Tools for Peacemaking Within Ourselves:
Anger, Fear, and Empathy During the Israel-Hamas War
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Presented as part of Temple Kol Tikvah's regular Community Israel Gathering
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ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
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Two Initiatives in Israel-Palestine
Since 2014, an organization of Israelis and Palestinians living in the West Bank who are "fostering a grassroots movement of understanding, nonviolence, and transformation," founded on "dignity, trust, and mutual recognition and respect." Recent Zooms: Peacemakers in a Time of War, Part 1 and Part 2; Jewish and Muslim faith leaders speak
Givat Haviva – The Center for a Shared Society
Creating a model Jewish and Arab shared society, anchored in principles of mutual respect, trust, pluralism, and intrinsic equality between all citizens of Israel. Focuses on the fields of education, language instruction, culture, and art. Home to the Givat Haviva International School. Awarded the UNESCO Prize for Peace Education in 2001. Friends of Givat Haviva Emergency Response: Crisis-management programs during the Israel-Hamas war, in social, economic, and educational realms, for evacuated citizens: housing, meals, mental health, K-6 school, teen programs, athletics, and art. Includes programs supporting specific needs of Arab citizens and students.
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Read/Watch/Listen
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Gila Sacks closes the third annual video tribute to Rabbi Jonathan Sacks
"As my father wrote and taught, in Judaism, faith is not acceptance, but protest against the world that is, in the name of the world that is not yet, but ought to be."
Statement by Berkeley Professors Hatem Bazian and Ron Hassner:
“We expect that you treat one another with the same respect and dignity that we are modeling here.”
Yossi Klein Halevi, senior fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute and co-director, with Imam Abdullah Antepli and Maital Friedman, of the Muslim Leadership Initiative (MLI). Author of Letters to My Palestinian Neighbor.
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America at A Crossroads: Crisis in Israel
Conversation between Rabbi David Wolpe, Emeritus Rabbi at Sinai Temple, Los Angeles and inaugural rabbinic fellow for the ADL and Yossi Klein Halevi, senior fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute.
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Statement by Noa Fey, student at Columbia University, at the Rally for Israel, November 14, 2023.
"I am a Black, Native American Jewish woman, and I will not be silenced."
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For Heaven’s Sake and Identity/Crisis
Shalom Hartman Institute’s regular weekly podcasts, with scholars and religious leaders in constructive dialogue and disagreement on issues such as The Morning After, Moral Red Lines, Hostage Nation, and Gazan Civilians ("What is your second moral value after self-defense?").
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You Want to Fight the Enemy, First Get Our Own House in Order
Marjan Keypour Greenblatt, human rights activist and founder of StopFemicideIran.org.
Israel at War: In the Beginning There Was the Word
Rabbi Angela W. Buchdahl, Central Synagogue (New York) Oct. 13, 2023
We’ve Lost So Much. Let’s Not Lose Our Damn Minds
Rabbi Sharon Brous, IKAR (Los Angeles), Oct. 14, 2023
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A Prayer for Israel in this Time of War
Rabbi Naomi Levy, Nashuva, Los Angeles
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‘I Love You. I Am Sorry’: One Jew, One Muslim and a Friendship Tested by War
The New York Times, October 22, 2023; Los Angeles leaders in interfaith dialogue, Aziza Hasan and Andrea Hodos, of NewGround: A Muslim-Jewish Partnership for Change
Contrast and Comparison: The Holocaust and the Simchat Torah War
Conversation with Dr. Michael Berenbaum, Oct. 26, 2023
Letter to My Non-Jewish Friends
Rabbi Bradley Artson
A Single Person with a Single Heart
Rabbi Jonathan Sacks
Israel and Hamas – A Time for Moral Clarity
Rev. Brian Cox
Statement by the High Representative on behalf of the European Union on humanitarian pauses in Gaza, 13 November 2023
UN speech by Michal Cotler-Wunsh, Special Envoy for Combatting Antisemitism, November 8, 2023
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The Women's Movement Must Decry the Rape of Israeli Women and Teenagers
Amy Neustein, Ph.D
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by Yehuda Amichai
How You Can Help
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Charity Navigator has a master list of highly-rated charities involved in humanitarian relief, recovery, food and water, housing, psychological and medical services, and peace-building efforts in Gaza and Israel. An excellent non-partisan source to identify legitimate and reputable non-profits, whatever their mission.
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Healing Arts Kits for Children
Developed by psychiatrists, therapists, first responders, parents and teachers, Artists 4 Israel is distributing new kits to slow or stop PTSD among evacuated children. (Since 2014, these kits have been distributed globally to other countries with children in need.)
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Support for all children affected by the violence in Israel and Gaza.
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Hostages and Missing Families Forum and #BringThemHomeNow
The Jewish Agency for Israel
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International non-governmental humanitarian aid organization, founded in 2001.
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Alliance for Middle East Peace (ALLMEP)
The largest and fastest growing network of Palestinian and Israeli peace-builders, a coalition of over 150 organizations.
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Learning
Resources for Educators, Families to Discuss the Events in Israel and Gaza
San Diego County Office of Education
The Connection between Judaism and Israel and The Mutation of Antisemitism
Five-minute whiteboard animations from Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks
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The Media Line: Trusted Mideast News
A balanced and independent news agency based in the Middle East, covering Israel, Palestinian Territories, and Arab countries for over 20 years.
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Israel is Not a Settler Colonial State. Here’s Why
American Jewish Committee.
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A Conversation With a Former White Nationalist (NY Times) and Full Circle with Anderson Cooper
Interviews with Derek Black. Not about Israel-Hamas, but included as an example of transformation out of hatred.
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When You Need a Break (and you do)
OneZoom, an interactive map of the evolutionary links between all living things known to science.
Beautiful News Daily: unseen trends, uplifting stats, creative solutions.
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We Are Not Divided, from David Byrne's "Reasons to Be Cheerful Project."
Monument Valley, the impossibly gorgeous, most tranquil game ever, even if you never play games. All ages.
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All Comics A to Z. Like it says. Read and re-read your favorite comic strips.
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Most of the resources on the previous page also have relevant material, including on antisemitism
To explore the intersections, and collisions, of belief, bias, emotion, preconceptions, and reason, and how to heal them for the greater good of society, check out The Leadership Lab on the power of “Changing the world ONE conversation at a time”; the podcast episode "Talking with People about Things"; and The Rules of Civil Conversation with Stephen Fry.
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