Webinar: Nonviolent Resistance in Violent Times

 From Israeli Palestinian Bereaved Families for Peace:

2025 has had the highest record of settler violence towards Palestinians, bearing down on the livelihood and safety of Palestinians across the West Bank. Israeli peace activists are also facing increased violence and threats. Join us on Wednesday, December 10 at 1pm ET / 10am PT, for a special webinar with bereaved Palestinian and Israeli peacemakers. In Nonviolent Resistance in Violent Times, you’ll get to hear directly from those most impacted by this.

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Our Palestinian partners will share about their personal experiences with settler violence, and our Israeli partners will share about threats to peace activism. How do we build peace when many of us need to simply survive? The webinar will have live translation between Arabic, Hebrew, and English. Come ready to bare witness to the complex reality of Palestinian-Israeli peace building.

Speakers Include: Hanadi Hathaleen: Bereaved Palestinian wife, resident of Umm Al-Khair Yacoub Alrabi: Bereaved Palestinian husband, Parents Circle staff member Mohammad Awad: Bereaved Palestinian cousin, Parents Circle staff member Yuval Roth: Bereaved Israeli brother, founder of Road to Recovery

I hope you can make it. Until then - happy holidays to those who celebrate. We are filled with gratitude for you and your support. In peace,

Shiri Ourian Executive Director American Friends of the Parents Circle - Families Forum

CAIR-NY Condemns Anti-Semitic Murder Plot

 

“Attempting to poison children is a level of evil that anyone with a basic sense of morality cannot begin to fathom.”

 

https://www.cair.com/press_releases/cair-ny-welcomes-guilty-plea-of-neo-nazi-who-tried-to-recruit-people-to-hand-out-poisoned-candy-to-jewish-children/

 

• November 18, 2025
• 4:15 pm

The New York chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NY) today welcomed a guilty plea by a man who tried to recruit others to hand out poisoned candy to Jewish children. 

The leader of an Eastern European neo-Nazi group who tried to recruit an undercover federal agent to dress as Santa Claus and hand out poisoned candy to Jewish children and racial minorities pleaded guilty to soliciting violent felony hate crimes and distributing information about making bombs and ricin.

SEE: Neo-Nazi leader admits plot to give poisoned candy to Jewish kids

In a statement, CAIR-NY Executive Director Afaf Nasher said:

“Attempting to poison children is a level of evil that anyone with a basic sense of morality cannot begin to fathom. We welcome the guilty plea in this disturbing case and call on law enforcement authorities to crack down on such violent individuals and networks. We stand in solidarity with our Jewish neighbors and all others targeted by these demonic groups.”

She noted that CAIR-NY previously welcomed a federal grand jury’s four-count indictment charging the perpetrator with soliciting hate crimes and acts of mass violence in New York City.

 

Witness Screening

I encourage everyone who can to attend this screening or otherwise support the film:

Join Muslims for Progressive Values for an exclusive virtual screening of Witness, a short fiction film that tells the story of a revered small-town imam who faces a crisis of faith when he must choose between upholding the values of his mosque or protecting the safety and spiritual belonging of a trans male congregant.

For more information and to purchase a ticket:  https://givebutter.com/Witness

No Contract Means No Coffee as Starbucks Baristas Walk Out

 

Read the whole story on Labor Notes:

https://labornotes.org/2025/11/no-contract-means-no-coffee-starbucks-baristas-walk-out

Tell Congress: Support Resolution Recognizing Israel’s Genocide in Gaza

 

https://act.jewishvoiceforpeace.org/a/recognizing-gaza-genocide-c2e#fastaction-login 

 

This call going out from Jewish Voice for Peace:

 

Tell Congress: Support resolution recognizing Israel’s genocide in Gaza.

 

Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib has introduced historic legislation to recognize the Israeli government's genocide against Palestinians in Gaza, to end U.S. complicity in these atrocities, and to demand accountability. 

This resolution comes at a critical moment. During the supposed ceasefire, the Israeli military has continued to kill Palestinians in Gaza and the occupied West Bank. We must end the U.S. partnership in this genocide, and hold the Israeli government accountable for its atrocities.

Write to your member of Congress now to tell them to join this resolution. If your member of Congress is already supporting this legislation, you will be prompted to thank them. 

 

Workers Strike Back November Zoom Meeting — 2025 Elections: Next Steps to Fight the Two Parties of Wall Street

This is certainly the most realistic shot a revolutionary socialist has ever had at winning a seat in Congress. It will have incredible potential to transform politics and our whole society if it's successful.

 

From Workers Strike Back:

 

ZOOM MEETING LINK

WATCH PARTIES: Peoria, Ann Arbor, New York, & Rochester

Zohran Mamdani’s election victory brings up crucial questions of strategy for the working class. How should elected representatives use their positions in order to win working-class victories? Come listen to Workers Strike Back founder Kshama Sawant and others who helped win historic victories in Seattle, such as the nation's highest minimum wage.

Both the Democratic and Republican parties have backed the genocide in Gaza for 2 years, and both are parties of the billionaire class that carry out vicious attacks on working people all around the U.S. and internationally. The huge anger at both parties creates a historic opening for working-class struggle, and the potential for breakthrough victories.

Let's discuss the results, and talk about next steps to build our independent movement of working people in the fight against the rich. RSVP NOW!

