A Daylong Call to Conscience for the American Jewish Community
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2008
Held from 9:30am - 5pm at Central Synagogue, NYC
123 East 55th Street, Between Park & Third Avenues, NYC |
JEWS UNITING TO END THE WAR AND HEAL AMERICA IN THE NEWS:
"Jewish Left Pressing Obama on Peace", The Jewish Week
"Beyond the Election: Harvesting Our Values", The Jewish Week
Organizers Response to The Forward
Daily Kos
The Rag Blog
What did you think of the conference? Share you feedback here
Tell our President Elect Obama: Yes we can end the war and heal america
If you were a speaker or moderator at the event,
evaluation and reimbursement materials are here
With remarks, strategy sessions and organizing workshops for important action
led by (list in formation; confirmations as of October 08):
Rabbi Rebecca Alpert
Temple University
Diane Balser
Brit Tzedek V’Shalom
Jan Barry
Veterans for Peace
Jeremy Ben-Ami
J Street
Lawrence Bush
Jewish Currents
Leslie Cagan
United for Peace and Justice
Rabbi Nina Beth Cardin
Baltimore Jewish Environmental Network
Jeff Cohen
Park Center for Independent Media
Penny Coleman
author
Adrienne Cooper
Workmen's Circle/Arbeter Ring
Jeffrey Dekro
founder The Shefa Fund
Liza Featherstone
journalist and conributing editor to The Nation
Rabbi Marla Feldman
Commission on Social Action
of Reform Judaism
Gary Ferdman
Common Cause
Emmaia Gelman
Center for Working Families
Amy Goodman
Democracy Now!
Cantor Jonathan Gordon
Woodside Community Temple
Honorable Elizabeth Holtzman
former
Congresswoman,
author and attorney
Mark Johnson
Fellowship of Reconciliation/Olive Branch
Interfaith Partners for Peace
Rokhl Kafrissen
Jewish Currents
Rabbi Rachel Kahn-Troster
Rabbis for Human Rights-North America
Esther Kaplan
The Nation Institute
Robert Kaplan
Workmen’s Circle/Arbeter Ring
Melanie Kaye/Kantrowitz
scholar and poet
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Rabbi Peter Knobel
Central Conference of American Rabbis
Charles Komanoff
Carbon Tax Center
Steve Kretzmann
Oil Change International
Rabbi Ellen Lippmann
Kolot Chayeinu/Voices of Our Lives
Myriam Miedzian
author
Sammie Moshenberg
National Council of Jewish Women
Congressman Jerrold Nadler
(D-NY)
Sue Niederer
Goldstar Families for Peace
Michael Ratner
Center for Constitutional Rights
Lilly Rivlin
Meretz USA
Rabbi Or Rose
Hebrew College
MJ Rosenberg
Israel Policy Forum
April Rosenblum
author
Rabbi Michael Rothbaum
Hillels of Westchester
Rabbi David Saperstein
Religious Action Center
Basya Schecter and Pharaoh's Daughter
Marty Schwartz
Workmen's Circle/
Arbeter Ring
Rabbi David Shneyer
Am Kolel
Dan Sieradski
Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Dara Silverman
Jews for Racial & Economic Justice
Marc Sussman
The Climate Project/Air America
William K. Tabb
Queens College
Ann Toback
Workmen’s Circle/Arbeter Ring
Rabbi Arthur Waskow
The Shalom Center
Rabbi Simkha Weintraub
Rabbis for Human Rights-North America |
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Registration $36-72/Sliding Scale; $18/Low-Income
No one turned away for lack of funds
Registration fees include bagel breakfast & boxed lunch (dietary laws observed)
Contact us:
Jews Uniting to End the War and Heal America
C/o The Shalom Center
6711 Lincoln Drive, Philadelphia PA 19119
212-889-6800 xt 274 tel
718-228-6860 fax
jewsunitingtoendthewar@circle.org
www.circle.org/jewsuniting
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