Resources
Music: Jerusalem Youth Chorus
The Jerusalem Youth Chorus is a choral and dialogue program for Palestinian and Israeli youth in Jerusalem. JYC's mission is to provide a space for these young people from East and West Jerusalem to grow together in song and dialogue. Through the co-creation of music and the sharing of stories, JYC empowers youth in Jerusalem with the responsibility to speak and sing their truths, as they become leaders in their communities and inspire singers and listeners around the world to work for peace, justice, inclusion, and equality.
Photography: Face 2 Face: Israël, Palestine by JR
In 2007, during the Face 2 Face project, artists JR and Marco organize the largest illegal photography exhibition ever. For this project, portraits of Israelis and Palestinians are pasted face to face, in monumental formats on both sides of the wall and in several Palestinian and Israeli cities.
Ted Talk: Ali Abu Awwad & Ami Dar – An Israeli and a Palestinian talk peace, dignity and safety
A bereaved Palestinian, former prisoner and a non-violence activist talking about his peace work and his activities toward finding nonviolence solution for the israeli palastinian conflict. Ali Abu Awwad is a Palestinian, non-violence activist born in Halhoul, Hebron, raised by politically active refugee family. Following his mother's footsteps, Awwad became a member of Fatah and served 2 prison sentences for violent activism. During one sentence, a 17-day hunger strike granted him permission to see his mother. This success was a turning point, realizing the power of non-violent protest.
Ted Talk: A Palestinian and an Israeli, face to face
How can Israelis and Palestinians achieve peace? Palestinian peacemaker Aziz Abu Sarah and Israeli peacemaker Maoz Inon discuss the immeasurable tragedies they've experienced growing up in the region — and how they choose reconciliation over revenge, again and again. With a fierce belief in a better future, they talk about conflict, safety, finding shared values and how they're building a coalition of Israeli and Palestinian citizens who are intent on creating a path to hope and peace.
Ted Talk: Robi Damelin – Can I reconcile with the man who killed my son
Robi, an Israeli mother, ponders the possibility of meeting her son David's killer, and can't help wonder how honest she is with herself in her quest for reconciliation. Can a person who stole the life of a women's child ever truly be forgiven? Is the dialogue between perpetrators and victims the key to ending the bloody never ending Israeli/Palestinian conflict? And can a glimmer of hope come from a place of unbearable pain? Recognizing the humanity in the other must be a recipe for ending the cycle of violence.
Book: The Lemon Tree: An Arab, a Jew, and the Heart of the Middle East
In 1967, Bashir Khairi, a twenty-five-year-old Palestinian, journeyed to Israel with the goal of seeing the beloved stone house with the lemon tree behind it that he and his family had fled nineteen years earlier. To his surprise, when he found the house he was greeted by Dalia Eshkenazi Landau, a nineteen-year-old Israeli college student, whose family left Europe for Israel following the Holocaust. On the stoop of their shared home, Dalia and Bashir began a rare friendship, forged in the aftermath of war and tested over the next half century in ways that neither could imagine on that summer day in 1967. Sandy Tolan brings the Israeli-Palestinian conflict down to its most human level, demonstrating that even amid the bleakest political realities there exist stories of hope and transformation.
Museum: The Holocaust: History and Memory
Explore the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, a living memorial that encourages visitors to remember, reflect, and act to confront hate and promote human dignity. In this virtual tour you will examine how the museum preserves and presents Holocaust history
Museum: The Palestinian Museum Digital Archive
Palestinian Museum Digital Archive works to digitize endangered, dispersed and inaccessible collections of documents, photographs, videos and ephemeral materials representing the culture and history of Palestine from 1800 to the present and to make them available in an open-access online archive.
Article: Peacemaking is the Essential Work of Our Time
Todd Deatherage's article looks at how some peacemakers get Nobel Prizes, but most are ordinary people who do extraordinary, countercultural things. Tackling Racism and Homophobia in SoccerSome peacemakers get Nobel Prizes, but most are ordinary people who do extraordinary, countercultural things.
Book: Adomi Leshem – Hope Amidst Conflict
How does hope for peace form and proliferate in the seemingly hopeless reality of conflict, and why do despair and fear often prevail? How do political elites utilize hope and skepticism to manipulate their public during conflict? And how does hope manifest itself at the societal level? Hope Amidst Conflict takes on the bold challenge of answering these questions by merging insights from philosophy and social psychology and investigating hope for peace in an intense political context—the intractable, violent conflict between Israel and the Palestinians.
