Mideast
Peace Links
Compiled
by Kimberly Walker
C. Arts
D. Environment
E.
Women
F.
Refusers
III. Refugee Groups
A.
Mizrahim (Jews from Middle Eastern Countries)
B.
Palestinians
IV. Resources for Activists
A. Support
B. Technology
C. Middle East
ii. Peace Trips
iii. Languages
D. Funding
E. Connecting to:
ii. Government
a. U.S.
b. Israel
c. Palestine
iii. People
a.
Free Media
b.
Advocacy
V. Media/Education
A.
Mideast Peace
Journals, Magazines, WebZines,
Education
B.
News & Commentary by Originating Country or Market
i. Israeli
ii. Palestinian
iii. Arab
iv. Jewish
v. Mainstream
C. News Monitors
i. Objective
iii. Palestinian
Advocacy
D. Translations,
Polls, Statistics, Analyses
E. Informational
Organizations/Think Tanks/Research Foundations
IX. Culture
A. Jewish
i. Spirituality/Cooking/Art/Music
ii.
Jewish Diversity
iii.
Hip Young Jew Sites
iv.
Educational
vi.
Holocaust
Remembrance/Anti-semitism opponents
vii.
Women
B.
Arab
i.
General/Religious/Cultural/Women
Americans for Peace Now
Americans for
Peace Now [APN] was founded in 1981 to support the activities of Shalom
Achshav in Israel. They email an excellent newsletter. Check out the Chicago chapter at: http://www.chicagopeacenow.org/
Ariga
http://www.ariga.com
Ariga is commonly considered the first and largest of
the Israeli web sites devoted to the Israeli-Arab peace process.
Beyond
Blame
http://www.beyondblame.info
The Beyond Blame Project: A Middle East Peace Initiative.
Bitterlemons.org
http://www.bitterlemons.org
Bitterlemons.org is a website that presents Israeli
and Palestinian viewpoints on prominent issues of concern. It is produced,
edited and partially written by Ghassan Khatib, a Palestinian, and Yossi
Alpher, an Israeli. Its goal is to contribute to mutual understanding through the
open exchange of ideas.
Brit Tzedek v’Shalom
Brit Tzedek
v'Shalom, the Jewish Alliance for Justice and Peace, is a national organization
of American Jews deeply committed to Israel's well being through the
achievement of a negotiated settlement to the long-standing Israeli-Palestinian
conflict.
Center for Middle East Peace & Economic
Cooperation
http://www.centerpeace.org
The Center brings together Middle Eastern policy makers, American government
officials, and international business leaders to encourage a peaceful
resolution to the Arab-Israeli conflict.
A Different Future
http://www.adifferentfuture.org/
A Different Future aims to strengthen the voice
of Palestinians and Israelis whose actions demonstrate that it is possible for
both peoples to live and work side by side.
The David Project
The David Project is a grassroots Jewish
initiative that promotes peace and justice in the Middle East by advocating a
fair and honest understanding of the conflict by bringing into the equation the
Arab Jewish refugees now living in Israel.
Faculty for Israeli-Palestinian Peace
FFIPP, the Faculty for
Israeli-Palestinian Peace is a network of faculty endeavoring to achieve Middle
East Peace.
Foundation for Middle East Peace
http://www.fmep.org
The Foundation for Middle East Peace is a non-profit dedicated to informing
Americans about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. It publishes a bimonthly
settlement report.
International Forum for Peace and Culture (IFLAC)
http://tx.technion.ac.il/~ada/iflac.htm
IFLAC’s goal is to help build a peaceful Middle East through literature,
culture and art.
Jewish Peace Fellowship
http://www.jewishpeacefellowship.org
Jewish Peace Fellowship is a nondenominational organization committed to active
nonviolence as a means of resolving conflict.
Jewish Peace Lobby
The Jewish Peace Lobby is an American Jewish organization
that seeks to promote a just and lasting resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian
conflict. The organization is made up of approximately 5,000 members
and 400 rabbis.
Just Peace Project
http://www.justpeaceproject.org
Based at Columbia University in New York City, the Just
Peace Project calls for an end to the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and
the Gaza Strip and for an end to all terrorist attacks against Israelis.
Jewish Voice for Peace
http://www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org/
A diverse and democratic community of activists inspired by Jewish tradition to work together for peace, social justice, and human rights. (may be too lefty –has a suspend military aid to Israel committee, but nice looking site.)
Meretz USA
Meretz USA is a progressive Zionist organization
that educates Americans about issues of civil rights and peace in Israel, and
promotes the values of peace, pluralism and democracy in Israel.
Middle East Activist
http://www.meactivist.org/index.htm
The Middle East
Activist is a new organization that has tried to figure out how to be most
effective in encouraging cross-cultural and interfaith understanding and
friendship, as well as working toward peace, justice, and a more secure future
for all people, both in the United States and the Middle East.
Mid East Web
One of the best Mid East peace web sites on the net,
MidEast Web was started by people active in Middle East dialog and peace
education efforts.
http://www.middleway.org/English/index.html
The New Israel Fund
The New Israel
Fund works to safeguard civil and human rights, promote Jewish-Arab
coexistence, advance the status of women, foster tolerance and religious pluralism,
bridge social and economic gaps, pursue environmental justice, and encourage
government accountability.
http://www.silentnolonger.com/
One Voice was
developed by over two hundred Palestinian, Israeli and international community
leaders, and is dedicated to strengthening the voice of reason.
Oz V'shalom-Netivot Shalom
http://www.netivot-shalom.org.il/
The Movement for Judaism, Zionism & Peace, Oz V’shalom-Netivot Shalom was founded in 1975 in
order to present an alternative expression of religious Zionism. It is
committed to promoting the ideals of tolerance, pluralism, and justice.
Palestinians and
Israelis for Nonviolence
Palestinians and Israelis for Nonviolence (PINV) are
people who believe the conflict in the Middle East and its causes are best
addressed through nonviolent activism by the two peoples.
The Parents Circle
http://www.theparentscircle.com
In 1994, following the abduction and murder of 19-year
old Arik Frankenthal by Hamas terrorists, Yitzhak Frankenthal founded the
Parents Circle - an organization of bereaved parents who lost their children to
terrorists and who are promoting peace and coexistence through education for
tolerance and compromise.
The People’s Voice
http://www.mifkad.org.il/eng/
The People’s Voice is a new Israeli-Palestinian
Civil initiative that aims to advance the process of achieving peace between
Israeli and the Palestinians.
Peres Center for Peace
http://www.peres-center.org
The Peres Center for Peace is a non-governmental organization dedicated to the
promotion of peace in the Middle East. It implements joint projects with
regional and international partners that advance socio-economic cooperation and
people-to-people relations.
Rabbis for Human Rights
http://www.rhr.israel.net/overview.shtml
Rabbis for Human Rights is a group of Orthodox, Conservative, Reform and
Reconstructionist rabbis working on behalf of human rights issues in Israel and
in the territories.
The Shalom Center
http://www.shalomctr.org
A network of American Jews who draw on Jewish tradition and spirituality
to seek peace, pursue justice, heal the earth, and build community.
Social Action.com
http://www.socialaction.com
Stop kvetching…An on-line Jewish magazine dedicated to pursuing justice,
building community, and repairing the world.
Great Site.
Support Sanity
Support sanity is an independent public campaign devoted
to: Building visible mass support for an evenhanded two-state
solution for Israel & Palestine.
Tikkun
http://www.tikkun.org
On-line version of the American magazine Tikkun that began its publication
in 1986 as the liberal alternative to voices of Jewish conservatism.
Union of American Hebrew Congregations Peace Project
http://www.seekpeace.org
Can you imagine a pro-peace, pro-Israel site that calls
for both the return of Israeli hostages and an end to the destruction of
Palestinian homes? Please see this site for its extremely valuable educational
resources.
U.S. Interreligious Committee for Peace
The U.S. Interreligious Committee for Peace in the Middle
East is a national organization of Jews, Christians and Muslims dedicated to
dialogue, education and advocacy for peace based on the deepest teachings of
the three religious traditions.
Wi'am: Palestinian Conflict Resolution Center
http://www.planet.edu/~alaslah
Wi'am works in the greater Bethlehem community to build a democratic and
just society. The Center aims to improve the quality of relationships by:
addressing injustices; dignifying persons on both sides of the conflict;
promoting human rights, and advocating for peace among all people.
Abraham Fund
http://www.abrahamfund.org
A not-for-profit organization dedicated to promoting coexistence between
the Jewish
and Arab citizens of Israel. The org has two offices,
with one in Israel and the other
in New York.
Beit Hagefen
http://www.haifa.gov.il/beit-hagefen/
Beit Hagefen – Haifa’s municipal,
national and international center was founded in 1963 to create a meeting place
for social and cultural encounters between Arabs and Jews and to encourage
understanding and coexistence.
Building Bridges
Building Bridges for
Peace brings young women
from Denver, Israel, the West Bank, and Gaza together to participate in a
21-day intensive communication workshop at a retreat center in the mountains of
Colorado.
Bustan L'Shalom
http://www.bustanlshalom.org
Bustan means ‘grove’ in both Hebrew and Arabic. Bustan is a grassroots partnership
addressing the plight of indigenous and marginalized people in
Israel/Palestine. Bustan is Pro-Israel, Pro-Palestine, anti-War, and
anti-Occupation.
Center for Jewish-Arab Economic Development
(CJAED)
http://www.cjaed.org.il
CJAED helps to provide resources and support for organizations engaged in
economic development between Arabs and Jews.
Dialogue Project
http://www.thedialogueproject.org
NYC Dialogue Project brings together adult Palestinians, Jews/Israelis and
Supportive Others (Christian, Muslim, secularist, humanist, etc.) for intense
dialogue and intimate conversation.
