Israel/Palestine

Courageous Conversations on Israel/Palestine
Join us for a new series of monthly conversations that offer communication skill-building, and a forum for dialogue across disagreement.

Wrestling with October 7 and its Aftermath – with Ansche Chesed
ManhattanOutstanding Jewish thinkers will come together to talk about Jewish communal responses to October 7, the role of Zionism for Diaspora Jewry, the role of “Jewish Progressives”, and how we should think about prayer in a time of war.

Yom Hazikaron Across Brooklyn

Make a Wish: Marking Israel’s 76th Birthday (+ Rabbi Amichai’s Birthday)
ManhattanLab/Shul Partners are invited for an intimate event of songs and stories of our diverse relationships with Israel, with wishes and prayers for more peaceful futures for all its people.

Yom Haatzmaut: 76 Minutes of Hope
Join 14th Street Y and LABA NYC for a night of hope and storytelling. Marking the 76th Yom Ha'atzmaut, spend 76 minutes in hopeful transformation through the stories and imagery of artists and community leaders, including Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie.

Courageous Conversations on Israel/Palestine
Join us for a new series of monthly conversations that offer communication skill-building, and a forum for dialogue across disagreement.

Jerusalem Youth Chorus: Faith Over Division Tour
The Jerusalem Youth Chorus sings a different song: they are an Israeli-Palestinian music and dialogue project. Featured from the Late Show with Stephen Colbert to the New York Times, JYC is raising youth voices for a shared future. The musical project rejects violence, occupation and terror—and have continued to meet throughout the war to sing out for peace, justice, inclusion and equality. The One America Movement is excited to present the Jerusalem Youth Chorus as part of the Faith Over Division Tour, inspiring people of faith to come together across religious, racial, and political divides to build trust and work together to improve their communities.

It’s Time: Hear from Maoz Inon and Aziz Abu-Sarah about a New Horizon for Peace in Israel and Palestine
Activists and social entrepreneurs Aziz Abu-Sarah and Maoz Inon are at the forefront of a growing collaborative initiative of Palestinians and Israelis in the land. Just off organizing the biggest peace conference in Israel in 30 years and offering the closing remarks at the Netroots Nation Conference, together they are instigating a shift in vocabulary, coming from the lived experience in the region, to address the Israeli-Palestinian quagmire. Strategically, they are working to institutionalize unapologetic language of mutual equality, dignity and security, to serve as the core propelling any critical negotiations efforts.