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Brit Shalom:
Toward a Covenant of Peace in the Middle East
Our vision for reconciliation in Israel/Palestine based on Dialogue and a call to renounce violence
Brit Shalom: Toward a Covenant of Peace in the Middle East, was presented to the Kehilla Congregation at the end of December, 2003 by the Kehilla Middle East Political Action Committee. It was overwhelmingly approved.
Brit Shalom presents a vision for reconciliation in the Middle East that the Middle East Committee wishes to present to other congregations and faith-based groups as a vision that is supported by our entire congregation. We want to use Brit Shalom as a starting point for our actions.
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Rabbi Burt Jacobson's personal journey of discovery to find that Zionism and the survival of Israel are not incompatible with Palestinian Rights and Statehood.
Kehilla’s Covenant of Peace Proposal:
A Personal Introduction
by Rabbi Burt Jacobson
Background Documents
SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS AND EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS for BRIT SHALOM:
DOCUMENT I: Finding the Third-Way Path, by David Cooper
DOCUMENT II: Martin Buber, Zionism and the Palestinians
DOCUMENT III: Statements by Martin Buber
DOCUMENT IV: Principled Negotiation, Non-Violent Communication, Compassionate Listening.
DOCUMENT V: Citizen Peacebuilding
DOCUMENT VI: Our Hopes for Reconciliation
THE KOL NIDRE SERMON (2002/5763) by RABBI DAVID J. COOPER:
Reconsidering the Israel Narrative,
Renarrating How we Speak, Listen and Act in Community
Rabbi David Cooper asks:
Why is this Statement About Peace and Justice Different?
Read: Mah Nishtanah?
Peace, Shalom, Salaam,
The Middle East Political Action Committee
Rabbi Burt Jacobson
Judy Gussman
Jae Scharlin
Dolores Taller
Beth Weinberger
Joan Bernstein
Michael Robin
Joel Brody
Dan Weisburg
Barbara Epstein
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