Encounter
http://www.salam-shalom.net
Encounter is a global movement of people promoting human rights,
communication and reconciliation between peoples in conflict in the Middle
East. Encounter incorporates Arab, Jewish, Israeli, and Palestinian movements
and organizations.
Friendship's Way
http://www.friendships-way.org.il
Friendship's Way is a social service agency that works with impoverished and
at-risk Jewish and Arab children in Jaffa.
Established in 1963, the Jewish-Arab Center for Peace is
one of the oldest and most prominent institutions in the field.
Givat Haviva
Educational Foundation (GHEF)
Waging peace through education, the Givat Haviva
satellite office based in NYC, focuses on raising awareness in the United
States of the issues in Israel and the Middle East and on providing financial
support to Givat Haviva.
Hand in Hand
http://www.handinhand12.org/Home/home.html
Hand in Hand seeks to spark revolutionary change in
Israeli education and society by establishing a new educational paradigm:
integrated, bilingual schools where Jewish and Arab children and their families
learn and grow together.
Hello Peace
Hello Peace is a free telephone
service that encourages Israelis and Palestinians to start talking to one
another. If
you're in Israel, the West Bank or Gaza, you can pick up the phone and talk to
someone on the other side about reconciliation, tolerance, and peace, just dial *6364.
Israeli-Palestinian
Conflict Transformation network
Palestinian Noah Salameh and Israeli Edy Kaufman maximize
the resources of The Center for Conflict Resolution & Reconciliation (CCRR)
Bethlehem, and The Harry S. Truman Research Institute for the Advancement of
Peace, Jerusalem, to gather a growing community of individuals and
non-governmental organizations to exchange creative ideas.
Interns for Peace (IFP)
http://www.internsforpeace.org
IFP trains community development peace workers, in Israel and in the West
Bank/Gaza, Jordan and Egypt who initiate joint projects between Jews and Arabs
in Israel.
Jerusalem Circus Association
http://www.jerusalemcircus.org
The Jerusalem Circus Association is dedicated to the
development of circus arts as a tool for dialogue and coexistence and is
committed to teaching circus arts to young people from all sectors of Israeli
society, so they may learn to work together for a common future.
Jewish Dialogue Group
A group of Philadelphia Jewish community members and
friends that came together in November 2001 to promote dialogue and
deliberation about the Israeli/Palestinian conflict.
Jewish Palestinian Living Room Dialogue Group
http://www.igc.org/traubman/dg-prog.htm
This group is based in San Mateo, CA and has been involved in dialogue work for
over 10 years. This Web site has useful advice on how to use dialogue as a tool
to work toward peace between Palestinians and Israelis.
Just Like You
Palestinian Forsan Hussein and Jew Michael Bavley, both
Israelis, model Dialogue in their lives and are exquisite public spokesmen for
peace between Israelis and Palestinians. Now in the U.S, these young men have
created an inspiring Web site for everyone.
MidEast Citizen Diplomacy
http://www.mideastdiplomacy.org
A U.S. based non-profit organization dedicated to promoting
Jewish-Palestinian reconciliation through: people-to-people peace building
initiatives; compassionate listening as a tool for reconciliation; and
educational outreach.
A Palestinian, Jerusalem-based, independent institution
committed to fostering the principles of democracy and effective dialogue.
Museum on the Seam
http://www.mots.org.il/eng/about/about.htm
Located on the seam of east and
west Jerusalem, the museum presents an attempt, for the first time in Israel to
deal with themes of dialogue, (understanding and co-existence in a museum
setting. We highly recommend taking the
virtual tour.
Negev Coexistence Forum
The Forum is a framework for Jewish Arab cooperation,
joined struggle for equal civil rights, recognition of unrecognized Beduin
villages, education for tolerance and mutual understanding.
Neve Shalom/Wahat al-Salam
http://www.nswas.com/http://www.nswas.com/
A village in Israel established jointly by Jews and Palestinian Arabs of
Israeli citizenship and engaged in educational work for peace, equality and
understanding between the two peoples.
Open House
http://www.openhouse.org.il
Open House was founded in 1991 to further peace and coexistence among Israeli
Arabs and Jews in the mixed city of Ramle. It sponsors the Center for
Jewish-Arab coexistence.
Open Tent
http://www.opentent.org
Open Tent is a coalition of groups and individuals whose mission it is to
promote understanding and appreciation of Middle Eastern cultures and their
shared values and history. They organize educational and cultural activities
and are based out of the Los Angeles area.
Peace a Mid-East
Dialogue Group
http://communication.ucsd.edu/rwallen/dialogue/frame.html
The PEACE group is dedicated to promoting peace in the
Middle East through dialog and joint action of citizens of all countries in the
region.
Peace Child
http://www.mideastweb.org/peacechild/
Peace Child Israel was founded in 1988.
Using theater and the arts as a tool for dialogue Peace Child Israel’s
objectives include education towards democratic values in civic society,
tolerance and mutual respect.
Peacemaker
Community – Middle East
http://www.peacemakercommunity.org/Hebrew/index.html
A coalition of interfaith and peace organizations join
efforts to pray for peace and unity
in Israel.
Peaceworks
Peaceworks fosters co-existence through business.
The People to
People Program
http://www.people-to-people.org/
The Program aims to foster wider public exposure to, and
involvement in the peace process; it will strengthen and increase direct
people-to-people relationships and cooperation based on equality and
reciprocity.
Place4Peace.com
Here is a place in cyberspace where you can freely share
your views about the Israeli-Palestinian peace process.
Re'ut-Sadaka (Friendship)
http://www.reut.de
Re'ut-Sadaka is a joint Jewish-Arab Youth Movement for Coexistence and Peace.
Re'ut-Sadaka provides Jewish and Arab youth the
opportunity to meet, exchange ideas and perspectives and to develop friendships
across cultural lines.
San Diego
Jewish-Palestinian Dialogue
http://communication.ucsd.edu/rwallen/dialogue/
Some participants of San Diego's 8 thriving Dialogues
offer an online audio and visual documentary of their process and other useful
resources.
Sea of
Life
http://www.aseaoflife.com
Produces a range of healthful products with minerals and other ingredients
from the Dead Sea. All products are co-created by Israelis, Palestinians and
Jordanians and manufactured by Jordael, an Israel-Jordan joint venture.
Seeds of Peace
http://www.seedsofpeace.org
Seeds of Peace is a non-profit, non-political
organization that helps teenagers from regions of conflict learn the skills of
making peace. Founded in 1993 by author and journalist John Wallach, Seeds of
Peace has focused primarily on bringing Arab and Israeli teenagers together
before fear, mistrust and prejudice blind them from seeing the human face of
their enemy.
Shemesh
http://www.shemesh.org
Shemesh means "sun" in Hebrew and was begun by the Arab village of
Shaab and the Jewish community of Shorashim in the Galilee. Shemesh is engaged
in a number of community projects, including local summer camps for Arab and
Jewish children.
Soccer for Peace
The mission of Soccer For Peace is to promote tolerance, understanding and peace in the
Middle East, and ultimately throughout the world, by uniting children of
different backgrounds in their shared love of soccer.
Sulha
http://www.metasulha.org/sulha/index.html
The Sulha Peace Project began in 2001 as a community
celebration and intimate sharing of the holidays of Ramadan and Chanukah. Sulha is
an indigenous middle eastern way of reconciliation.
Taayush
In the fall of 2000 Arab and Jewish citizens of Israel
joined together to form "Ta'ayush" (Arabic for "life in
common"), here was and is a grassroots movement of Arabs and Jews working
to break down the walls of racism and segregation by constructing a true
Arab-Jewish partnership.
Windows - Channels for Communication
http://www.win-peace.org
Windows was established in 1991 by Jewish and Arab artists and educators living
in Israel. Their mission is to promote meaningful dialogue between Israelis and
Palestinians through media and art.
Adah Aharoni’s Home Page
http://tx.technion.ac.il/~ada/home.html
Where art and literature can convey what no
political speech can convey.
Arab Israeli Comedy Hour
http://www.arabisraelicomedyhour.com
To make you laugh. To make you
think. To help end conflict in the middle east.
Blues for Peace
Blues for Peace was set up in Israel to honor
the roots of blues music and promote peace and the understanding that ALL
peoples have had their share of the blues.
Global Action Projects
Global
Action Projects, in collaboration with regional organizations, works in diverse
areas of the world to produce videos. Global Voices programs have taken place
the Middle East and produced Peace of Mind: Coexistence Through the Eyes of
Palestinian and Israeli Teens.
Middle East Peace Quilt
http://www.vcn.bc.ca/quilt/exhibit.html
Peace
– one square at a time.
Museum on the Seam
http://www.mots.org.il/eng/about/about.htm
Located on the seam of east and
west Jerusalem. The museum presents an
attempt, for the first time in Israel to deal with themes of dialogue,
(understanding and co-existence) in a museum setting. Highly Recommended: Take the virtual tour.
Opening of the Heart
http://www.openingoftheheart.org/
Opening of
the Heart in the Middle East is a
traveling photo exhibition that provides an educational platform for Israeli-Palestinian
dialogue.
Peace is Possible
http://hdna.vwh.net/peacepossible/
Peace Is Possible is a lecture, discussion, and film series in the New
York City area conceived as a response to the dissolution of the Oslo peace
process and the protracted violence that has afflicted Israel and Palestine.
Pieces for Peace
http://www.mideastweb.org/pieces4peace.htm
More than 150
Palestinian and Israeli youth have met over the last 3 years to create 330
square feet of mosaic.
Promises
http://www.promisesproject.org
The Promises Film Project is a non-profit
organization committed to furthering the Middle-East peace process by using the
power of film to educate audiences about the importance of supporting peace
efforts.