Podcast Episode: Ezra Klein – She Polled Gazans on Oct. 6. Here’s What She Found.
The day before Hamas’s horrific attacks in Israel, the Arab Barometer, one of the leading polling operations in the Arab world, was finishing up. The result is a remarkable snapshot of how Gazans felt about Hamas and hoped the conflict with Israel would end. And what Gazans were thinking on Oct. 6 matters, now that they’re all living with the brutal consequences of what Hamas did on Oct. 7.
Book: Jerusalem: A Cookbook
A collection of 120 recipes exploring the flavors of Jerusalem. In Jerusalem, Yotam Ottolenghi and Sami Tamimi explore the vibrant cuisine of their home city—with its diverse Muslim, Jewish, and Christian communities. Both men were born in Jerusalem in the same year—Tamimi on the Arab east side and Ottolenghi in the Jewish west. This stunning cookbook offers 120 recipes from their unique cross-cultural perspective, from inventive vegetable dishes to sweet, rich desserts. With five bustling restaurants in London and two stellar cookbooks, Ottolenghi is one of the most respected chefs in the world; in Jerusalem, he and Tamimi have collaborated to produce their most personal cookbook yet.
Book: The Holocaust and the Nakba: A New Grammar of Trauma and History
In this groundbreaking book, leading Arab and Jewish intellectuals examine how and why the Holocaust and the Nakba are interlinked without blurring fundamental differences between them. While these two foundational tragedies are often discussed separately and in abstraction from the constitutive historical global contexts of nationalism and colonialism, The Holocaust and the Nakba explores the historical, political, and cultural intersections between them. The majority of the contributors argue that these intersections are embedded in cultural imaginations, colonial and asymmetrical power relations, realities, and structures. Focusing on them paves the way for a new political, historical, and moral grammar that enables a joint Arab-Jewish dwelling and supports historical reconciliation in Israel/Palestine.
Film: Wrestling Jerusalem
In a tour-de-force performance, writer-actor Aaron Davidman conjures multiple characters to explore the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in Wrestling Jerusalem. Creatively adapting his one-man stage show with simple props, Davidman takes a multidimensional journey into the heart of the Middle East, embodying 17 characters across the divide. Through sharp observation, he reveals both entrenched isolation and shared humanity. Filmmaker Dylan Kussman seamlessly transitions between locations, blending theatrical spontaneity and cinematic intimacy, resulting in a unique hybrid that reignites hope for the region.
Film: Just Vision’s Documentary Library
Just Vision is a team of filmmakers, journalists, storytellers, and human rights advocates dedicated to envisioning a pluralistic, just, and rights-respecting future in the region. They center documentary filmmaking and journalism, along with strategic audience engagement, in their mission, believing that stories have the power to shape public norms, equip audiences with vital information, undermine stereotypes, and inspire change. With a reputation for leadership, credibility, and excellence, Just Vision operates out of Israel-Palestine and the US. The team engages tens of thousands through direct interactions, from refugee camps to high-level talks with global decision-makers.
Podcast: Jerusalem Unplugged
Jerusalem Unplugged is the only podcast dedicated to Jerusalem, its history, and its people. Dr. Roberto Mazza is interviewing scholars, activists, politicians, artists, journalists, religious men and women, and everybody that in one way or another is connected to Jerusalem. Podcasts will bring you closer to the city and understand its complex layout and they uncover a wealth of knowledge. You will hear about a Jerusalem you never heard of.
Report: Evangelicals and Israel/Palestine FAQ
A faction of evangelical Christians, known as Christian Zionists, have shaped the Israeli-Palestinian conflict from its very beginnings. Today they count among Israel’s most fervent supporters, directly sending hundreds of millions of dollars annually to Israel and lobbying in support of often extreme “pro-Israel” causes, such as Israeli settlements.
Podcast Episode: The Eternal Current: Israel, Palestine & Mutual Flourishing (w Greg Khalil)
Greg Khalil, co-founder of the Telos peacemaking organization, helps us understand the profound simplicity AND unimaginable complexity of the Israeli / Palestinian conflict. More importantly, he invites us to become a tangible part of the solution. Blessed are the peacemakers.
