The Jewish People's Assembly West is being organized in coordination with Open Hillel and the Jewish People's Assembly in D.C. Open Hillel is a student-run campaign to encourage inclusivity and open discourse at campus Hillels and in the broader Jewish community. The Jewish People's Assembly in D.C. is bring organized to to demand that the Jewish Federations of North America stop conditioning their support for Jewish institutions on these institutions’ adherence to political red lines around Israel/Palestine.
Lynn Gottlieb and the students of the Shomeret Shalom Rabbinic School will provide an introduction the Shomeret Shalom spiritual lineage and the their direct action affinity group.
Jesse Yurow of Jewish Voice for Peace will facilitate a workshop on the historiography of 1947-1948 in Israel/Palestine and the myths that are perpetuated within the Jewish community, based on a curriculum from Facing the Nakba.
Kehilla synagogue is hosting the Jewish People's Assembly West.
#IfNotNow is a movement in the American Jewish community to end the Israeli occupation and gain freedom and dignity for all Israelis and Palestinians.
Penny Rosenwasser is the author of Hope Into Practice: Jewish Women Choosing Justice Despite our Fears. The book shines a light on Jewish resistance struggles and on our allies and insists on the centrality of Jewish multiculturalism. Penny calls for liberatory healing, bringing our bodies and whole selves into the act, healing trauma and rebuilding aliveness. She will be presenting about her new book and holding a discussion.