Reconstructionist congregation Mishkan Shalom in the Manayunk-Roxborough section of Philadelphia draws members from all over the area for its commitment to social justice, to the survival of Israel and to the belief that Jews and Palestinians need to recognize and support each other’s right to national self-determination. Contact Rabbi Linda Holtzman.

Historian and Middle East expert Mark Rosenblum directs the Michael Harrington Center at City University of New York’s Queens College. He teaches “The Middle East and America: Clash of Civilizations or Meeting of the Minds,” in which Jewish and Muslim students learn the opposing group’s history in the Middle East conflict and must support the […]

The Massachusetts Council of Churches’ website lists Jewish organizations and contacts involved in Middle East peace work.

Read a Dec. 6, 2004, Christian Science Monitor article about Christian churches considering divestment.

In September 2004, the Episcopal Church began studying whether to divest from companies helping to cause destruction in Palestine. Other religious groups speaking in favor of divestments are the Roman Catholic Sisters of Loretto and Jewish Voice for Peace, a small Jewish peace group.

Read on the Presbyterian Church (USA) website about the church’s 216th General Assembly approval in July 2004 of a controversial program involving possible “selective, phased divestments” from multinational corporations doing business in Israel. Caterpillar Inc. often is singled out for making bulldozers used to level homes and orchards of Palestinians in the West Bank and the Gaza […]

Read a Beliefnet article about Protestant churches contemplating divestment.

Read an Oct. 17, 2003, article from The Guardian about Amos Oz’s experience during the drafting of the Geneva Accord.

Read an Oct. 18, 2003, Associated Press article, “Freelancers Seek Middle East Peace.”