Join folks from The Center for Jewish Nonviolence, from the All That’s Left anti-Occupation collective, and from other groups and movements, this coming summer, in saying: ”Occupation is Not Our Judaism.” Take part in nonviolent direct […]
Category: Violence/Nonviolence
Top 5 Posts of 2015
(1) 9 thoughts on the matisyahu disinvite, anti-semitism, anti-zionism and leftist discourse Published on August 17th, 2015. ”I want to invite others on the Left, Jewish and non-Jewish, to join the struggle against anti-Semitism in our […]
“Why does no one ask the Israeli Army about its nonviolence?”
I spent today with a group of Diaspora Jews in the Ofer Military Court and Nabi Saleh. The former was all dreary awfulness, a space filled with an invisible but palpable thick-sickly sludge of an absurdly unjust […]
On the blood just spilled near my favorite banana stand
I have nothing new to say about violence and nations. Nothing new to say about this place. About this city. Nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing. Just the thought of red blood next to […]
Center for Jewish Nonviolence – Week of Action (Overview, Schedule & More)
Tomorrow, Monday, October 19th, 2015, in the midst of all of the heartbreak and unfairness and violence and narrowness and collective punishment sweeping Jerusalem in particular and Israel-Palestine in general, hundreds of Jews from all over […]
Interview with Jon Wiener on KPFK 90.7 FM (followed by Tavis Smiley on MLK’s Anti-Militarism)
Following my NYT piece last month, I did an interview with Jon Wiener of KPFK radio, a noncommercial, listener-sponsored radio station operating out of Los Angeles, California. In this interview, which aired on Wednesday, February 4th, I addressed some […]
“Nonviolence, Dissidence and the Occupation.” A Public Talk at Kehilla Community Synagogue
As the final event in my Bay Area speaking tour this past month, I had the privilege of talking at the amazing Kehilla Community Synagogue in Oakland, CA. I wanted to share the video of […]
15,000 Protest for Peace in Tel Aviv: Results surprising, I think good
15,000 people protesting against the occupation and for peace in Tel Aviv. That is a lot of people. Not compared to other eras in Israeli history: some estimate that 400,000 gathered in Tel Aviv to protest the […]
8 Snapshots from the Antiwar Demo Tonight in Tel Aviv
I arrive at the Bima Square for what I pray will be the last Tel Aviv demonstration against the ongoing “Operation Protective Edge.” I am told by a smug looking police officer that “there […]
“We saw death in every step and I can’t believe I’m still alive” (July Story Journal: Gaza)
Guest writer: Itaf from Gaza.* I’ve lived through two days that I could never have imagined. When the bombing intensified, I fled the house with my husband and two year old son. Hundreds of people were […]
The Leftern Wall 