Demonstrators in London urge UK leaders and Jewish community figures to break their silence as calls for peace grow louder
Hundreds gather in downtown SF to protest Israel’s surprise attack | Golden Gate Express
“There is another way. We want reconciliation. We want an end to the occupation. So this is co-resisting together, the system everybody’s caught up in and there are so many synagogues who are also involved in this”
Before Nita Lowey died, Donald Trump eviscerated the $250M Middle East peace fund named for her | Cleveland Jewish News
Before Nita Lowey died, Donald Trump eviscerated the $250M Middle East peace fund named for her | Cleveland Jewish News All of the peace-building groups supported through the MEPPA fund have had their grants canceled amid the Trump administration’s slashing of USAID, the United States’ civilian foreign aid agency, and it’s unclear whether restoring them … Continue reading Before Nita Lowey died, Donald Trump eviscerated the $250M Middle East peace fund named for her | Cleveland Jewish News
Trump wants campuses to fight antisemitism. Here’s how they should actually do it | The Forward
We must create programs where Israeli studies and Palestinian studies are explored in entwined fashion, to reflect the lived experience of people on the ground.
April 2025 Parents Circle California Speaking Tour
Four bereaved Palestinians and Israelis are travelling to California to share their personal stories. Over 10 days in L.A. and the Bay Area, we will work closely with universities* and other communities to: Center the voices of people most impacted by the conflict: bereaved Palestinians and Israelis Examine and model how to have meaningful and … Continue reading April 2025 Parents Circle California Speaking Tour
Crying Out In Pain | The Daily Journal
Last year I attended a presentation in Palo Alto by two bereaved mothers, one Palestinian, the other Israeli. Each had lost a child in the many years of the Israeli/Palestinian conflict.
Tears Know No Borders
Over the summer, a Hezbollah rocket hit a soccer field and killed 12 children in the Druze town of Majdal Shams, in northern Israel. The Parents Circle went to meet the grieving parents who are also full of hope and a deep desire to live in peace and without violence. The families we met felt … Continue reading Tears Know No Borders
Urgent Update Re: USAID
Today our team in Israel and Palestine received this message from USAID: Dear Partner: Your award is being terminated for convenience and the interests of the U.S. Government pursuant to a directive from U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, in his capacity as the Acting Administrator for the U.S. Agency for International Development…Secretary Rubio and … Continue reading Urgent Update Re: USAID
Brothers in the name of peace | Vatican News
Israeli Maoz Inon and Palestinian Aziz Abu Sarah, who attended the “Arena of Peace” event in the northern Italian city of Verona in May 2024, where they received the personal embrace and the support of Pope Francis, speak of their shared vision of peace.
It’s Not Easy to Achieve Peace. So Do We Give Up Trying? | Haaretz
Our statesmen often resemble children squabbling so fiercely over a resource that they destroy it. There is another way