Resources
Ameinu has its roots in over 100 years of progressive Israel and liberal American activism. Over this time, we have accumulated extensive and valuable resources that are useful for anyone interested in planning events or doing research on the causes or ideals that we support.
Today, we continue to compile new resources for our members and affiliates. Please take the time to browse through these online resources to see how our knowledge can help foster your activism. You can also contact Ameinu for more information on these and other materials.
Revival - The English Newsletter of the Israeli Labor Party
March 2008, Volume 4, Issue 2 (PDF)
August 2006, Volume 3 Issue 2 (PDF)
February 2006, Volume 3 Issue 1 (PDF)
October 2005, Volume 2 Issue 3 (PDF)
July 2005, Volume 2, Issue 2 (PDF)
February 2005, Volume 2, Issue 1 (PDF)
July 2004, Volume 1, Issue 3 (PDF)
October 2004, Volume 1, Issue 4 (PDF)
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AIPAC
AIPC is America 's foremost pro Israel lobby.
American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise
The American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise was established in 1993 to strengthen the U.S.-Israel relationship by emphasizing the fundamentals of the alliance - the values that the two nations share.
Arava Institute for Environmental Studies
Based in the Negev desert the Arava Institute for Environmental Studies is a regional environmental institute conducting research and offering academic programs.
Ariga
Ariga is a website, not affiliated with any political party or organization, hosting informative information about the peace process.
The American Zionist Movement
The American Zionist Movement is the umbrella organization of Zionist groups in the United States . The AZM is the American federation of the World Zionist Organization.
Bat Shalom
Bat Shalom is a grassroots feminist dialogue group between Palestinian and Israeli women. Bat Shalom actively works towards coexistence in Israel and Palestine.
Bitterlemons
Bitterlemons is a peace oriented website offering both Israeli and Palestinian positions on prominent issues and concerns.
B'Tselem
The Israeli center for human rights in the occupied territories.
CALME
The Campaign for American Leadership in the Middle East (CALME) has grown out of the recent developments in the Middle East which created an unprecedented opportunity to establish a stable, secure, democratic state of Palestine alongside a continued stable, secure, and democratic State of Israel. Political, business, military, academic, philanthropic and religious leaders from across the country have lent their names to this campaign. Joining CALME is as simple as signing your name and spreading the word.
The Council for Peace and Security
The Council for Peace and Security is a voluntary body with no political affiliation that brings together some 1000 members in an attempt to formulate knowledgeable opinions on security-related issues in the peace process.
The Courage to Refuse
The Courage to Refuse is a letter signed by Israeli Defence Forces reserve combat officers who refuse to serve in the occupied territories.
The Center for Middle East Peace and Economic Cooperation
The Center for Middle East Peace and Economic Cooperation works for a peaceful resolution to the Arab Israeli conflict.
The Coalition of Women for Peace
The Coalition of Women for Peace advocates a just and viable peace between Israel and Palestine . The Coalition brings together independent women and nine women's peace organizations who promote coexistence.
The Daniel Pearl Foundation
The Daniel Pearl Foundation was formed to promote cross-cultural understanding through journalism, music, and innovative communications.
The Foundation for Middle East Peace
The Foundation for Middle East Peace is dedicated to informing Americans about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and assisting in a peaceful solution that brings security for both peoples.
Givat Haviva
Givat Haviva is an education and research center founded in 1949 by Kibbutz Artzi. Givat Haviva works to foster democracy, peace, coexistence and tolerance.
Haaretz
Founded in 1919, Haaretz is an Israeli newspaper with a broadly liberal outlook on domestic and international issues.
Habonim Dror
Founded in 1935 Habonim Dror is the Progressive Labor Zionist youth movement. Habonim Dror operates five Israel programs, seven summer camps, and multiple local chapters.
Habonim Dror Foundation
The Habonim Dror Foundation is a not for profit corporation dedicating to supporting the activities of Habonim Dror. The Foundation also offers select alumni services.
Geneva Accord
The Geneva Accord is a model Israeli Palestinian peace accord based on the Clinton Parameters negotiated between Dr. Yossi Beilin (former Labor Minister of Justice) and Yasser Abed Rabbo (PLO Executive).
