Our message of reconciliation is spreading, here's a taste of what's out there:
Podcasts
MAY 23, 2020 DAVID EASTMAN AND DANIEL BLINICK EPISODE 2
Intractable Podcast featuring Hanan Schlesinger
Bad Rabbi Podcast: “The Hard Work Of Holding Multiple Narratives” with Rabbi Shaul Judelman
News Articles
What sources of inner strength can we draw upon during times of feeling violently threatened? How can we see the humanity in those we fear?
What is the difference between placing a focus on peace building and a placing a focus on human rights, and can we do both?
Growing up in Palestine, Shadi was faced with violence and threats every day. He began to realize how much fear and trauma dictated the environment.
Amid the chaos, how did he develop a commitment to nonviolence and recognize the essence of humanity?
Let's see.
Join us on this adventure as Shadi shares his path of choosing to live with a commitment to the core of humanity, challenging the entire conflict with love.
Get involved with Friends of Roots (https://www.friendsofroots.net/) and help foster a grassroots movement of understanding, nonviolence, and transformation among Israelis and Palestinians.
See more stories and/or get involved with us at https://letsseelabs.com/.
Featuring Shadi Abu Awwad
Produced & Directed by Let's See Labs & Gareth Gwyn
Edited by Cat Ganson
Cinematography by Ian Strickland
Music by Kyle Preston
What contributions do self-reckoning and personal responsibility play in addressing the complexities of Israeli Palestinian tensions? How can we learn to hold seemingly conflicting truths simultaneously? Let’s See.
“I began to realize as a result of my connection to Palestinians that we are perpetuating a sense of victimhood that creates reality which we always see them coming to destroy us,” shares Rav Hanan Schlesinger.
Join us on this journey as Rav Hanan shares his experience of learning to humanize those he previously saw as enemies.
Get involved with Friends of Roots (https://www.friendsofroots.net/) and help foster a grassroots movement of understanding, nonviolence, and transformation among Israelis and Palestinians.
See more stories and/or get involved with us at https://letsseelabs.com/.
Featuring Rav Hanan Schlesinger
Produced & Directed by Let's See Labs & Gareth Gwyn
Edited by Cat Ganson
Cinematography by Michael Miroshnik & Nati Amos
Music by Kyle Preston
Roots Summer Camp
Roots-Shorashim-Judur brought over 120 Israeli and Palestinian youth together in the summer of 2019 to challenge everything they've ever been told about each...
Shadi Abu Awaad and Rav Schlesinger
Geneva 2019 - Raz Kones of the Roots Youth Group speaking at B8 Gala
Online Presentations
Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz, President & Dean of Valley Beit Midrash, interviews Rabbi Shaul David Judelman, co-director of Roots (https://www.friendsofroots...
Radio Interviews
- Friends of Roots UK Launch
AFP / Yahoo News July 3rd, 2020
Jerusalem Post, by Patricia Golan
November 10, 2019
Conflict and Identity, Rav Hanan's article in French
Pour un monde plus humain 6 Religions les lieux et les noeuds du dialogue
“Somewhere on a little piece of farmland in the West Bank, wedged between a cluster of Jewish settlements in the Gush Etzion bloc, there is a small wooden shack where unlikely friendships are blossoming. Here, Palestinians and settlers are defying the expectations and meeting as equals, with hopes for a better future...”
"Any of us who pay attention to the politics of the Arab-Israeli conflict know that both sides are stuck in a cycle of intransigence that seems to have no light at the end of its tunnel. These two men, amongst an ever-growing movement of non-violent Israeli settlers and West Bank Palestinian refugees, have decided to stop waiting on their particular political leaders and instead meet themselves, to find a way to peace." Op-ed written by Rabbi Matt Gewirtz of Congregation B'nai Jeshurun in Short Hills, New Jersey.
Settlers and Palestinians unite in opposition to Israeli annexation
Settlers and Palestinians unite in opposition to Israeli annexation
For more English articles written about Roots, click here
כתבות בעברית
מאמר בעיתון הארץ - אמיר תדמור על אלי ויזל
חברי עמותת שורשים-ג’ודור מתארחים בכינוס השלום ‘לב אחד’ השני ב’מרכז רוחני ערבה
בעברית עם תרגום לערבית
״השדה״ - דוקומנטריה על פרוייקט שושרים בשניים הראשונות שלה
"The Field" - A feature-length documentary about Roots filmed during the first two years of the project.
“The Alternative Ramadan” — recent blog post by Amir Tadmor, former spokesperson for Yitzchak Rabin (Hebrew)
"My work in Roots looks at what it means to show solidarity. For a political solution one needs to build confidence and trust, and to dispel the feeling that the other side is out to get us. There’s real work to be done and there is huge potential through civil society initiatives. Our politicians are stuck. We need someone to say that there is a partner for peace and we need to go and speak to them." An interview with Shaul Judelmen
We Must Not be Afraid to Talk About the Roots of the Conflict
Ali Abu Awwad featured on France24 News Channel