Music: Jerusalem Youth Chorus
The Jerusalem Youth Chorus is a choral and dialogue program for Palestinian and Israeli youth in Jerusalem. JYC's mission is to provide a space for these young people from East and West Jerusalem to grow together in song and dialogue. Through the co-creation of music and the sharing of stories, JYC empowers youth in Jerusalem with the responsibility to speak and sing their truths, as they become leaders in their communities and inspire singers and listeners around the world to work for peace, justice, inclusion, and equality.
Photography: Face 2 Face: Israël, Palestine by JR
In 2007, during the Face 2 Face project, artists JR and Marco organize the largest illegal photography exhibition ever. For this project, portraits of Israelis and Palestinians are pasted face to face, in monumental formats on both sides of the wall and in several Palestinian and Israeli cities.
Ted Talk: Ali Abu Awwad & Ami Dar – An Israeli and a Palestinian talk peace, dignity and safety
A bereaved Palestinian, former prisoner and a non-violence activist talking about his peace work and his activities toward finding nonviolence solution for the israeli palastinian conflict. Ali Abu Awwad is a Palestinian, non-violence activist born in Halhoul, Hebron, raised by politically active refugee family. Following his mother's footsteps, Awwad became a member of Fatah and served 2 prison sentences for violent activism. During one sentence, a 17-day hunger strike granted him permission to see his mother. This success was a turning point, realizing the power of non-violent protest.
Ted Talk: A Palestinian and an Israeli, face to face
How can Israelis and Palestinians achieve peace? Palestinian peacemaker Aziz Abu Sarah and Israeli peacemaker Maoz Inon discuss the immeasurable tragedies they've experienced growing up in the region — and how they choose reconciliation over revenge, again and again. With a fierce belief in a better future, they talk about conflict, safety, finding shared values and how they're building a coalition of Israeli and Palestinian citizens who are intent on creating a path to hope and peace.
Ted Talk: Robi Damelin – Can I reconcile with the man who killed my son
Robi, an Israeli mother, ponders the possibility of meeting her son David's killer, and can't help wonder how honest she is with herself in her quest for reconciliation. Can a person who stole the life of a women's child ever truly be forgiven? Is the dialogue between perpetrators and victims the key to ending the bloody never ending Israeli/Palestinian conflict? And can a glimmer of hope come from a place of unbearable pain? Recognizing the humanity in the other must be a recipe for ending the cycle of violence.
Book: The Lemon Tree: An Arab, a Jew, and the Heart of the Middle East
In 1967, Bashir Khairi, a twenty-five-year-old Palestinian, journeyed to Israel with the goal of seeing the beloved stone house with the lemon tree behind it that he and his family had fled nineteen years earlier. To his surprise, when he found the house he was greeted by Dalia Eshkenazi Landau, a nineteen-year-old Israeli college student, whose family left Europe for Israel following the Holocaust. On the stoop of their shared home, Dalia and Bashir began a rare friendship, forged in the aftermath of war and tested over the next half century in ways that neither could imagine on that summer day in 1967. Sandy Tolan brings the Israeli-Palestinian conflict down to its most human level, demonstrating that even amid the bleakest political realities there exist stories of hope and transformation.
Museum: The Holocaust: History and Memory
Explore the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, a living memorial that encourages visitors to remember, reflect, and act to confront hate and promote human dignity. In this virtual tour you will examine how the museum preserves and presents Holocaust history
Museum: The Palestinian Museum Digital Archive
Palestinian Museum Digital Archive works to digitize endangered, dispersed and inaccessible collections of documents, photographs, videos and ephemeral materials representing the culture and history of Palestine from 1800 to the present and to make them available in an open-access online archive.
Article: Peacemaking is the Essential Work of Our Time
Todd Deatherage's article looks at how some peacemakers get Nobel Prizes, but most are ordinary people who do extraordinary, countercultural things. Tackling Racism and Homophobia in SoccerSome peacemakers get Nobel Prizes, but most are ordinary people who do extraordinary, countercultural things.
Book: Adomi Leshem – Hope Amidst Conflict
How does hope for peace form and proliferate in the seemingly hopeless reality of conflict, and why do despair and fear often prevail? How do political elites utilize hope and skepticism to manipulate their public during conflict? And how does hope manifest itself at the societal level? Hope Amidst Conflict takes on the bold challenge of answering these questions by merging insights from philosophy and social psychology and investigating hope for peace in an intense political context—the intractable, violent conflict between Israel and the Palestinians.
