Michal Halev, an Israeli American and former facilitator of women’s circles and emotional counseling, is a mother. After Oct. 7, I joined a family nobody wants to belong to.

Time since October 7 is counted in various ways: by months, by days, by seconds, by bodies. I don’t care too much which way time passed since my mother, Vivian Silver, was murdered in Kibbutz Be’eri.

My name is Rami Elhanan. I am an Israeli and a Jew. I am a seventh-generation Jerusalemite. My father was a ‘graduate’ of the Holocaust.

A new educational program promotes empathy through stories of shared humanity

At the beginning of the month, an internal Education Ministry committee convened to consider whether to restore the Parents Circle – Families Forum, an Israeli-Palestinian group of bereaved parents, to the ministry’s database of approved outside providers to schools.

Israel’s Education Ministry has once again barred the Parents Circle – Families Forum, a joint Israeli-Palestinian group of bereaved parents, from inclusion in its database of organizations authorized to provide outside programming for schools.

The organizers of a recent six-day peace march from Shfaram to the Gaza border, that drew much smaller crowds than the previous peace event by the It’s Time movement, refuse to despair.

Georgetown has partnered with an organization of bereaved Israelis and Palestinian families to produce a program that fosters meaningful dialogue about the human side of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Amid conflict, regardless of the root of that conflict, respect and dialogue are fundamental steps toward a peaceful future.

Layla Alsheikh is a Writer and Activist, and member of The PCFF. Robi Damelin is the Spokesperson & International Relations Manager of The PCFF.