Arava Institute for Environmental Studies
http://www.arava.org
The Arava Institute offers Egyptian, Israeli, Jordanian, Palestinian and
overseas students an intensive hands-on academic program focusing on their
joint environment.
Friends of the Earth, Middle East (FoEME)
http://www.foeme.org
FoEME is an umbrella organization representing leading Middle East
environmental non-governmental organizations that promote cooperative efforts
to protect their environment for a lasting peace in the region.
LINK
LINK was founded by environmental planner Stephanie
Firestone, and a group of Galilee residents, Arab and Jewish, who identified a
need to work together to change the current environmental situation in the
region.
Migrating Birds
Know No Boundaries
http://www.birds.org.il/show_item.asp?levelId=457
Bird migration "knows no boundaries" and can be used as an educational tool
that contributes to the peace process.
Palestinian Israeli
Environmental Secretariat
PIES supports
environmental NGOs that support Israeli-Palestinian cooperation and develops
joint activities in two primary areas: education and public awareness and environmental
protection. Outdated – but some good material on here nonetheless.
Palestine Wildlife
Society
Participates in migrating bird program with the
International Center for the Study of Bird Migration.
Bat Shalom
http://www.batshalom.org
Bat Shalom is a feminist peace organization of Israeli women who work towards a
just peace between Israel and its Arab neighbors.
Brit Shalom
http://www.britshalom.org
Brit Shalom is a new Jewish Palestinian group that was founded in Israel. Its
broad aims are equality of Israeli citizens and the promotion of cooperation with
the Palestinian residents of the territories.
Community of Lesbian Feminists in Israel,(CLAF)
http://www.aquanet.co.il/vip/klaf/
CLAF is a grassroots organization that aims to benefit all Israeli lesbians
through a combination of advocacy, public education and community development
activity.
Haifa Women's Coalition
http://www.haifawomenscoalition.org.il
The Haifa Women's Coalition is made up of 4 organizations working at both the
national and local levels to combat forms of violence against all women and
improving the status of women in general.
Israel Women's Network (IWN)
http://www.iwn.org
IWN is a network of women from all aspects of Israeli society that work against
discrimination in the household and the workplace and to improve the status of
women in Israel.
Naamat
Over the decades, NA’AMAT has built bridges of
understanding and support between Jewish and Arab Israeli women. Today, NA’AMAT
is more involved in promoting the Israeli Arab woman's quality of life than any
other organization in the country.
Nisan Young Women Leaders
http://www.nisan.org
Nisan Young Women Leaders develops the leadership potential of Jewish and Arab
Israeli young women, and foster communication and cooperative partnerships
among them.
Women of the Wall
http://www.womenofthewall.org
An organization of Jewish women from the four streams of Judaism who come
together at the Western Wall to pray every Rosh Chodesh (new month).
US/Israel Women to Women
http://www.usisraelwomen.org/homepage.htm
US/Israel Women to Women provides seed money for grassroots efforts in Israel
which advocate equal status and fair treatment for both Arab and Jewish women
in all spheres of Israeli life.
Courage to Refuse/Ometz
le’Sarev
http://www.seruv.org.il/defaulteng.asp
Courage
to Refuse is a
group of reserve combat officers and soldiers whose initial refusal declaration
in January 2002 generated widespread controversy throughout Israel and
re-energized the peace movement.
The Forum for Supporting
Conscientious Objectors
The Forum for Supporting Conscientious Objectors has been
established to defend CO's and their right to refuse army duty on grounds of
conscience.
New Profile
Refuser Solidarity Network
http://www.refusersolidarity.net/
A Web portal to unite
international supporters of the Israeli Refusers, the site unites the Israeli
Refuser Groups: Courage to Refuse (or Ometz le’Sarev - the most
well-known refuser group), Yesh Gvul (known for selective refusal) &
Shministim (composed of high school seniors).
Shministim
http://www.shministim.org/english/index.htm
The Shministim or Israeli
Youth Refusal Movement, once numbering 62, the Shministim now numbers 200 high
school seniors who have announced that they "refuse to be soldiers for
occupation."
Yesh Gvul (There is a limit!)
http://www.yesh-gvul.org/english/
The
oldest and most active organization supporting reservists who refuse to serve
in the Occupied Territories (known as "selective refusal").
US affiliate of the Meretz Party – is a progressive
Zionist organization that educates Americans about issues of civil rights and
peace in Israel.
Habonim Dror North America
Founded
in 1935, Habonim Dror (the Builders of Freedom) is a Progressive Labor Zionist
Youth movement whose missions are: To build a personal bond and commitment
between North American Jewish youth and the State of Israel. To create Jewish leaders who will actualize
the principles of social justice, equality, peace and coexistence in Israel and
North America.
The
Hagshama Department
http://www.wzo.org.il/en/default.asp
The
Hagshama Department was established in January 1998, with the aim of placing
the fulfillment "Hagshama" of the Zionist vision high on the agenda
of young Jewish adults (18-30).
Hashomer Hatzair
http://www.hashomerhatzair.org/
Hashomer
Hatzair is a youth movement, based on the principles of Progressive Zionism,
Social Justice, Progressive Judaism and self-actualization, and committed to
peace and equality.
Hamagshimim
(Young Judea)
http://www.youngjudaea.org/html/university.html
The Zionist youth group
sponsored by Hadassah is conservative, more to the right of Brit, but important
to know about since they are a prominent group among the Jewish youth
movements.
Kibbutz Artzi
http://www.kba.org.il/eng/welcome.htm
The
Kibbutz Artzi is a federation comprising of 85 kibbutzim founded by the
Hashomer Hatzair youth movement.
Interfaith Center on
Corporate Responsibility
For
thirty years the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR) has been
a leader of the corporate social responsibility movement.
Interfaith
Encounter
http://www.interfaith-encounter.org/
Interfaith dialogue was established in Israel in
the late 1950's by a small group of visionaries, including Martin Buber and
others. The Interfaith Encounter
Association is dedicated to promoting peace in the Middle East through
interfaith dialogue and cross- cultural study.
Interfaith.org
Cooperative association of not-for-profit religious and
spiritual organizations combining resources for the worldwide web
The Interfaith
Center of NY
http://www.interfaithcenter.org
*Interfaith Encounter Association
http://www.interfaith-encounter.org/
The
Interfaith Encounter Association is dedicated to promoting peace in the Middle
East through interfaith dialogue and cross-cultural study, believing that,
rather than being a cause of the problem, religion can and should be a source
of the solution for conflicts that exist in the region and beyond.
*Interreligious Coordinating Council in Israel
(ICCI)
http://www.icci.co.il
ICCI is an umbrella group of Jewish, Christian and Muslim organizations
promoting interreligious and intercultural understanding.
*Israel Interfaith Association
http://www.israel-interfaith.co.il/
An independent organization
working to promote understanding and mutual respect between all the sects,
religions, and ethnic groups within Israel, recently they have been doing some
interesting work with how Arabs view the Holocaust.
Israel Religious Action Center (IRAC)
http://www.irac.org
IRAC is the public and legal advocacy arm for the Israel Movement for
Progressive Judaism. The Center's mission is to advance religious freedom and
pluralism, tolerance, social justice and civil liberties in Israel, based on
the belief that these values are intrinsic to Judaism.
Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism
www.rac.org
Tanenbaum Center
for Interreligious Understanding
Adam Institute
http://www.adaminstitute.org.il
The Adam Institute for Democracy and Peace is a non-profit organization that
develops and implements participatory educational projects to teach the basic
principles of democracy and the equal rights of every individual. Excellent
Site.
Adva Center
http://www.adva.org
Adva conducts policy analysis, advocacy work, and public outreach to inform
policy makers and the general public in Israel and abroad about equity and
social justice issues in Israeli society.
Adalah
Adalah (Justice
in Arabic) is the first non-profit, non-sectarian Palestinian-run legal center
in Israel. Established in November 1996, Adalah serves the Palestinian
community nationwide, over one million people or 20% of the population.
Ahali Center for Community Development
http://www.ahalicenter.org
The Ahali Center is a community-based group promoting grassroots activism among
the Palestinian minority in Israel on issues of equality and the fair
distribution of national resources.
Amnesty International (Israel)
http://www.amnestyusa.org/countries/israel_and_occupied_territories/index.html
Amnesty is the London-based international NGO that
prepares authoritative studies of human rights worldwide
Arab
Association for Human Rights
http://www.arabhra.org
Founded to promote and protect the political, civil,
economic, and cultural rights of the Palestinian Arab minority in Israel.
Provides a review of the Arab press in Israel.
Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI)
http://www.nif.org/acri
ACRI protects the rights of all individuals in Israel and in the occupied
territories through legal action, education and public outreach.
Association of Forty
http://assoc40.org/index_main.html
The Association is a grassroots organization working to establish recognition
for unrecognized Arab villages and the promotion of social justice for Arabs in
Israel.
B'Tselem
http://www.btselem.org
B'Tselem: The Israeli Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories acts
to change Israeli policy in the territories and to ensure that the government
protects the human rights of its residents and complies with its obligations
under international law.
Galilee Society
http://www.gal-soc.org
The Galilee Society works towards the achievement of equitable health,
environmental, and socio-economic conditions and development opportunities for
Arab citizens of Israel.
Human Rights Watch
http://www.hrw.org/mideast/is-ot-pa.php
HRW is dedicated to protecting the human rights of people
around the world; of interest is its section on the Middle East.
Ittijah: The Union of Arab Community-Based
Organizations
http://www.ittijah.org/
Ittijah works to strengthen Palestinian citizens of Israel in its struggle for
equality. They help in the creation of a Palestinian civil society and
community-based organizations.