Thank you!

 

National Roundtable on Political Violence Coming Up

 

 

https://www.allsides.com/national-roundtable-political-violence

This participatory event is co-hosted by Newsweek and AllSides, but I learned about it from Braver Angels:

 

National Roundtable on Political Violence

Talk with your political opposite and take action. Join thousands of Americans on Nov. 6 to prove positive action can replace the violence threatening our society.

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Thursday, Nov. 6

11am PST • 2pm EST • 7pm GMT →4pm PST • 7pm EST →

7pm PST • 10pm EST →

 

The Crisis Moment

Political violence is escalating across America and in free societies around the world. From the assassinations of Charlie Kirk and Democratic representative Melissa Hortman to attacks on other elected officials, churches, and government facilities, we're witnessing the dangerous normalization of violence as a political tool.

It's time to take bold action. On November 6, join thousands of Americans in live video conversations with their political opposites.

You'll be placed in a small group of 4–6 people with politically diverse perspectives. Together, you'll talk, listen, and conclude with commitments to action — all following a conversation guide from event organizer Living Room Conversations where we discover our shared humanity and choose positive action over violence.

Take action. Join the National Roundtable on Political Violence.

How It Works

• • Sign up for one of the three sessions.
• • Click the event link in your email on November 6.
• • Get broken into "mismatched" groups of 4–6 people.
• • Engage in conversation.
• • Conclude with positive actions we can take.

Choose a session time 

Organized in partnership with

 

Jewish Peacemaker’s Story About Childhood in Nakba-Era Israel at Vigil This Friday

 

From Fridays @ Fetterman's:

 

Dina Portnoy, a Jewish American educator and long-time peace activist who lived on a kibbutz in Israel as a child during the Nakba era, will share about reckoning with her family history at the 101st consecutive Friday peace vigil for Gaza outside of Senator Fetterman’s office at 200 Chestnut Street, 11:15 AM - 12:15 PM, on Friday, October 31^st.
 
Dina Portnoy lived on a kibbutz in Nakba-era Israel as a child, and she has returned to visit Israel twice as an adult. Although she has supported Palestinians and their freedom struggle for over 30 years, Dina gained a fuller understanding of the role that her family's move to Northern Israel played only in the last two years.
 
On Friday, she will share the story of reckoning with her family history.
 
Dina is a retired teacher. After 30 years in the Philadelphia School District, she ran a teacher education program at UPenn and then worked for the Knowles Teacher Initiative with educators from across the USA. She still finds time to support students and teachers through the Philadelphia Writing Project and by helping student writers in Philadelphia classrooms.

Dina’s activism began during the Vietnam War, and she has continued to be active in anti-war, anti-apartheid, and anti-racism groups. She is currently a member of Jewish Boomers Against the Occupation of Palestine, If Not Now Philly, and Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) Philly. She has been a regular attender of the Friday peace vigil for Gaza outside of Senator Fetterman’s Philly HQ on Chestnut Street.  

This Sunday at Scribe: A State of Passion

 Coming this Sunday at Scribe Video Center:

Palestine Cinema Days: A State of Passion Presented in collaboration with FilmLab Palestine Sunday, Nov 2 5PM-7:30PM FREE Join us for a screening of A State of Passion (2024, 90 min), a feature-length documentary film by Carol Mansour and Muna Khali. After 43 horrific days working round the clock under constant bombardment in the emergency rooms of Gaza’s Al Shifa and Al Ahli hospitals, British-Palestinian reconstructive surgeon, Dr. Ghassan Abu Sittah, emerged to find himself as a face of Palestinian resistance. With news footage of him pale and shell-shocked reverberating around the world, he spoke of a catalogue of horrors from lacerated bodies, to amputations without anesthetics, orphaned children with no surviving family, and the deliberate targeting of medics and hospital facilities. This was Ghassan’s sixth and most horrific Gaza “war”. Why does he do it? Where does he find the strength to face it again and again? How does it impact his family? How do they process the risks he takes? The answer lies simply in their shared passion: Palestine, a passion they articulate through their support of his perilous humanitarian work. Filmmakers Carol Mansour and Muna Khalidi, close friends of the Abu Sittahs, share that same passion. They were waiting anxiously for Ghassan to emerge from Gaza, following a long and terrifying journey through the night, to meet him in Amman. Determined to capture his raw emotions they began filming him the moment he arrived through the door. Following him to Beirut, Amman, London, Kuwait and Dubai, they and he explore their common State of Passion.   Carol Mansour (Director) is an independent documentary film maker who is deeply passionate about issues of social justice and human rights and believes that film is an important medium that gives voice to the marginalized. After ten years of working in television, she founded Forward Film Production in 2000 in Beirut, Lebanon. With over 24 years in documentary production, Mansour has covered the world from Sri Lanka to Lebanon to Yemen to Uzbekistan. Muna Khalidi (Co-Director) holds a Ph.D. in health policy and planning, and with more than 34 years’ experience working in the social and health development fields in Lebanon and the region. In 2011, she started collaborating with Carol Mansour on the research and production of documentary films dealing with issues of social justice and human rights, bringing her experience in the academic, public, private, and NGO sectors into the documentary-making field.   The screening is free with RSVP and light refreshments will be provided.

Still from A State of Passion

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