Podcast Episode: Ezra Klein – She Polled Gazans on Oct. 6. Here’s What She Found.
The day before Hamas’s horrific attacks in Israel, the Arab Barometer, one of the leading polling operations in the Arab world, was finishing up. The result is a remarkable snapshot of how Gazans felt about Hamas and hoped the conflict with Israel would end. And what Gazans were thinking on Oct. 6 matters, now that they’re all living with the brutal consequences of what Hamas did on Oct. 7.
Book: Jerusalem: A Cookbook
A collection of 120 recipes exploring the flavors of Jerusalem. In Jerusalem, Yotam Ottolenghi and Sami Tamimi explore the vibrant cuisine of their home city—with its diverse Muslim, Jewish, and Christian communities. Both men were born in Jerusalem in the same year—Tamimi on the Arab east side and Ottolenghi in the Jewish west. This stunning cookbook offers 120 recipes from their unique cross-cultural perspective, from inventive vegetable dishes to sweet, rich desserts. With five bustling restaurants in London and two stellar cookbooks, Ottolenghi is one of the most respected chefs in the world; in Jerusalem, he and Tamimi have collaborated to produce their most personal cookbook yet.
Book: The Holocaust and the Nakba: A New Grammar of Trauma and History
In this groundbreaking book, leading Arab and Jewish intellectuals examine how and why the Holocaust and the Nakba are interlinked without blurring fundamental differences between them. While these two foundational tragedies are often discussed separately and in abstraction from the constitutive historical global contexts of nationalism and colonialism, The Holocaust and the Nakba explores the historical, political, and cultural intersections between them. The majority of the contributors argue that these intersections are embedded in cultural imaginations, colonial and asymmetrical power relations, realities, and structures. Focusing on them paves the way for a new political, historical, and moral grammar that enables a joint Arab-Jewish dwelling and supports historical reconciliation in Israel/Palestine.
Film: Wrestling Jerusalem
In a tour-de-force performance, writer-actor Aaron Davidman conjures multiple characters to explore the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in Wrestling Jerusalem. Creatively adapting his one-man stage show with simple props, Davidman takes a multidimensional journey into the heart of the Middle East, embodying 17 characters across the divide. Through sharp observation, he reveals both entrenched isolation and shared humanity. Filmmaker Dylan Kussman seamlessly transitions between locations, blending theatrical spontaneity and cinematic intimacy, resulting in a unique hybrid that reignites hope for the region.
Film: Just Vision’s Documentary Library
Just Vision is a team of filmmakers, journalists, storytellers, and human rights advocates dedicated to envisioning a pluralistic, just, and rights-respecting future in the region. They center documentary filmmaking and journalism, along with strategic audience engagement, in their mission, believing that stories have the power to shape public norms, equip audiences with vital information, undermine stereotypes, and inspire change. With a reputation for leadership, credibility, and excellence, Just Vision operates out of Israel-Palestine and the US. The team engages tens of thousands through direct interactions, from refugee camps to high-level talks with global decision-makers.
Podcast: Jerusalem Unplugged
Jerusalem Unplugged is the only podcast dedicated to Jerusalem, its history, and its people. Dr. Roberto Mazza is interviewing scholars, activists, politicians, artists, journalists, religious men and women, and everybody that in one way or another is connected to Jerusalem. Podcasts will bring you closer to the city and understand its complex layout and they uncover a wealth of knowledge. You will hear about a Jerusalem you never heard of.
Report: Evangelicals and Israel/Palestine FAQ
A faction of evangelical Christians, known as Christian Zionists, have shaped the Israeli-Palestinian conflict from its very beginnings. Today they count among Israel’s most fervent supporters, directly sending hundreds of millions of dollars annually to Israel and lobbying in support of often extreme “pro-Israel” causes, such as Israeli settlements.
Podcast Episode: The Eternal Current: Israel, Palestine & Mutual Flourishing (w Greg Khalil)
Greg Khalil, co-founder of the Telos peacemaking organization, helps us understand the profound simplicity AND unimaginable complexity of the Israeli / Palestinian conflict. More importantly, he invites us to become a tangible part of the solution. Blessed are the peacemakers.
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