Brit Tzedek v'Shalom

Jewish Alliance for Justice and Peace

North American Advisory Committee

  • Rabbi Rebecca Alpert, Temple University, Philadelphia
  • Anita Altman, Congregation B'nai Jeshurun, New York
  • Evenlyn Tornton Beck, Professor Emerita, University of Maryland, Baltimore
  • Rabbi Micah Becker-Klein, Congregation Ahavas Achim, Keene, New Hampshire
  • Rabbi Philip Bentley, Jewish Peace Fellowship, New Hyde Park, New York
  • Reena Bernards, The Dialogue Project, Washington, DC
  • David Biale, Emanuel Ringelblum Professor of Jewish History, University of California - Davis, Berkeley
  • Jennifer Bleyer, Editor, Heeb Magazine, New York
  • Chana Bloch, Poet and Translator, Berkeley
  • Rabbi Lewis Bogage, DePauw University, Greencastle, Indiana
  • Rabbi Elizabeth Bolton, Congregation Beit Tikvah, JRF Music & Liturgy Project, Baltimore
  • Dr. Marla Brettschneider, University of New Hampshire, Durham
  • E.M. Broner, Writer, New York
  • Rabbi Herbert Bronstein, Rabbi Emeritus, North Shore Congregation Israel, Glencoe, Ilinois
  • Rosellen Brown, Writer, Chicago
  • Dr. Daniel Brumberg, Georgetown University, Washington, DC
  • Jeremy Burton, Amos Partnership, New York
  • Stephen P. Cohen, Teaneck, New Jersey
  • David Cooper, Kehilla Community Synagogue, Berkeley
  • Rabbi Julie Hilton Danan, Congregation Beth Am, San Antonio
  • Barbara Dobkin, New York
  • Rabbi Lisa Edwards, Los Angeles
  • Rifke Feinstein, Congress of Secular Jewish Organizations, Richland Heights, Ohio
  • Melodye Feldman, Seeking Common Ground, Denver
  • Debbie Friedman, Singer, New York
  • Rabbi Capers C. Funnye, Jr., Beth Shalom B'nai Zaken Ethiopian Hebrew Congregation, Chicago
  • Nan Fink Gefen, Writer, Co-Director, Cochmat HaLev, Berkeley
  • B.Z. Goldberg, Filmmaker, Academy Award-nominated film, "Promises," Berkeley
  • Eric Gordon, Director, The Workmen's Circle/Arbeter Ring, Southern California District, Los Angeles
  • Rabbi Lynn Gottlieb, Congregation Nahalat Shalom and Jewish Peace Fellowship, Albuquerque
  • Rabbi Suzanne Griffel,Congregation Or Chadash, Chicago
  • Dr. Susannah Heschel, Associate Professor of Jewish Studies, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire
  • Dr. Herbert C. Kelman, Harvard University Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Cambridge
  • Tony Kushner, writer and playwright
  • Rabbi Susan Laemmle, Dean of Religious Life, University of Southern California, Los Angeles
  • Aurora Levins-Morales, Writer and Cultural Historian, Berkeley
  • Rabbi Mordechai Liebling, Shefa Fund, Break the Silence, Philadelphia
  • Rabbi Ellen Lippman, Kolot Chayeinu (Voices of Our Lives), Brooklyn
  • Rabbi Andrea London, Beth Emet, the Free Synagogue, Evanston, Illinois
  • Zel Lurie, Journalist, Delray Beach, Florida
  • Rabbi Jeffrey Marker, Rabbinical Assembly, Ohalah, Brooklyn
  • Rabbi Robert Marx, Rabbi Emeritus, Congregation Hakafa, Saugatuck, Michigan
  • Rabbi David Mivasair, Ahavat Olam Congregation, Vancouver, BC
  • Cantor George Mordechai, Temple Beth Zion Beth Israel, Philadelphia
  • Marilyn Neimark, Jews for Racial and Economic Justice; WBAI Pacifica Radio Host of "Beyond the Pale"; New York City
  • Dr. Adina Newberg, Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, Philadelphia
  • Rabbi Jonathan Omer-Man, Berkeley
  • Carolyn Toll Oppenheim, Friends of Open House, Public Purpose Communications, Great Barrington, Massachusetts
  • Alicia Ostriker, Poet, Writer, Princeton
  • Grace Paley, Writer, Thetford, Vermont
  • Alison Pepper, U.S-Israel Women to Women, Arab-Jewish Peace Group, New York
  • Kathleen Peratis, Human Rights Watch and B'nai Jeshurun, New York
  • Don Peretz, Professor, Emeritus, State University of New York-Binghamton
  • Letty Cottin Pogrebin,Writer, New York
  • Rabbi Paula Reimers, Temple Emanuel, Burbank, California
  • Adrienne Rich, Poet and Writer, Santa Cruz
  • Joan Ringelheim, Washington, DC
  • Rabbi Brant Rosen, Jewish Reconstructionist Congregation of Evanston, Illinois
  • Danya Ruttenberg, Writer, San Francisco
  • Richard H. Schwartz, Writer, Staten Island
  • David Serkin-Poole, Cantor, Temple B'Nai Torah, Seattle
  • Nurit Shein, Director, Philadelphia Community Health Alternatives, Philadelphia
  • Lincoln Shlensky, Jewish Voice for Peace, Berkeley
  • Rabbi David Shneyer, Am Kolel, Washington, DC
  • Mitchell Silver, Boston District Workmen's Circle/Arbeter Ring, Boston
  • Rabbi Toba Spitzer, Congregation Dorshei Tzedek, West Newton
  • Gloria Steinem, Ms. Magazine, National Women's Political Caucus, Voters for Choice, New York
  • Dr. Esther Ticktin, Washington, DC
  • Max Ticktin, George Washington University, Washington, DC
  • Rabbi Brian Walt, Congregation Mishkan Shalom, Philadelphia
  • Rabbi Arthur Waskow, Break the Silence, Shalom Center, Philadelphia
  • Rabbi Elyse Wechterman, Congregation Agudas Achim, Attleboro, Massachusetts
  • Ira Weiss, Israeli-Palestinian Encounter, Washington, DC
  • Rabbi Arnold Jacob Wolf, Rabbi Emeritus, K.A.M. Isaiah Israel Congregation, Chicago

