About R4C

• Beyond the Pale Interview with Rabbis Alissa Wise and Ari Lev Fornari, 15 Dec 2023
• More Rabbis are Calling for an Israel-Hamas Ceasefire, Boston Globe, 28 Nov 2023

By R4C Rabbis

• Rabbis for Ceasefire at the United Nations, Rabbi Rebecca Alpert, Contending Modernities, February 8, 2024
• I’m a rabbi and a former IDF soldier. This Yom Kippur I’m atoning for my part in the occupation, Rabbi Aryeh Cohen, The LA Times, 11 Oct 2024
• The American Jewish Consensus Is Fracturing—and That’s a Blessing. Rabbi Alissa Wise, The Nation, 11 Oct 2024
• As a Rabbi, I Am Praying With Protest This Day of Atonement, Rabbi Brian Walt, Common Dreams, 11 Oct 2024
• I Come from Holocaust Survivors. They’re Why I’m Demanding a Ceasefire. Rabbi Elliot Kukla, Atmos, 7 Oct 2024
• As an American Rabbi, Israel’s Actions Don’t Make Me Feel Any Safer, Rabbi Andy Kahn, TIME, 2 Oct 2024
• We Tried to Bring Food Into Gaza—but Israel Blocked and Arrested Us, Rabbi Brant Rosen, The Nation, 6 May 2024
• Calling for Ceasefire in Gaza Is How I’m Honoring My Dad, a Holocaust Survivor, Rabbi Elliot Kukla, Teen Vogue, 6 March 2024
• President Biden, stop vetoing peace!, Rabbi Alissa Wise, Al Jazeera, 9 Jan 2024
• Our Queer and Jewish Grief Must Fuel Our Fight to Let Gaza Live, Rabbi Elliot Kukla, Them, 28 Nov 2023
• I’m the child of a Holocaust survivor. I know the trauma inflicted on Gaza will last for generations, Rabbi Elliot Kukla, LA Times, 17 Nov 2023
• This rabbi says the ‘fundamental threat’ in Israel is not Hamas, Rabbi Jessica Rosenberg, CNN, 19 Nov 2023
• The Jewish Federation is marching with Christian antisemites out of support for Israel, Rabbi Jessica Rosenberg and Rev. Allyn Maxfield-Steele, Mondoweiss, 15 Nov 2023

Yizkor

• Jews in the News: Year 5785, Beyond The Pale: Radio’s Home For The Jewish Left, 19 Oct 2024
• To Build a Space to Mourn All the Lives Lost – Palestinian, Israeli and More, Haaretz, 13 Oct 2024
• On Yom Kippur, New York Jews plan to publicly mourn Palestinian deaths, RNS, 10 Oct 2024

Interfaith Actions

• Interfaith protest confronts Christians United for Israel summit, RNS, 30 July 2024
• Peace pilgrimage takes up war in Gaza as a civil rights issue, RNS, 13 Feb 2024
• Multifaith March for Peace in Gaza Launches From Philadelphia, Word&Way, 15 Feb 2024

Erez Crossing/Passover

• Rabbi Alissa Wise & Israeli-Born Novelist Ayelet Waldman Arrested Trying to Bring Food to Gaza, Democracy Now, 29 April 2024
• Police Arrest Rabbis Near Gaza-Israel Border at a Rally to Highlight Starvation, The New York Times, 26 April 2024
• Rabbis arrested at a protest in Israel demanding a ceasefire in Gaza, Associated Press, 26 April 2024

Shabbat for Ceasefire

• At Shabbat for Ceasefire, we will use prayer, song and contemplation to strengthen our resolve, J Weekly, 19 Jan 2024
• This Rabbi Is Organizing a Shabbat for Ceasefire In Hopes of a Better Future for Her Jewish Kids, Kveller, 19 Jan 2024

UN Action

• President Biden, stop vetoing peace!, Al Jazeera, 9 Jan 2024
• Rabbis Stage Protest, Call for Cease-Fire Inside United Nations, Huffington Post, 9 Jan 2024

Chanukah

• Jewish Voice for Peace activists are detained after blocking Spring Garden Street Bridge, part of I-76, Philadelphia Inquirer, 14 Dec 2023
• At Hanukkah Rally in NY, Prayers, Candles, and Calls for Ceasefire, NYT, 7 Dec 2023
• Jewish Groups Plan Massive NYC Ceasefire Protest for First Night of Hanukkah, truthout, 7 Dec 2023
• On the first night of Hanukkah, hundreds call for a cease-fire at a Manhattan menorah lighting, The Forward, 7 Dec 2023
• Left-wing Jews usher in Hanukkah in NY with rally demanding a ceasefire and mourning Gaza casualties, JTA, 8 Dec 2023
• Rabbis gather in Columbus Circle calling for ceasefire, ABC7NY, 7 Dec 2023

Capitol Hill Shacharit

• Rabbis for Ceasefire: Jewish Leaders Organize to Halt Israel’s Bombardment of Gaza, Democracy Now!, 15 Nov 2023
• ‘Humanitarian pause is not enough’: Rabbis, lawmakers call for cease-fire in war-torn Mideast, The Detroit News, 14 Nov 2023
• Jewish-Led Protest on Capitol Hill Demands Lawmakers Support Gaza Ceasefire, Democracy Now, 14 Nov 2023
• ‘We Say No!’ 40+ Rabbis Lead Morning Prayer and Call for Cease-Fire Outside US Capitol, Common Dreams, 13 Nov 2023
• Rabbis for Ceasefire Press Conference, 13 Nov 2023