The Trump administration’s recently announced “zero tolerance” policy on illegal border crossings has led to an emotion-laden national conversation on the government’s responsibility for the welfare of children who are brought across the U.S. border by their parents. The new…
This piece was originally posted by the American Jewish Peace Archive. Photo is of Grace Gleason, Moran Zamir and Aliza Becker on May 30, 2017 in Jerusalem. Moran Zamir is an Israeli activist with Combatants for Peace (CFP), a joint…
This piece was originally posted by the American Jewish Peace Archive. Photo is of Chutzpah Jewish liberation collective circa 1977. Perlman is third from left. Myron Perlman, z”l, a long time social justice activist, passed away in Chicago on December 19,…
This piece was originally posted by the American Jewish Peace Archive. This past June in Tel Aviv, the American Jewish Peace Archive interviewed J Street Israel Director Yael Patir. Patir recounted the influence of American Jews on the Israeli peace…
Underlying the recent reporting on the Israel-Diaspora crisis over the cancellation of an egalitarian prayer space at the Western Wall is the assumption that public disagreement between mainstream American Jewish leaders and the Israeli government is something extraordinary, and, according…
This obituary was originally published by the American Jewish Peace Archive. Read an in-depth profile of Sarah Ehrman here. Sarah Ehrman, influential political operative and lifelong peace activist, died on June 3, 2017 at age 98. Sara Ehrman began her lifelong…
Dr. Don Peretz, a leading scholar of the Arab-Israeli conflict and Palestinian refugees at SUNY-Binghamton and a Jewish peace activist, died on April 29, 2017 in Mitchellville, Md. He was 94.
This is the second installment of a 50-year timeline of American Jewish and Israeli peace activism since 1967 by the American Jewish Peace Archive (AJPA).
This is the first installment of a 50-year timeline of American Jewish and Israeli peace activism since 1967 from the American Jewish Peace Archive (AJPA).
Why document a movement that has failed for 50 years to achieve its objective? The director of the American Jewish Peace Archive answers a tough question.