Not in our name: Jewish voices of conscience challenge US support for Israel’s Gaza War

A growing Jewish movement across the United States is rejecting Israel’s war in Gaza, asserting that Judaism must never be invoked to justify state violence. “Judaism commands us to pursue justice, not to justify injustice.” — Prof. Susannah Heschel A weekly ritual of dissent Each Friday at dusk, as Shabbat candles flicker into life, Jewish activists gather on sidewalks and courthouse steps from Brooklyn to Berkeley. Wrapped in prayer shawls and keffiyehs, they hold aloft placards declaring NOT IN OUR NAME, sound the shofar in calls for ceasefire, and chant Oseh Shalom in Hebrew—a prayer for peace now echoed through urgent protest. These candlelit vigils are the heartbeat of a fast-growing movement among American Jews. Groups like Jewish Voice for […]