Madre
http://www.madre.org/country_pale.html
An international human rights organization working
for human rights for women and families, “As Israel's occupation of the West Bank and Gaza moves
into its 36th year, ordinary women and families on both sides of the conflict
are paying the price for political violence that seems increasingly
intractable.”
Machsom
Watch
A group of women who monitor
and prevent human rights violations at IDF checkpoints; Member Coalition of
Women for Peace
LAW
The Palestinian Human Society for the protection of human rights
LAW is a Palestinian Human
Rights organisation based in Jerusalem. LAW was founded in 1990 by a group of
Palestinian lawyers to promote human rights and further the principles of the
rule of law, and to defend Palestinian rights in accordance with international
human rights law and United Nations declarations.
Palestinian Centre for Human
Rights
http://www.pchrgaza.org/about_pchr.htm
The
Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) is an independent legal body based
in Gaza City dedicated to protecting human rights, promoting the rule of law,
and upholding democratic principles in the Palestinian Territories.
The Palestinian Human Rights Monitoring Group
“Violations of
Palestinian human rights by both Palestinian and Israeli authorities persist
with little accountability and, for the foreseeable future, the PHRMG will
maintain and improve upon its traditional human rights monitoring and outreach
activities.”
Physicians for Human Rights
http://www.phr.org.il/phr/Pages/PhrHomepage.asp
Physicians
for Human Rights - Israel (PHR-Israel) was established in 1988 as a
nonpartisan, nonprofit organization, dedicated to promoting and protecting the
right to health care in Israel and in territories under Israel's effective
control.
Rabbis for Human Rights
http://www.rhr.israel.net/overview.shtml
Rabbis for Human Rights is a group of Orthodox, Conservative, Reform and
Reconstructionist rabbis working on behalf of human rights issues in Israel and
in the territories.
Sikkuy
http://www.sikkuy.org.il/english/news/index.asp
Sikkuy, the Association for the Advancement of Equal Opportunities, is a
non-profit organization whose goal is to promote civil society in Israel and
improve the status of its Arab citizens.
The
Union of Palestinian Medical Relief Committees (UPMRC)
http://www.upmrc.org/content/about/main.html
The Union of Palestinian Medical Relief
Committees (UPMRC) is a grassroots, community-based Palestinian health
organization. UPMRC seeks to improve the overall physical, mental, and social
well being of all Palestinians, regardless of racial, political, social,
economic or religious status.
A. Mizrahim (Jews from Middle
Eastern Countries)
Adah Aharoni’s Home Page
http://tx.technion.ac.il/~ada/home.html
Where one can examine articles that explore
the issue of Arab
Jewish Refugees, Adah presents that knowledge of their plight “can be used to
advance the Peace Process in the Middle East today, if they are presented and
used in a positive way.”
Babylonian Jewry
http://www.babylonjewry.org.il/
Babylonian Jewry is really
unique - one of its kind in the world. You are invited to travel through 2700
years of Babylonian Jewry history - Since they were exiled from the land of
Israel and until their eventual return from Iraq to their former homeland.
The David Project
The David
Project is a grassroots Jewish initiative that promotes peace and justice in
the Middle East by advocating a fair and honest understanding of the conflict.
They work with the Jewish community and general public to oppose the new global
anti-Semitism and the ideological assault on Israel, and to stand in solidarity
with the region's other oppressed minorities.
Forgotten Exodus
http://www.forgottenexodus.com/
The Jewish people have been
living in the Middle East for over three thousand years. As Jews, they take
pride in being the Middle East’s oldest, existing minority group. One million Jews fled oppression in the
Muslim world in the 20th century.
Historical Society of Jews from Egypt
This organization
shall be known as Historical Society of Jews from Egypt, and not of Egypt
or of Egyptian Jews, but FROM EGYPT for the purpose will be to include all our
co-religionists whose lineage have sojourned in the Jewish communities of
Egypt.
*Jewish Arab Refugees
The pluralistic Jewish
Community in Egypt in the twentieth century, is an example and model of
what the third millenium is heading to: a multi-cultural society living in
peace and harmony with its neighbors.
*Jewish Refugees
http://www.jewishrefugees.org/links.htm
As part of an international
effort, in association with major Jewish communal organizations, the American
Sephardi Federation has launched a campaign to collect testimonials from Jews
displaced from Arab countries.
Jews of Libya
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/JewsofLibya/This Web site is by, for, and of the entire
community of Jews of Libya.
*Jimena
http://www.jimena-justice.org/index.htm
JIMENA’s mission is to
advocate and educate about the history and plight of the Jews indigenous to the
Middle East and North Africa. One of their goals is to play a constructive role
in bringing peace between Israel and the Palestinians.
Baghdadi Artist/Eli Sawdayee
http://www.geocities.com/sawdayee1/
This Web site depicts the
lifestyle of a Jewish family who used to live in Baghdad.
B. Palestinian
Refugee Groups
Badil
Here is Badil, a resource
center for Palestinian residency and refugee groups.
Eye to Eye
http://www.savethechildren.org.uk/eyetoeye/index.html
Get a glimpse of life in a
refugee camp, photos and stories by Palestinian children.
Palestinian Refugee Links
Shaml is an independent
non-governmental organization, dedicated to Palestinian refugees and the
Palestinian Diaspora. It was established in 1994 by a group of
concerned academics and human rights activists who felt the need to examine
issues pertaining to Palestinian refugees in a comparative perspective,
encompassing relevant experiences in other parts
of the world.
Palestinian Refugee
ResearchNet
http://www.arts.mcgill.ca/MEPP/PRRN/prfront.html
A non-partisan project devoted to the dissemination
of ideas and scholarly information, in an effort to foster scholarly
collaboration, policy research, and innovative thinking on the Palestinian
refugee issue.
A. Support
Helping.orghttp://www.helping.org/nonprofit/tools.adpHelping.org is an easy-to-use, one-stop online resource designed to help people find volunteer and giving opportunities in their own communities and beyond. Site Content topics cover: Day-to-Day operations, getting the help you need, working the web, and learning from others. Innonethttp://www.helping.org/frameset.adp?hosection=nonprofit&url=http%3a%2f%2fwww%2einnonet%2eorg&title=Workstation%20for%20Innovative%20NonprofitsWorkstation for Innovative Nonprofits is a free online tool to build program and evaluation plans as well as fundraising proposals and budgets *Internet Resources for Non-profitshttp://www.ucp-utica.org/uwlinks/directory.htmlIncredibly comprehensive directory of support resource for non-profits that every activist should know about
Middle East Activist
http://www.meactivist.org/index.htm
The Middle East Activist is a new organization that has tried to figure out how to be most effective in encouraging cross-cultural and interfaith understanding and friendship, as well as working toward peace, justice, and a more secure future for all people, both in the United States and the MidEast.
*Network for Goodhttp://www.networkforgood.org/npo/Network for Good is a nonprofit collaboration to help nonprofit organizations increase capacity, reach new audiences, and build Internet strategies. Nonprofit Mailershttp://www.nonprofitmailers.org/tools.htmlTools for nonprofit mailers Not For Profit Network http://www.notforprofitnetwork.org/index.phpFundraising, funding sources, communication tips, volunteerism, NotForProfitNetwork.org has offers many resources. Post volunteer wanted ads and join in on a wide variety of discussions on topics affecting not for profit groups.
Open
Democracy
"Where
else could you find global business and activists, politicians and concerned
citizens engaged in constructive debate. The world needs this." Maria
Cattaui Livanos,
Secretary General, International Chamber of Commerce
Petitiononline.com
http://www.PetitionOnline.com
- Free Online Petition Hosting...
The best place on the web to create and sign free public petitions on most anyresponsible topic....
Volunteer Match
Wherever you live and whatever you’re looking to do:
Volunteer Match will hook you up.
B. Technology/Software/Web Advocacy Brand in the Boxhttp://brandinthebox.com/Brand emails
Charity Focus
Builds Web sites, provide technical assistance, and
engages in a wide variety of projects designed to benefit non-profit
organizations dedicated to public service – did we mention for no to little
cost?
Create Surveys for orgshttp://www.helping.org/frameset.adp?hosection=nonprofit&url=http%3a%2f%2fwww%2ezoomerang%2ecom%2f&title=ZoomerangCreate surveys and get feedback online for free. *Ebase http://www.helping.org/frameset.adp?hosection=nonprofit&url=http%3a%2f%2fwww%2eebase%2eorg%2f&title=EbaseA free information and communications management system for nonprofits -- a database to organize membership and donation information, combined with a communications tool to run email campaigns, merging personalized information into bulk email. Fundraising Softwarehttp://nonprofit.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.allianceonline.org%2Ffaqs%2Ffrfaq7.htmlHow to select fundraising software
Grassroots.org
Grassroots.org is a 501c3 non-profit organization that
serves other non-profits and information consumers worldwide. They provide free
Internet business services to charities, including full-featured web hosting
and email services. They also provide limited consulting to charities at no
charge.
Kellogg Foundation Report on e-philanthropyhttp://www.wkkf.org/pubs/PhilVol/Pub578.pdfReport by the Kellogg foundation on e-philanthropy, volunteerism, and social changemaking, a new landscape of resources, issues and opportunities MediaNethttp://www.internetnewsbureau.com/medianet/A web-based tutorial for media and public relations on the Internet NetAction Virtual Activisthttp://www.netaction.org/training/NetAction Virtual Activist training curriculum is a comprehensive online guide to using technology for grassroots organizing and advocacy.
Petitiononline.com
http://www.PetitionOnline.com
- Free Online Petition Hosting...