Israeli Advisory Committee

  • Shulamit Aloni, Former Chair of Meretz Party, Former Minister of Education
  • Gershon Baskin, Israel/Palestine Center for Research and Information
  • MK Roman Bronfman, Meretz Party
  • Deborah Brous, Bustan L'Shalom
  • Former MK Naomi Chazan
  • Former MK Yael Dayan
  • Ruth El Raz, Bat Shalom, Counseling Center for Women
  • Dr. Sidra Ezrahi, Hebrew University
  • Former MK Tamar Gozansky
  • Adam Keller, Other Israel
  • Former MK Anat Maor
  • Dr. Ruchama Marton, Physicians for Human Rights
  • Rabbi Jeremy Milgrom, Rabbis for Human Rights
  • Nurit Peled, Bereaved Parents Circle for Reconciliation, Tolerance and Peace
  • Roy Peled, Kibbutz Artzi
  • Hannah Safran, Women in Black, Coalition of Women for a Just Peace
  • Hillel Schenker, Palestine-Israel Journal
  • Leah Shakdiel, Oz v'Shalom/Netivot Shalom
  • Dr. Alice Shalvi, Hebrew University, Israel Women’s Network.
  • Nurit Steinfeld, Bat Shalom, Coalition of Women for a Just Peace
  • Gila Svirsky, Coalition for a Just Peace, Israeli Women in Black
  • Beate Zilversmidt, Other Israel
  • David Zonsheine, Ometz l'Seruv (Courage to Refuse)
(Affiliations are for identification purposes only)