Haaaretz journalists Gideon Levy and Alex Levac reported on a West Bank burglary case in 2020 in which a small Palestinian business was repeatedly burglarized by Jewish settlers. Was this burglary motivated by racism? Mohammed Mahmadi, 29, left his restaurant job in...
In 2000, the heads of Jerusalem churches wrote a letter to the leaders at Camp David as they decided the status of Jerusalem. In 2017, these patriarchs once again wrote a letter, but this time it was directed to U.S. President Donald Trump. Jerusalem Christian church...
Friends of Sabeel North America (FOSNA) is a Christian organization that seeks peace and justice in the Holy Land and liberation in Palestine through education, advocacy, and nonviolent action. FOSNA promotes the vision of Sabeel (meaning “the way” in Arabic), which...
In February 2023, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government transferred civil authorities over the West Bank from the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) to a new minister within the Ministry of Defense. According to Foreign Affairs, “[t]his administrative change...
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...
Proudly Jewish comedian and podcaster Jonathan Randall explains why he does not believe that criticizing Israel makes him self-hating. Video title: Being a Jew against Palestinian oppression doesn’t make you a “self-hating Jew” Created by: Jonathan Randall Video...
Democratic Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has made headlines over numerous issues since being elected in 2018. One of the most controversial stances of this progressive representative has been her perspective on Israel-Palestine. The executive director of...
Shatzi Weisberger was a Jewish American death educator, nurse, and activist. She advocated for justice through the civil rights movement, the anti-nuclear movement, the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power, Black Lives Matter, and Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP). She became a...
Steve Berman has been involved with several Jewish communal organizations and works in the commercial real estate business. He was formerly on the Board of Councilors for The Carter Center. In a 2023 op-ed for Forward, Berman described his relationship to Israel and...
Friends of Sabeel North America (FOSNA) is a nonsectarian Christian nonprofit organization which strives for peace and justice in Palestine through education, advocacy, and nonviolent action. Sabeel (which means “the way” in Arabic) is an international peace movement...
Haaaretz journalists Gideon Levy and Alex Levac reported on a West Bank burglary case in 2020 in which a small Palestinian business was repeatedly burglarized by Jewish settlers. Was this burglary motivated by racism? Mohammed Mahmadi, 29, left his restaurant job in...
Curtis Bell, President of Unitarian Universalists for Justice in the Middle East, spoke to the First Unitarian Church’s Department of Social Justice about his two months in Hebron and what he learned about the Palestinian experience under Israeli occupation. Video...
The Graduate and Professional Student Senate (GPSS) at Virginia Tech passed a resolution in October 2021 demanding that the University’s administration enact an academic boycott of Israel and institutions “complicit in maintaining the Israeli occupation.” The...
In 2000, the heads of Jerusalem churches wrote a letter to the leaders at Camp David as they decided the status of Jerusalem. In 2017, these patriarchs once again wrote a letter, but this time it was directed to U.S. President Donald Trump. Jerusalem Christian church...
Controversy fell upon the Temerty Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto in 2022 as debate swirled between accusations of antisemitism and anti-Palestinian racism. A confidential letter—addressed to Acting Dean Patricia Houston and signed by 45 Faculty...