The best place on the web to create and sign free public petitions on most anyresponsible topic.... *Software http://nonprofit.about.com/cs/software/index.htmSoftware for nonprofits C. Middle East
i.
Dialogue/Educational Tools
The Center for Nonviolent Communication
Practical and proven in daily life around the world,
Nonviolent Communication is a reliable language for being heard, hearing
others, clearly and confidently expressing our needs and dreams, and for working
through conflict with compassion and success.
Jewish Palestinian Living Room Dialogue Group
http://www.igc.org/traubman/dg-prog.htm
This group is based in San Mateo, CA and has been involved in dialogue work for
over 10 years. This Web site has useful tools on how to use dialogue for Middle
East peace activists.
Melitzhttp://www.melitz.org.il/
Offers great educational peace resources
Middle East Activist
http://www.meactivist.org/index.htm
The Middle East Activist is a new organization that is trying to figure out how to be most effective in encouraging cross-cultural and interfaith understanding and friendship, as well as working toward peace, justice, and a more secure future for all people, both in the United States and the Middle East.
ii. Peace Trips
Compassionate Listening Trips
http://www.compassionatelistening.org/trips.html
“We…generally spend 1 night at a classic guest house in
Gaza City; 1 or 2 nights with Palestinian families in the West Bank; 1 night
with Israeli-Jewish families in the West Bank or Jerusalem area…”
Peace Trips to Gaza
www.mideastweb.org/hagit/HagiGaz1.htm
Where you can learn Aramaic
Learn Hebrew
http://www.learnhebrew.org.il/about.htm
Passing Phrase, written by Eli Birnbaum, is about
enhancing your current knowledge of spoken Hebrew in a fun and informal way.
D. Funding
i. Funds/Foundations
Bentonhttp://www.benton.org
The mission of the Benton Foundation is to articulate a public interest
vision for the digital age and to demonstrate the value of communications for
solving social problems. Their focus is on leveraging media and technology in
innovative ways as a means to strengthen communities.
Daniel Pearl Foundation
http://www.danielpearlfoundation.org
The foundation's mission is to promote cross-cultural
understanding through journalism, music, and innovative communications.
The Ford Foundation
The Ford Foundation is a
resource for innovative people and institutions worldwide. Their goals are to: Strengthen
democratic values, reduce poverty and injustice, promote
international cooperation, and advance human achievement.
Grassroots
International
grassrootsonline.org
An independent, non-profit agency working for social
change, providing financial and material support for community-led development
in Brazil, East Timor, Eritrea, Haiti, Mexico, and the Palestinian territories.
The Jewish Fund for
Justice
The Jewish Fund for Justice is the only national Jewish
organization solely committed to fighting the injustice of poverty in America.
JoshuaVenture
http://www.joshuaventure.org/program/index.html
Joshua Venture offers two-year fellowships
to eight qualified social entrepreneurs ages 21-35 whose innovative ventures
help to create a more just, vibrant, and inclusive American Jewish community.
Mazon
A Jewish Response to Hunger is a national, nonprofit
agency that allocates donations from the Jewish community to nonprofit
organizations providing food, help and hope to hungry people of all faiths and
backgrounds.
Nathan Cummings
Foundation
The Nathan Cummings Foundation is rooted in the Jewish tradition and
committed to democratic values and social justice, including fairness,
diversity, and community. Nathan
Cummings rose from impoverished beginnings to become the founder and guiding
spirit of Sara Lee. Ever wonder why
those Stella Doro cookies were Kosher?
Nice web site.
The
Shefa Fund
http://www.shefafund.org
Advancing Jewish social responsibility through
grantmaking, investing, and education.
ii. Fundraising/Grantseeking
Grassroots Fundraisinghttp://www.grassrootsfundraising.org/advice/index.htmlOnline resources from this journal that includes 50 sample articles and book chapters on fund raising, an advice column and e-news. This is primarily a commercial site selling books and magazines, but some good free reading is made available.
The Foundation Center
The Foundation Center's mission
is to support and improve philanthropy by promoting public understanding of the
field and helping grantseekers succeed.
Fundraising Softwarehttp://nonprofit.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.allianceonline.org%2Ffaqs%2Ffrfaq7.htmlHow to select fundraising software
Philanthropy
The
Chronicle of Philanthropy is the newspaper of the nonprofit world. It is the No. 1 news source, in
print and online, for charity leaders, fund raisers, grant makers, and other
people involved in the philanthropic enterprise.
a.
Connecting to:
i. Elected
Officials/Media
ii. Government
a. U.S.
b. Israel
c. Palestinian
iii. People
c. Free Media
d. Advocacy
*Act for Changehttp://capwiz.com/wa/dbq/officials/Vital resource. Here you can easily get contact info on your local representatives and/or media organizations and contact them via email. Also, the site offers tips on how to communicate to elected officials and the media.
MediaNethttp://www.internetnewsbureau.com/medianet/A web-based tutorial for media and public relations on the Internet
Thomas, Legislative Information on the Internet
http://thomas.loc.gov
U.S. House of Representatives
http://www.house.gov
U.S. Department of State
http://www.state.gov
Department of State, Bureau of Near Eastern
Affairs
http://www.state.gov/p/nea
U.S. Senate
http://www.senate.gov
White House
http://www.whitehouse.gov
Knesset
http://www.knesset.gov.il/knesset/engframe.htm
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
http://www.israel-mfa.gov.il/mfa/home.asp
Prime Minister's Office
http://www.pmo.gov.il/english/
Embassy of Israel (U.S.)
http://www.israelemb.org
Israeli Consulate, Atlanta
http://israelemb.org/atlanta/atlanta.html
Israeli Consulate, Boston
http://israelemb.org/boston/
Israeli Consulate, Chicago
http://www.israelemb.org/chicago/
Israeli Consulate, Los Angeles
http://israelemb.org/la/
Israeli Consulate, Miami
http://israelemb.org/miami/index.shtml
Israeli Consulate, New York
http://www.newyork.israel.org
Israeli Consulate, Philadelphia
http://www.israelemb.org/pa/
Israeli Consulate, San Francisco
http://www.israelemb.org/sanfran/
Israeli Consulate, Texas
http://www.israelemb.org/tx/index.shtml
Israeli Mission to the U.N.
http://www.israel-un.org
Embassy of Israel, Canada
http://www.israelca.org/ottawa/
Palestinian National Authority
Palestinian National Authority Cabinet Office
http://www.palestinecabinet.org
Palestinian Observer Mission to the UN
United Nations Relief and Works Agency
UNDP-Program of Assistance to the Palestinian People
USAID- West Bank and Gaza Mission
Global Village CAT
http://www.openchannel.se/cat/linksus.htm
For Links to 600 Community and Public Access Sites or community public TV- nationwide (CA, NA, etc.) If you are interested in spreading the word as an activist– cable access is a wonderful free resource that you must know about!
Radio
http://www.pegchannels.com/linksRADIO.html
Community
radio stations around the world
NetAction Virtual Activisthttp://www.netaction.org/training/NetAction Virtual Activist training curriculum is a comprehensive online guide to using technology for grassroots organizing and advocacy. Nonprofit Mailershttp://www.nonprofitmailers.org/tools.htmlTools for nonprofit mailers
Petitiononline.com
http://www.PetitionOnline.com
- Free Online Petition Hosting...
The best place on the web to create and sign free public petitions on most anyresponsible topic....
American Jewish World Service
http://www.ajws.org/aaboutus_pg.html
American Jewish World Service [AJWS] is an independent not-for-profit organization
founded in 1985 to help alleviate poverty, hunger and disease among the people
of the world regardless of race, religion or nationality.
Areyvut
Areyvut
is an organization that seeks to integrate the values of chesed, tzedakah
and tikkun olam into the world of Jewish education. Areyvut’s goal is
to train Jewish educators throughout the United States and provide them with
the resources to better incorporate these ideals into their core curricula.
Avodah: The Jewish Service Corps
A-vo-dah:
Hebrew, meaning 1) work 2) worship, and 3) service
Jewish
Organizing Initiative
http://www.jewishorganizing.org/
1 yr paid fellowships in community organizing
Jewish Social Justice
Network
Established in 2000, the Jewish Social Justice Network
(JSJN) is a national network of Jewish organizations that promote the
involvement of Jews in local social justice work across the United States
through community organizing, advocacy, activism, training and education.
Joshua Venture
http://www.joshuaventure.org/program/index.html
Joshua Venture offers two-year fellowships
to eight qualified social
entrepreneurs ages 21-35 whose innovative ventures help to create a
more just, vibrant, and inclusive American Jewish community.
V. Media
F.
Mid East Peace
i. Journals,
Magazines, WebZines, Education
G. News &
Commentary by Originating Country or Market
i. Israeli
ii. Palestinian
iii. Arab
iv. Jewish
v. Mainstream
b. News Monitors
i. Objective
ii. Pro-Israel
iii. Pro-Palestinian
c.
Translations, Polls, Statistics, Analyses
d. Informational
Organizations/Think Tanks/Research Foundations
Bitterlemons.org
http://www.bitterlemons.org
Bitterlemons.org is a website that presents Israeli
and Palestinian viewpoints on prominent issues of concern. It is produced,
edited and partially written by Ghassan Khatib, a Palestinian, and Yossi
Alpher, an Israeli. Its goal is to contribute to mutual understanding through
the open exchange of ideas.
Bridges
Bridges
celebrates and illustrates Jewish women's identity and social justice activism
and also includes articles and reports on Israeli women peace workers.
http://www.hanitzotz.com/challenge/
Challenge
is a bi-monthly leftist magazine focusing on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
within a global context. Published in Jaffa by Arabs and Jews, it features
political analysis, investigative reporting, interviews, eye-witness reports,
gender studies, arts, and more. May be pro-palestinian/anti-israeli.
