The New York Jewish Agenda (NYJA) amplifies Jewish voices with shared values to promote social justice, combat antisemitism, and support a democratic vision of Israel. The NYJA also engages with critical issues that affect the New York community. NYJA hosted a...
A Land for All represents a group of Israelis and Palestinians who offer a new perspective on the two-state solution. Learn more about A Land for All’s proposal for two sovereign states in Israel and Palestine at the Promised Land Museum.
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 article for Haaretz titled “Liberal Zionists, Face the Facts: There’s Already Only One State From the...
Gideon Levy is a columnist for the Israeli newspaper Ha’aretz. In this video, Israeli journalist Gideon Levy argues that Israel is on its way to becoming a fascist state. Read more about Gideon Levy at the Promised Land Museum. You can see our previous post on Gideon...
Since October 7, 2023, the world has watched the government of Israel drop more than 6,000 bombs and launch more than 7,000 missiles into the territory of Gaza, causing damage the equivalent of 2 nuclear bombs. The military operation is in retaliation to a Hamas-led...
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...