Olive Trees for Peace Campaign (2000-2001)

Olive Tree Summer & the Sukkah of Shalom:
A Proposal for American Jewish Action toward Peace
Between Israel & Palestine

We propose the following course of a campaign. We urge the creation of a coalition of Jewish peace organizations to car   Read more »

Responding to Slander

Beginning September 2, a slanderous attack — in Jewish law both lashon hara and rechilus — against Rabbis for Human Rights has been circulating in cyberspace. We are posting RHR

With Tu B'Shvat blessings for fruitfulness and renewal of the Tree of Life —

FROM THE GRASS-ROOTS — OLIVE TREES FOR PEACE

The Shalom Center (see the special section on "Olive Trees for Peace");
Rabbis for Human Rights;
The Shefa Fund;   Read more »

From the Grass Roots—Olive Trees for Peace
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Gila Svirsky

WOMEN & PEACEMAKING:
AT THE UN & IN THE OLIVE GROVES

The following message is from Gila Svirsky, one of the most creative and most staunch Israeli peace activists, about her presence at a UN Security Council hearing on the role of women in peace negotiations throughout the world.

Please also note that after having been invited and then disinvited to address the Security Council, Gila (together with the help of the other women present) carried out a kind of "sit-in" or "speak-in" that worked.   Read more »

From the Grass Roots—Olive Trees for Peace
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Rabbi Arthur Waskow 1/26/01

Dear Chevra,

I am writing from Jerusalem.

Phyllis (Berman) and I came here for an international meeting of spiritual teachers from Jewish, Christian, Muslim, Buddhist, and Hindu traditions.   Read more »