Crossing Borders
http://www.crossingborder.org/
CB is a bimonthly regional youth newspaper published in
25,000 copies whose readers and writers are Israeli (both Jews and Arabs),
Palestinian and Jordanian young people.
Foreign Affairs
http://www.foreignaffairs.org
Bimonthly Journal published by the Council on Foreign Relations.
Journal
of Palestine Studies
http://www.ipsjps.org/final/en/journals/jour_item.php?id=1
“Outstanding, essential,
readable, trustworthy, unique . . . extremely insightful and helpful to
policymakers… It is a rare publication that brings together the ideas of
leading opinion-makers in the Arab and American academic and political circles
with those of thoughtful and influential Israelis. I look forward to continuing
to read the Journal for years to come.”
Robert
H. Pelletreau, former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern
Affairs Israel Insider
http://web.israelinsider.com/
The inner stories in the Middle East
*Melitzhttp://www.melitz.org.il
Your community chooses, upon consultation with Melitz,
the MELITZamerica educator you would like to bring in for the amount of time
that works for you. They also offer
books on their site.
MidEast Info
This site was started in response to the attacks on the
United States on September 11, 2001. As ordinary citizens, the founders
searched for a constructive way to deal with the grief and anger surrounding
the attacks. The site is intended as a place to collect information that could
help them to better understand the conflicts in the Middle East.
Middle East Insight
http://www.mideastinsight.org
Bimonthly magazine highlighting many issues related to the Middle East.
**Middle East Media & Research Institute
(MEMRI)
http://www.memri.org
Very important service that translates excerpts from the Arab media as well as
provides research and analysis.
Middle East Research & Information Project
(MERIP)
http://www.merip.org/
A Washington-based organization that provides research and material on a wide
array of Middle East issues.
Middle East Review of International Affairs
(MERIA)
http://www.biu.ac.il/SOC/besa/meria/
This journal is edited by Professor Barry Rubin and is associated with the
Begin-Sadat Center at Bar Ilan University in Israel.
Mid-East Web News
http://www.mideastweb.org/mewnews.htm
Mid-East Web News collects news stories on a wide variety of issues covered in
the Middle East press.
Middle East
Studies Association Bulletin
http://w3fp.arizona.edu/mesassoc/Bulletin/welcome.htm
MESA is a private nonprofit,
non-political organization of scholars and other persons interested in the
study of the Middle East, North Africa and the Islamic world.
The MIT
Electronic Journal of Middle East Studies (MIT0EJMES)
http://web.mit.edu/cis/www/mitejmes/
The MIT Electronic Journal of Middle East Studies
(MIT-EJMES) is a new, internet-based journal publishing scholarly writing--both
interdisciplinary work and work within the traditional boundaries of the social
sciences and humanities--related to the modern Middle East.
New Voices
New Voices is
America's only national magazine written by and for Jewish college students.
You will find a wide range of opinions in this journal.
The Other Israel
http://members.tripod.com/%7Eother_Israel/
Monthly
publication from Uri Avnery's Israeli Council for Israeli/Palestinian Peace
Palestine-Israel Journal
The Palestine-Israel Journal is the only
independent, non-profit quarterly publication co-published and produced by
Israelis and Palestinians, as an explicitly joint venture promoting dialogue,
in the search for peaceful relations.
Tikkun
http://www.tikkun.org
A lefty, bimonthly Jewish
Critique of Politics, Culture, & Society, Tikkun magazine began
publication in 1986 as the liberal alternative to the voices of Jewish
conservatism and spiritual deadness in the Jewish world and as the spiritual
alternative to the voices of materialism and selfishness in Western society
Win
Peace
http://www.win-peace.org/magazine.html
Windows'
primary project is the creation and publication of the Hebrew-Arabic Children's
Magazine. The magazine provides Israeli and
Palestinian youth with the chance to see each other as they really are.
Ha'aretz (in English) +
http://www.haaretzdaily.com
Ha'aretz is an independent daily newspaper with a broadly liberal
outlook both on domestic issues and on international affairs. Ha'aretz
plays an important role in the shaping of Israeli public opinion and is read
with care in government and decision-making circles. If we were to suggest one paper for you to read this is the one.
Jerusalem Post
http://www.jrep.com
Israel's other leading English newspaper, to the right and conservative in
comparison with Ha’aretz.
Kol-Israel
http://www.kol-israel.com
Ma'ariv (in Hebrew)
http://www.maariv.co.il/
One of Israel's main Hebrew newspapers, you will need to have Hebrew fonts
installed in order to be able to read this.
Yediot Ahronot (in Hebrew)
http://www.ynet.co.il
One of Israel's main Hebrew newspapers, you will need to have Hebrew fonts
installed on in order to be able to read this.
Arutz
Sheva
http://arutzsheva.com/ ("Channel
Seven") is originally a Jewish settler radio station. Reflects a
right-wing position mixed in with biblical commentary.
Israeli Gvnt sites (eg Israel
Defense Forces)
IDF Spokesperson’s announcements, independent reports and of interest:
IDF doctrine.
Electronic Intifada
http://electronicIntifada.net/
The
Electronic Intifada (EI), found at electronicIntifada.net, publishes
news, commentary, analysis, and reference materials about the
Israeli-Palestinian Conflict from a Palestinian perspective.
Jerusalem Times
http://www.jerusalem-times.net/
The only weekly Palestinian newspaper that publishes in English, “Much
news falls short of international standards of objectivity and accuracy and the
readership that the Jerusalem Times does have is largely loyal solely as
a result of the existing vacuum of Palestinian-produced English news rather
than as a result of the quality of the publication” (Nigel Parry’s opinion, of
the Electronic Intifad)
Palestine Chronicle
http://www.palestinechronicle.com/
Be warned much of
what appears on this site is propaganda.
But Palestine
Chronicle describes itself: “an independent internet magazine, dedicated to
addressing issues and offering perspectives rarely seen in mainstream western
media. Palestine Chronicle is written and constructed solely by volunteers from
various places around the globe with a common purpose, bringing to light the
suffering of humankind everywhere, from Palestine, the Middle East and Beyond.”
Palestine
Report (JMCC)
http://www.palestinereport.org/
The
Palestinian-run Jerusalem Media and Communication Center (JMCC) compiles a
weekly Palestine Report in English of superior quality (than the
Jerusalem Times, according to Electronic Intifada).
iii. Arab
Media Sources
Al-Ahram
http://www.ahram.org.eg/weekly/
Al-Jarida
The Journal of Mahreb culture
(Morocco)
Arab News
In 1975 Saudi Research & Publishing Co. (SRPC)
launched the first Saudi English-language daily newspaper, ArabNews.
Bahrain tribune
Daily Star (Lebanon)
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/
Egypt Today
http://www.egypttoday.com
Gulf Daily News
http://www.gulf-daily-news.com
The voice of bahrain
Gulf News
Gulf News is the leading English language newspaper of
the United Arab Emirates and takes pride in its solid coverage of the Gulf
region
Jordan Times
http://www.jordantimes.com
English daily from Amman
**Middle East Media & Research Institute
(MEMRI)
http://www.memri.org
Very important service that translates excerpts from the Arab media as well as
provides research and analysis.
"The role that MEMRI is playing in bringing the voices of the Arab and
Muslim Reform – from Arabic into English, to the world – has been absolutely
invaluable for everyone who cares about this process and wants to follow
it."
Thomas
Friedman, May 6, 2003
Monday Morning
Syrian publication
Riyadhdaily.com
Saudia News without borders
Yemen Times
http://yementimes.com/index.shtml?
Yemen’s most widely read English newspaper
iv. Jewish Media
Atlanta Jewish Times
http://www.atljewishtimes.com
Baltimore
Jewish Times
http://www.jewishtimes.com
Moment -
Conservative
Canadian Jewish News
http://www.cjnews.com
Chicago Jewish News
http://www.chijewishnews.com
Detroit Jewish News
http://www.detroitjewishnews.com
The Forward
http://www.forward.com
Heeb
Jewish Advocate (Boston)
http://www.neponset.com/jewish_advocate/
Jewish Bulletin of Northern California
http://www.jewishsf.com/jb/pagehome.shtml
Jewish Exponent (Philadelphia)
http://www.jewishexponent.com
Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles
http://www.jewishjournal.com
Jewish Journal North of Boston
http://www.jewishjournal.org
Jewish Telegraphic Agency
http://www.jta.org
Jewish Virtual Library
http://www.us-israel.org/jsource/news.html#The%20Latest%20News
The Latest news - seems somewhat balanced and has a live
newsfeed from multiple sources, mainstream and alternative (ABC news and
Democracy Now)
The Jewish Week (NY)
http://www.thejewishweek.com
Jewish teen magazine
Lilith Magazine – Women’s Magazine
http://www.lilithmag.com
New Jersey Jewish News
http://www.njjewishnews.com
Associated Press
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ts/ap/?u
The Los Angeles Times
http://www.latimes.com
The New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com
National Public Radio
http://www.npr.org
Mideast
Mirror
Mideast
Mirror is a service that monitors the media of the turbulent Middle East.
ii. Pro-Israel Watchdogs/Monitors
CAMERA
“The Committee for Accuracy in
Middle East Reporting in America is a non-denominational, educational
organization devoted to promoting accurate and balanced coverage of Israel and
the Middle East. Eg: Has fiercely criticized the NPR series on the
Israel/Palestine conflict history.
Honest reporting
http://www.honestreporting.com/
“HonestReporting is a fast-action website dedicated to ensuring that Israel
receives fair media coverage. We scrutinize the media for anti-Israel bias, and
then mobilize subscribers to complain directly to the news agency concerned.
Our e-mail list has over 50,000 members worldwide, and is growing daily.”
