Resources Page - Help with How to Engage on Palestine/Israel
What kind of resources do you need? Browse our categories: Witness, Educate, Organize, and Advocate. These four pillars grew out of the 2024 UUA General Assembly Action of Immediate Witness (AIW) (approved by 74% of delegates): Solidarity with Palestinians.
Slide Show: How the AIW Was Organized
Witness
Listening Circle Template
UUA Template for Congregational Conversations
Sacred Grief Spaces: DRUUMM Vigils for Gaza on YouTube
For the Buried and the Unearthed - June 2024
Raising Voices for Palestine - Part I - July 2024
Raising Voices for Palestine - Part II UU Jewish Voices - July 2024
Worship Resources:
Empty Cups for Gaza Ingathering/Water Ceremony Ritual on UUA Worship Web
Worship Resources for October 6, 2024, including prayer and ritual from Jewish and other sources
Educate
See our Calendar page for event signups.
101 to 301: UUJME's Three-Tier Resources Document to match your congregation to different activities: Starting, Activating, Mobilizing
UUA's Side with Love Nov 2023 webinar, Why We Cannot Turn Away
UUA's Side with Love Resources Document
Engaging with UUA Resources on Palestine/Israel - April 2024
Voices from the Holy Land Film Salon Webinars (UUJME is a partner) - 3rd Sundays
Webinar Recordings
November 2024: Author Talk - Safety Through Solidarity: A Radical Guide to Fighting Antisemitism: https://vimeo.com/1034561707
Discussion with authors Ben Lorber and Shane Burley about their recently published book of the same title.
April 2023: IHRA: An Anti-Free-Speech Definition of Antisemitism and How to Oppose It: https://vimeo.com/824582330
The moderator of this discussion is Unitarian Universalist minister Rev. Dr. Terasa Cooley, and the subject matter experts are Lara Friedman, President of the Foundation for Middle East Peace, and Zeina Ashrawi Hutchison, a Palestinian American human rights advocate.
April 2023: People of Faith Responding to Apartheid: https://vimeo.com/823541912
A panel discussion with Rabbi Brian Walt, Israeli-born activist Dov Baum, Palestinian international law attorney Jonathan Kuttab, and Rev John Thomas, past president of United Church of Christ
June 2011: Sermon by Palestinian UU Hanan Watson - Waking Up to Shatter the Silence: https://vimeo.com/46172769
Hanan Watson is a Palestinian Nakba survivor.
Countering Anti-Palestinian Racism:
The Institute for the Understanding of Anti-Palestinian Racism
Countering Antisemitism
Author Talk - Safety Through Solidarity: A Radical Guide to Fighting Antisemitism: https://vimeo.com/1034561707
Webinar recording: IHRA: An Anti-Free-Speech Definition of Antisemitism and How to Oppose It: https://vimeo.com/824582330
Recorded with Lara Friedman, President of Foundation for Middle East Peace, and Zeina Ashrawi Hutchison, Palestinian American activist; moderated by Rev. Dr. Terasa Cooley.
Organize
UUJME Updates Email List - Join it!
Advocate
UUJME Legislative Advocacy Working Group/Action Hour
- RSVP on the Calendar page - first Mondays
Becoming Apartheid-Free
A Dossier on Israeli Apartheid
UUJME Webinar: People of Faith Responding to Apartheid
Solidarity Circles with Israeli and Palestinian binational nonprofit Green Olive Collective
About Green Olive Solidarity Circles
Sign up: Join as a member; select the UUJME cohort in the solidarity circle drop-down
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Palestine/Israel 101 Teach-Ins - Register for Zoom link Engaging with UUA Resources on Palestine/Israel - April 2024 |
Voices from the Holy Land Film Salon Partnership with UUJME | |
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Worship Resources:
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Listening Circles: |
Sacred Grief Spaces: DRUUMM Vigils for Gaza on YouTube For the Buried and the Unearthed - June 2024 Raising Voices for Palestine - Part I - July 2024 Raising Voices for Palestine - Part II UU Jewish Voices - July 2024 |
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UUJME's Three-Tier Resources Document to match your congregation to different activities: Starting, Activating, Mobilizing UUA's Side with Love Nov 2023 webinar, Why We Cannot Turn Away UUA's Side with Love Resources Document |
Solidarity Circles with Israeli and Palestinian binational nonprofit Green Olive Collective
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Author/Scholar/Activist Talks Safety Through Solidarity: A Radical Guide to Fighting Antisemitism |
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Countering Anti-Palestinian Racism: |
Countering Antisemitism
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Becoming Apartheid-Free
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DRUUMM Southwest Asian and North African Heritage (SWANA) Caucus Information |
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2024 UUA General Assembly Action of Immediate Witness (AIW) (approved by 74% of delegates): Solidarity with Palestinians |
Slide Show: How the AIW Was Organized |
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Recorded Webinars
November 2024: Author Talk - Safety Through Solidarity: A Radical Guide to Fighting Antisemitism
Discussion with authors Ben Lorber and Shane Burley about their recently published book of the same title.
June 2011: Sermon by Palestinian UU Hanan Watson - Waking Up to Shatter the Silence
Hanan Watson is a Nakba survivor. She presented her sermon at a UUJME meeting during a UUA General Assembly.
April 2023: IHRA: An Anti-Free-Speech Definition of Antisemitism and How to Oppose It
The moderator of this discussion is Unitarian Universalist minister Rev. Dr. Terasa Cooley, and the subject matter experts are Lara Friedman, President of the Foundation for Middle East Peace, and Zeina Ashrawi Hutchison, a Palestinian American human rights advocate.
April 2023: People of Faith Responding to Apartheid
https://vimeo.com/823541912
A panel discussion with Rabbi Brian Walt, Dov Baum, Palestinian international law attorney Jonathan Kuttab, and Rev John Thomas, past president of United Church of Christ
Advocacy
Travel and Witness
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