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Jacqueline Levine
Former Chair
Jewish Council
for Public Affairs
Geoffrey H. Lewis
Robert Jay Lifton
Harvard University
Medical School
Theodore Mann
Former Chair
Conference of
Presidents
of Major American
Jewish Organizations
Rabbi Rolando Matalon
Congregation B'nai Jeshurun
Jay Mazur
National Committee
for Labor Israel
Philip Meltzer
Rabbi Paul Menitoff
Executive Vice
President Central
Conference
of American Rabbis
Hon. Abner J. Mikva
Former White House
Counsel, Appellate Judge,
and US Congressman
Jo-Ann Mort
Leonard Nimoy
Actor
Alicia Ostriker
Professor
Rutgers University
Peter Pepper
National President,
Workmen’s Circle/
Arbiter Ring
Kathleen Peratis
lawyer
Letty Cottin Pogrebin
Author
Earl Raab
Founding Director
Perlmutter Institute for
Jewish Advocacy
Brandeis University
Gail Twersky Reimer
Editor, “Beginning Anew”
Rabbi John L. Rosove
Temple Israel of
Hollywood, Los Angeles
Lillian B. Rubin
author and sociologist
Miles L. Rubin
Chairman General
Medical Industries
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Eli Segal
Founding CEO
AmeriCorps
Harold M. Shapiro
Chair
Meretz USA
Alex Sharone
National Director
Habonim Dror
Marcia Cohn Spiegel
Author & Community Activist
Jonathan Sheffer
Musician
Yvonne B. Silverman
Givat Haviva
Educational Foundation
Rabbi Amy Small
Reconstructionist
Rabbinical Association
Gloria Steinem
Writer, Feminist Activist
Sidney Topol
Judith Viorst
Writer
Milton Viorst
Writer
Rabbi Burton Visotsky
Jewish Theological
Seminary
Albert Vorspan
Vice President Emeritus
Union for Reform Judaism
Michael Walzer
Professor, Institute
for Advanced Studies
Prof. Blanche Wiesen Cook
Author and Historian
Aaron Wolfe
National Director
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Dear Mr. President,
As the newly elected President of the United States, you assume the leadership of our nation at a critical time in our history. As American Jews who strongly support Israel, we call on you to commit our nation to vigorous and persistent engagement in the resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. We ask that within the first hundred days of your administration you appoint an internationally respected envoy at the highest level to signal your intentions to pursue full implementation of the disengagement plan and a renewal of negotiations leading to a final status accord.
After four years of unrelenting violence and bloodletting, the current stalemate is unspeakably tragic for both peoples and serves as a lightning rod for international terrorism and threats to our nation's security. Moreover, the demographic reality in Israel makes clear the urgency of a two-state solution, the key to preserving Israel as both a Jewish and democratic state.
In the past, American presidents have succeeded in bringing about lasting peace agreements between Israel and her Arab neighbors. They did so by maintaining a steadfast commitment in the face of numerous obstacles.
We believe that Israeli and Palestinian leaders can be brought back to the negotiating table through your committed and persistent leadership in support of a negotiated two-state solution. Meeting this challenge would be an unparalleled achievement for your presidency. We strongly urge you to take all steps necessary to renew the Israeli-Palestinian peace process and thus advance America's historic contribution to regional stability, global security, and international peace.
Signed, The Host Committee
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Host Committee*
Esther-Ann Asch
Chair, Women's Task Force
UJA/Federation
Stuart Appelbaum
Jewish Labor Committee
Bernice Balter
Georgette F. Bennett, Ph.D
Tanenbaum Center for
Interreligious Understanding
Theodore Bikel
Actor
Kenneth Bob
Labor Zionist Alliance
E.M. Broner
Author
Gerald Bubis
Professor Emeritus
Hebrew Union College
Daniel G. Cedarbaum
President
Jewish Reconstructionist
Federation
Jonathan J. Cohen
Stephen P. Cohen
President
Institute for Middle East
Peace and Development
Rabbi Rachel Cowan
Institute for Jewish Spirituality
Barbara Dobkin
Philanthropist
Rabbi Sue Levi Elwell
Editor
Open Door Haggadah
Eve Ensler
Playwright
Leonard Fein
Author
Melodye Feldman
Founding Director
Seeking Common Ground
Tovah Feldshuh
Broadway Actress,
"Golda's Balcony"
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Marjorie Ellen Fine
Marcia Freedman
President
Brit Tzedek v'Shalom
Debbie Friedman
Singer and Songwriter
Cynthia Fuchs Epstein
Distinguished Professor
Graduate Center, CUNY
Richard Gunther
Board Member
American Jewish Joint
Distribution Committee
Nadine B. Hack
President, beCause
Global Consulting
Lesley Hazleton
Author
Rabbi Arthur Hertzberg
Former President
American Jewish Congress
Susannah Heschel
Professor
Dartmouth College
Erica Jong
Novelist and Poet
Maribeth Kaptchuk
Board Member
Parents Circle
Bereaved Families Forum
Rabbi Patricia Karlin-Neumann
Senior Associate Dean
for Religious Life
Stanford University
Melanie Kaye/Kantrowitz
Writer
Victor Kovner
First Amendment
Lawyer
Tony Kushner
Playwright
Luis Lainer
Americans for Peace Now
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*Affiliations for identification purposes only.
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