Palestinian Media Watch
PMW was
established in 1996 to gain an understanding of Palestinian society through the
monitoring of the Palestinian Arabic language media and schoolbooks.PMW
analyzes the three daily PA newspapers, Al Hayat Al Jadida, Alquds, and Al
Ayyam, PA TV and selected radio broadcasts and Palestinian, Syrian and
Jordanian school books. Itamar Marcus,
Director, is one of the foremost authorities on Palestinian ideology and
policy, appointed by the Israel Government
iii. Pro-Palestinian
Watchdogs/Monitors
Electronic Intifada
http://electronicIntifada.net/
The
Electronic Intifada (EI), found at electronicIntifada.net, publishes
news, commentary, analysis, and reference materials about the
Israeli-Palestinian Conflict from a Palestinian perspective.
Fair
http://www.fair.org/international/middle-east.html
FAIR,
the national media watch group, has been offering well-documented criticism of
media bias and censorship since 1986.
Palestine Media Watch http://pmwatch.org/pmw/index.asp
Denounces double standards in most “Western” News. Rich
documentation, multiple links, info for actions, eg, denounces the US
campus watch campaign in the US (“Establishing university watch dog groups to
black list and intimidate professors who dare to speak up for Palestinian
rights or criticize Israeli policies…”)
Passia
http://www.passia.org/index.htm
Palestinian Academic Society for the Study of
International Affairs — presenting articles, discussions, conferences, and
publications by Palestinian academics
The Washington
Report on Middle East AffairsThe
Washington Report on Middle East Affairs is a 100-page magazine published 10
times per year in Washington, DC, that focuses on news and analysis from and
about the Middle East and U.S. policy in that region
F. Translations, Polls,
Statistics, Analyses
Israel Central
Bureau of Statistics (CBS)
http://www.cbs.gov.il/engindex.htm
Here you can find information on population, housing,
labor, prices and indices in Israel
Israel Defense Force (IDF)
For Israel Defense Force press releases and statistics
Independent Media Review Analysis (IMRA)
Compendium of media, polls and interviews
Jerusalem Media and Communications Polls (JMCC)
http://www.jmcc.org/publicpoll/results.html
Public opinion surveys of Palestinian attitudes by
Palestinian journalists and researchers
Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI)
Important resource for translations and analysis of
Middle East media
Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research (PSR)
Palestinian nonprofit think tank providing
socio-political surveys and public opinion polls on current Palestinian
political and social attitudes
Polling Report
Compendium of American surveys and public opinion
polls on various issues
Palestinian Media Watch (PMW)
Monitors and translates broadcasts from Palestinian
Authority television
PCBS
Palestinian Bureau of Statistics
F. Informational
Organizations/Think Tanks/Research Foundations
Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies
http://www.biu.ac.il/Besa
The Begin-Sadat Center at Bar Ilan University is dedicated to the study of
Middle East peace and security, in particular the national security and foreign
policy of Israel.
Center for Bedouin Studies & Development
http://www.bgu.ac.il/bedouin
Located at Ben Gurion University in the Negev, the center is a resource for
academic research on Bedouin society applies the University's academic
expertise to the educational, social, health and community development needs of
the Negev Bedouin population.
Center for Middle
East Peace and Economic Cooperation
www.centerpeace.org
The Center
for Middle East Peace and Economic Cooperation brings Middle Eastern
policy makers, American government officials, and international business
leaders together to help provide an atmosphere that encourages a peaceful
resolution to the Arab-Israeli conflict.
Dayan Center for Middle East and African Studies
http://www.dayan.org
The Dayan Center at Tel Aviv University seeks to contribute to the study and
understanding of the modern history and current affairs of the Middle East and
Africa.
Foundation for Middle East
Peace
www.fmep.org
Welcome
to the website of the Foundation for Middle East Peace (FMEP), a nonprofit
organization dedicated to informing Americans about the Israeli-Palestinian
conflict and assisting in a peaceful solution that brings security for both
peoples.
Harry S. Truman Research Institute for the
Advancement of Peace
http://truman.huji.ac.il
Founded in 1965, the Harry S. Truman Research Institute
for the Advancement of Peace enjoyed the personal support of former United
States President Harry S. Truman. The Institute supports major studies on the
history, politics, and social development of the non-Western world, with
particular emphasis on the Middle East.
International
Policy Institute for Counter-Terrorism
ICT is a research institute and think tank dedicated to
developing innovative public policy solutions to international terrorism.
Israel Democracy
Institute
Israel Democracy Institute was established with the
purpose of assisting in the massive task of strengthening Israel’s democratic institutions
and shaping its values.
The
Israeli Institute for Economic and Social Research
Institute has examines how national economic
development derives, among other factors, from regional development.
The
Israel-Palestine Center for Research and Information
http://www.ipcri.org/index1.html
The IPCRI, founded in Jerusalem in 1989, is the only joint
Palestinian-Israeli public policy think-tank in the world.
Israel Policy Forum (IPF)
http://www.israelpolicyforum.org
Consistently mobilizes prominent American Jews to deliver a solid message of
support for an active American diplomatic role in the MidEast - known for being
a conservative, right wing think tank.
Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies
http://www.tau.ac.il/jcss
The Jaffee Center at Tel Aviv University conducts basic research on matters
related to Israel's national security as well as Middle East regional and
international security affairs.
JCPA
The Jerusalem center for public Affairs – reports and analysis from the
policy research and educational institute headed by former UN Ambassador Dore
Gold
Jerusalem Media and Communication Centre
The Institute's programs aim at deepening the
understanding of Israel's foreign relations and diplomacy, Middle Eastern
affairs, as well as international politics. This embraces, particularly, the
critical choices that Israel faces as part of the international community in
such domains as international political economy, human rights, global security,
and conflict resolution.
JINSA
The Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs – news
and information about U.S> - Israeli security partnership
The Leonard Davis Institute for International Relations
http://micro5.mscc.huji.ac.il/~davis/
The Leonard Davis Institute, of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, is
an academic research institution devoted to the study of international affairs.
The Life & Peace Institute
The Life & Peace Institute is an international and
ecumenical centre for peace research and action. Founded in 1985 by the Swedish
Ecumenical Council, LPI aims to further the causes of justice, peace and
reconciliation through a combination of research, seminars and publications.
MEForum
“The MidEast Forum…believes
it is essential to work on improving the image of Israel in the global
community.”
Middle East Institute
http://www.mideasti.org
A Washington-based think tank, it publishes the Middle East Journal.
Muwatin
Muwatin, The Palestinian Institute for the Study of
Democracy, was founded in January 1992 to promote the study and development of
democracy.
The Rabin Center
http://www.rabincenter.org.il/site/en/homepage.asp
The Yitzhak Rabin Center for Israel Studies is dedicated
to commemorating the life and work of Yitzhak Rabin and probing the
lessons to be learned by Israeli society regarding his assassination, its
circumstances and its implications.
Shalom Hartman Institute
http://www.hartmaninstitute.com/
Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem believes Israel must be a spiritual and moral light to
world Jewry and participate with all humanity in the pursuit of justice and
religious tolerance. Through its research and educational centers, the Shalom
Hartman Institute trains a new generation of scholars, educators and lay
leaders dedicated to keeping alive and nurturing this vision.
Tami Steinmetz Center
for Peace Research
http://www.tau.ac.il/peace
The Steinmetz Center, located at Tel Aviv University, does monthly polling of
the Israeli public related to the Middle East peace process.
Van Leer Institute
http://www.vanleergroupfoundation.nl/vlji.html
Devoted to Palestinian-Israeli understanding on a
cultural level, home to The Center for Tolerance Education; The Center for the
Study of Arab Society in Israel; and The Yaakov Hazan Center for Social Justice
(among others).
Washington Institute
for Near East Policy
http://www.washingtoninstitute.org
The Washington Institute (conservative & rightwing) is a public educational
foundation dedicated to research and debate on U.S. interests in the Middle
East.
United States
Institute of Peace
UN
United Nations, English version — includes
history, charter, resolutions, records, databases, documents, reports, etc.
A. Jewish
i. Spirituality/Cooking/Art/Music
ii. Jewish Diversity
iii. Hip Young Jew Sites
iv. Support for Israel
v. Educational
vi. Holocaust Remembrance/
Opponents of anti-semitism
A. Jewish
i. Spirituality/Cooking/Art/Music
Aleph:
Alliance for Jewish Renewal
Aleph:
Alliance for Jewish Renewal is an organization of those who are dedicated to
reclaiming the Jewish people’s sacred purpose of partnership with the Divine in
the inseparable tasks of healing the world (tikkun olam) and healing our hearts
(tikkun halev).
Dor le
Dor
Dor le
Dor is owned and operated by Aliza Haas, based in Jerusalem, Israel.Every piece
is hand made and one of a kind.
Global
Lev
Lev
Ha'olam (Heart of the world) Lev Ha'olam Art and Healing Productions is
situated in the Galilee mountain and was created in 1997 from a mutual vision
of a group of friends ("Sheva" & Lev Ha'olam owners) to create a
fruitful ground for activities that support the creation of an alternative
reality that is nourished by music, gatherings, workshops, festivals and the art
as a healing power
Jewish
Music
Klezmer
Shack
The Klezmer revival
(article revised 9/97) sparked a renaissance in Jewish music and culture.
trying to expand access to all Jewish music materials, and happily exploring
musical edges, some of which have nothing to do with Jewish music.
Koogle
The Kosher Search Engine.Kosher.com
http://www.kosher.com/category2.cfm?Category_ID=18&tr=223
Kosher.com will ultimately offer many more products and
services. As the name kosher implies, it aims to present all things kosher.
