Moses, Violence, and Injustice
[This is the second of a series of posts on nonviolence in Exodus. The first one, by Aron Wander, is here.] This article is an adaptation of a drash given to the Shtibl community over Zoom on January 9, 2021.…
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MLK Day #TorahForTheResistance: Is Putting One’s Life on the Line to Stand Up to Oppression a Jewish Value?
Willingness to make the ultimate sacrifice is, indeed, a Jewish sensibility. However, it is a sensibility that is carefully limited.
Palestinian Gandhi Issa Amro facing Trumped up Charges
Today, Issa Amro, an internationally recognized Palestinian human rights defender, appears in an Israeli military court. His offense? Protesting nonviolently.
The Path of the Righteous (a review of Disturbing the Peace)
“Disturbing the Peace” which combines reenactments, archival footage, on camera storytelling, and live documentation, tells the story of the creation of the organization “Combatants for Peace.”
Cinema Hebron
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.
"Rabid Radicals": A Historical Consideration of the Politics of Protest
Nonviolent protest and civil disobedience -- including boycotts -- were as controversial in the 1960s as they are in our current time.
Interview: Elisheva Goldberg of the Center for Jewish Nonviolence
An interview with a co-founder of the Center for Jewish Nonviolence, a project to bring American Jews to support Israelis and Palestinians reach peace.
Ben Carson, the Shoah, Guns, and Nonviolent Resistance
Ben Carson repeats the wrongful idea that the only two options are violence or passivity.
On disruptive technologies and disruption
Jewish organizations in increasingly desperate attempts to attract those folks who have walked away have decided now that the answer lies in “disruptive technology.” What exactly, I wonder, is being disrupted? And, more importantly, where are the major Jewish organizations…
Implications of the Gaza Freedom Flotilla assault/massacre/tragedy/debacle
I’ve seen footage of the confrontations aboard the flotilla that suggest that the passengers on the ships were ready for an armed attack. @IsraelMFA (on Twitter) is already using this to claim that the IDF was right to board the…