Read “Marcia Freedman talks peace,” published in the Seattle Jewish Transcript online.

Read “Because They are Jews,” by Beliefnet columnist Rabbi David Wolpe, on anti-Semitism and criticism of Israel.

The Jewish Peace Fellowship is based in Nyack, N.Y. It was begun in 1941 to defend the rights of conscientious objectors.

David Saperstein is an American rabbi, lawyer and Jewish community leader who served as U.S. ambassador-at-large for international religious freedom from 2015-2017. He previously served as the director and chief legal counsel at the Union for Reform Judaism‘s Religious Action Center for more than 40 years and as a commissioner at the U.S. Commission on International Religious […]

The Coalition of Women for Peace comprises a number of organizations working for Israeli-Palestinian peace.

The American Jewish Committee is an international think tank and advocacy organization that works to identify and fight antisemitism and bigotry, protect human rights and protect Israel and Jewish life everywhere. Its executive director is Ted Deutch. Contact via Jon Schweitzer, managing director of marketing and communications.

The Jewish Peace Lobby, based in Silver Spring, Md., is focused on influencing American foreign policy toward peace. Contact its president, Jerome Segal.

Rabbi Michael Lerner is editor of Tikkun magazine and founder of the Tikkun Community, a peace and social justice movement. He is also a co-founder The Network of Spiritual Progressives.

Paul Burstein is chairman of the Jewish studies program at the University of Washington in Seattle. He is an expert on the American Jewish community.