Olam Magazine.
http://www.olam.org/magazine/issue7/treasures.cfm
A modern conversation on the timeless and the
spiritual and where they invite you to speak your peace
The
Spirituality Institute
http://www.spiritualityinstitute.org/
The Spirituality Institute offers unique learning
experiences to help Jewish leaders deepen their own spiritual lives, and to
help them deepen the teaching and guidance they provide for Jews seeking
spiritual growth and insight.
Stone Circles
Helping
individuals and organizations integrate faith and spiritual practice into the
work of social change
Synagogue 2000
http://www.syn2000.org/About.html
The Storahtelling Project
The Storahtelling Project works to reclaim the art and ritual of sacred
Jewish storytelling both inside and outside the synagogue, primarily through
reviving the ritual known as "The Reading of Torah" and restoring it
as an engaging, inclusive, and relevant communal event.
Ulpan Akiva
http://www.ulpan-akiva.org.il/
Ulpan Akiva is a non-profit Educational
Center where modern Hebrew is taught against the natural background of the
Bible: the Land of Israel.
ii. Jewish Diversity
IVRI-NASAWI
Kolot.com is a forum for
sharing Jewish traditions from around the world.
Celebrating Jewish diversity. Together in peace.
Bayit Chadash
Bayit Chadash
is a bayit, a home, a community, in the most open, non-coercive and embracing
sense. It is not limited by physical locale or prior sectarian labels. Our goal
is not to create a new Judaism, nor a new faction in the already fractioned
Jewish world. Rather, we are inviting Jews to engage the tradition in whatever
way(s) they choose, so that they can appropriate an already rich and variegated
Judaism.
Jewish Family and Life
Sparking and nurturing Jewish identity. Democratizing Jewish knowledge. A catalyst for change.
Open Source Judaism
http://www.opensourcejudaism.com/
The Open Source Judaism project means to invigorate
inquiry into Jewish texts and the expansion and education of a world of
commentators. We begin with the launch of the prototype site for OpenSourceHaggadah.com, and will
eventually follow-up with an Open Source Torah, as well as open source versions
of other sacred texts. Douglas Rushkoff - (Founder, Open Source Judaism) -
Douglas is the author, most recently, of Nothing Sacred:
The Truth About Judaism.
Jews Reunited.com
A site operated out of the UK, aims to serve as a
meeting point for reconnecting with your Jewish buddies from Hebrew school,
synagogue, university, Israel trips, and more.
Unfortunately, when I tried to join, there was a severe lack of American
Jewish organizations. This site may only be for British Jews to reconnect. All
100 of them.” Douglas Rushkoff
Bang It Out
Where Jews can laugh at themselves.
Birthright
http://www.birthrightisrael.org/bin/en.jsp?enPage=HomePage
Free Trip to Israel
Bar Mitzvah Disco
http://www.barmitzvahdisco.com/
They are writing a book that seeks to capture every
delicious detail of bar mitzvah celebrations from the 1970's, ‘80s and early
‘90s. You lived it. Now be a part of history.
Caravan For Democracy
http://www.caravanfordemocracy.com/bin/en.jsp?enPage=HomePage
Caravan for Democracy drives constructive dialogue on
college campuses throughout the United States by bringing different speakers
from Israel to discuss the challenges Israel faces as the only democracy in the
Middle East.
Click on Judaism
http://www.clickonjudaism.org
UAHC-CCAR Commission on Outreach and Synagogue Community. The purpose of
clickonJudaism is to provide doorways into Judaism for Jews in their 20's and
30's, as well as those considering Judaism. Our hope is to enable young Jews to
explore the possibilities offered by liberal Judaism through points of interest
and concern to them.
Generation J
The Israel on Campus Coalition was formed during a consultation
convened by the Schusterman Family Foundation in March 2002 to evaluate the
worrisome rise in anti-Israel activities on college campuses across North
America.
JDate
The largest Jewish singles network online.
Jdub Records
JDub Records is a non profit record company for new
Jewish music. Its mission is to push forth a new understanding of how one can
connect to Judaism.
Jewish Clothing
http://www.jewishfashionconspiracy.com/index2.html
Jews for Jeter and Yo Semite T-shirts
Jewish Jobs
http://www.jewishjobs.com/jewishjobs/jobseekers.shtml
Become a Jewish professional.
Jewsweek Magazine
http://www.jewsweek.com/bin/en.jsp?enPage=HomePage
Jewsweek Magazine is the "here and now"
Webzine for Jews in their 20's, 30's, and 40's. Jewsweek Magazine is a very
different publication than the traditional Jewish newspaper. It mixes
entertainment, celebrities, humor, and news with a sprinkling of spirituality
-- all from a Jewish perspective.
Jew School
Kickin’ it.
The View from Here
http://www.theviewfromhere.net/blogger.html\
A unique viewpoint on life, politics, love and
shwarma in israel.
iv. Educational/Language
Resources
BabagaNewz is a
four-part program: a magazine for 4th-7th graders in Jewish day or
congregational schools that looks at age-appropriate contemporary issues
through a Jewish values lens, a teacher's guide to accompany each month's
issue, a dynamic website to complement each issue, and BabaBookz, a book club
through which students, parents, and teachers can purchase thematically
organized books, videos, and other education resources.
FoundationStone
Learn Hebrew
http://www.learnhebrew.org.il/about.htm
Passing Phrase,
written by Eli Birnbaum, is all about enhancing your current knowledge of
spoken Hebrew in a fun and informal way. It is a dissemination list over which
once a week, a new useful Hebrew phrase or word will be explained in its spoken
context.
My Jewish Learning .com is the most comprehensive and
interactive Jewish learning resource available online. It is unique in
combining enormous depth and breadth of content with a wide variety of Jewish
perspectives.
The Israeli Partnership
More Israeli goods
Magen David Adom
http://www.magendavidadom.org/
Supporting
Israel’s emergency, medical, health, blood, disaster services
Navah
There are over 10,000
people in Israel who have been injured in terrorist attacks or who have family
members that have been killed or injured. The emphasis on bikur cholim
(visiting the sick) is what makes Navah unique.
One Family Fund
Israel Emergency
Solidarity Fund – One Family was created in response to the ongoing tragedies
affecting families and children in Israel caused by terrorism. The Fund
promotes the long-term physical and emotional health, educational, housing,
income maintenance and other needs of survivors and their families.
PhotoZion.com
See beautiful
stock photography of people and places in and around Israel. With all of the violent images that we see
of Israel on the TV and in the news, here is a site where you can see the
country’s beauty.
Plant a Tree in Israel
http://www.jnf.org/site/PageServer?pagename=Trees
Shop in Israel
vi. Holocaust Remembrance/AntiSemitism opponents
Anti-Defamation League
The immediate object of
the League is to stop, by appeals to reason and conscience and, if necessary,
by appeals to law, the defamation of the Jewish people.
The Simon Wiesenthal Center
International center
for holocaust remembrance and the defense of human rights and the Jewish people
Southern Poverty Law Center
The Southern Poverty Law
Center was founded in 1971 as a small civil rights law firm. Today, the Center
is internationally known for its tolerance education programs, its legal
victories against white supremacists and its tracking of hate groups.
Tolerance.org
Tolerance.org is a
principal online destination for people interested in dismantling bigotry and
creating, in hate's stead, communities that value diversity.
Yad-Vadshem
Yad Vashem, the
Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Authority, was
established in 1953 by an act of the Israeli Knesset. Since its inception,
Yad Vashem has been entrusted with documenting the history of the Jewish people
during the Holocaust period, preserving the memory and story of each of the six
million victims, and imparting the legacy of the Holocaust for generations to
come through its archives, library, school, museums and recognition of the
Righteous Among the Nations.
The mission of the Jewish Women's Archive is to uncover, chronicle, and transmit the rich legacy of Jewish women and their contributions to our families and communities, to our people and our world. Currently, the Virtual Archive database consists of descriptions of over 700 collections housed in 156 repositories. The descriptions include biographies of over 500 women and over 90 organizations referenced in these collectionsCheck out their jewish women of valor web exhibit at: http://www.jwa.org/exhibits/wovindex.html
Mayan/Ritual Well
http://www.ritualwell.orgFeminist, peace and justice-loving site that provides resources for creating innovative, contemporary Jewish rituals. Good resource to find religious perspective on how to mark and add meaning to various occasions. Sharsheret
Linking young Jewish women in their fight against breast cancer.
Al-bab.com
Arab gateway. It’s section on minority Jews is not
anti-semitic and in fact is supportive and informative with regards to the
Mizrahim community. It’s a good source
for info on Middle Eastern culture and news from the Middle East.
American
Arab Institute
A day after U.S.,
Israeli, Palestinian, and Jordanian leaders met in Aqaba, Jordan to provide
momentum to the Road Map to Middle East Peace, Americans for Peace Now (APN) and the Arab American Institute (AAI)
launched a joint initiative to promote the Road Map in the Arab American and
Jewish American communities.
American
Islamic Congress (AIC)
America-MidEast
Educational and Training Services, Inc (AMIDEAST)
Jerusalem Center for Women
http://www.j-c-w.org
A Palestinian,
Jerusalem-based, independent institution committed to fostering the principles
of democracy and effective dialogue.
UNSCO is the Office
of the United Nations Special Coordinator in the Occupied Territories. It was
established in June 1994. The current Special Coordinator is Mr. Terje Larsen.
A Women Living under Muslim Laws
http://www.wluml.org/The Network aims to increase the autonomy of women by supporting the local struggles of women from within Muslim countries and communities and linking them with feminist and progressive groups at large; facilitating interaction, exchanges and contacts and providing information as well as a channel of communication.
Women’s Worldhttp://www.wworld.org/about/about.htm
Where
you can learn Aramaic