.
We are continuously adding to this collection.
Amira Hass
Amira Hass is a Jewish Israeli journalist and author. Her book Drinking in the Sea at Gaza: Days and Nights in a Land Under Siege (2000) describes her experience as the first Israeli journalist to move to Gaza in 1993. Her articles about Israel-Palestine are published...
U.S. Rabbinical and Cantorial Students
Rabbinic Students' Letter Nearly 90 American rabbinical and cantorial students wrote a public letter in 2021 calling on the Jewish American community to hold Israel accountable for its human rights abuses. The group represents a large percentage from non-Orthodox...
VJP Intern Amber Smith
Amber Smith is a member for Voices for Justice in Palestine (VJP) who traveled to Palestine-Israel in October 2022 and shared what she witnessed in a VJP e-newsletter. She described the heavy militarization of the Israeli occupation forces, the way good quality water...
