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Boston Partners for Peace Engages Israelis, Palestinians and the Boston Jewish Community

This article was originally published on JewishBoston.com on January 14, 2020. In August 2018, the Jewish Community Relations Council of...

Women’s Voices to Accomplish Israeli-Palestinian Peace

Throughout their history, peacebuilding efforts have primarily focused on promoting equity and diversity of voices between Israelis and...

Grappling with Israel’s Future One Inspiring Story at a Time

I recently returned from Israel with the JCRC Study Tour in Israel for Civic Leaders, where State Senators from the Massachusetts...

Kids Will be Kids: My Home at Hand in Hand School

It was October of 2015, and Jerusalem was pulsating with a dangerous tension. There were near daily stabbing attacks of Hasidic Jews and...

Side by Side, Hand in Hand

Public schools in Israel are divided into four separate systems: Secular/Public, National Religious, Ultra-Orthodox, and Arab....

Progress Through Shared Practices

I had the privilege of spending some time last week with some of our civic leader partners in Western Massachusetts. Nicole LaChapelle,...

Complicated Friendships

Taken from from the JCRC Weekly Message by Director of Israel Engagement, Eli Cohn-Postell. I recently had the privilege of a brief but...

Building a Shared Society with Justice Salim Joubran

Last week, we were fortunate to host Israel’s first permanent Arab Supreme Court Justice, Salim Joubran. Justice Joubran retired from the...

Election in Israel: What Happened and What’s Next

As the Jewish community enters a new year, we have about as much clarity on the future of the Israeli government as we did last year. In...

An Insider’s Guide to Israel’s Second Round of Elections

This week's blog is taken from the Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC) weekly message by Israel Engagement Director Eli...