With the news of an impending decision to eventually move the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem, I am taking the opportunity to post excerpts from a
Those of us connected to the heritage of Avraham must engage in this difficult work of imbuing the words of our tradition with meanings that honor the values embodied by our ancestors in this week’s parasha of radical respect and generosity.
Avraham’s tomb in Hebron is in the right place. Its at the heart of Israel’s religious identity and our oppression of Palestine. This is not a coincidence.
In July, thirteen young Jews on the Naomi Chazan Activism Fellowship visited unmarked sites in Israel that recently shaped debate about unending occupation.
When do I get to have my own opinions about Israel?
This summer, these five Jews joined forty others with the Center for Jewish Nonviolence in the West Bank for work and protest alongside Palestinians.
PHOTOS: A. Daniel Roth was with Jewish activists from around the world working with Palestinians in Hebron when they were arrested for building a theater.
Scene: Hebron, June 1997. Palestinian stone throwers clashing with IDF soldiers in the Old City. A friend and I who are living in Ramallah as
This just in, just in time for this year’s Project Hayei Sarah: Members of All That’s Left, a collective of activists committed to ending the occupation,