Inter Agency Task Force on Israeli Arab Issues
The Inter-Agency Task Force on Israeli Arab Issues is a diverse, broad-based coalition composed of approximately 70 North American Jewish organizations, foundations, federations and private philanthropists, who are committed to the welfare of Israel and support the Jewish state’s right to a secure and peaceful existence. Members of the Task Force are proud of the democratic, sovereign state of the Jewish people and support Israel’s Declaration of Independence, including the article that promises social and political equality for all its inhabitants—Jews and Arabs alike.
Israel Palestine Center for Research and Information
The Israel Palestine Center for Research and Information was launched in 1989 in order to promote dialogue at various levels between Israeli and Palestinian societies.
The Israel Religious Action Center
The Israel Religious Action Center is the public and legal advocacy arm of the Reform Movement in Israel. IRAC was founded in 1987 with the goals of advancing pluralism in Israeli society and of protecting and defending the human rights of all Israeli citizens, especially those rights having to do with freedoms of conscience, faith, and religion.
Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs is the governments' premiere source of information.
Israel on Campus Coalition
The Israel on Campus Coalition is a network of campus organizations working to promote Israel education and advocacy.
Israel Policy Forum
The Israel Policy Forum supports American efforts aimed at resolving the Arab Israeli conflict.
Jaffee Center
The Jaffee Center conducts basic research on matters related to Israel 's national security as well as Middle East regional and international security.
Jewish Agency for Israel
The Jewish Agency for Israel is dedicated to assuring the future of the Jewish people.
Jewish Coalition For Service
The mission of the Jewish Coalition for Service is to inspire everyone in our community to dedicate part of their lives to full-time, hands-on volunteering. Jewish service volunteers deliver tens of thousands of hours of service, addressing pressing needs of both Jews and non-Jews. In the process, they are redefining their understanding of what it means to be engaged citizens and what it means to be Jewish. More important, they directly convey the Jewish community's solidarity and concern with people in crisis worldwide.
Jewish Council for Public Affairs
The Jewish Council for Public Affairs serves as the representative voice of the organized American Jewish community in addressing the mandate of the Jewish community relations field.
Kibbutz Movement
The official website of the Kibbutz Movement. Find business, programmatic, and other information.
Meretz USA
Meretz USA is a progressive Zionist organization that educates Americans about issues of civil rights and peace in Israel , and promotes the values of peace, pluralism and democracy in Israel. See frequently updated commentary on Meretz USA’s blog at www.meretzusa.blogspot.com.
MidEastWeb Gateway
MidEastWeb for Coexistence is dedicated to promoting dialog and peace education in the Middle East. The Web site includes balanced news and views about the Middle East, dialog resources, a history of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, articles about Zionism and Palestinian and Israeli history, source documents, maps and related information.
Na'amat
Na'amat (The Movement of Working Women and Volunteers) is an organization that strives to enhance the quality of life for women, children and families in Israel , the U.S. and around the world.
National Committee for Labor Israel
The authorized source for news and information about Labor Israel and Histadrut, Israel's General Federation of Labor
New Israel Fund
A philanthropic partnership of Israelis, North Americans and Europeans, the New Israel Fund works to strengthen Israel 's democracy and to promote freedom, justice and equality for all Israel 's citizens.
New Voices
New Voices is America's only national magazine written by and for Jewish college students. Published since 1991 by the independent, non-profit, student-run Jewish Student Press Service, New Voices is read by nearly 10,000 students on over 300 campuses across the United States.
Neve Shalom/Wahat al-Salam
Neve Shalom/Wahat al-Salam is dedicated to dialogue, cooperation and a genuine and durable peace between Arabs and Jews, Palestinians and Israelis. For more than twenty-five years, Jewish and Palestinian citizens of Israel have lived and worked together as equals in this community.
Noar Haoved V'Lomed
Noar Haoved V'Lomed (The Working and Learning Youth) is Israel 's largest youth movement (and sister movement to Habonim Dror North America). Noar Haoved is dedicated to a vision of a progressive Israel.
The People's Voice
The People's Voice is an Israeli-Palestinian civil initiative that aims to advance the process of achieving peace by influencing leaders on both sides through amassing signatures on a joint statement. The People's Voice was initiated by Ami Ayalon and Dr. Sari Nusseibeh.
Philadelphia Jewish Voice
The Philadelphia Jewish Voice is an online non-profit volunteer based community newspaper serving the Philadelphia Jewish Community. We are dedicated to addressing the important social, political and cultural issues facing our community in a spirit of honesty, integrity and diversity.
Rabbis for Human Rights
Rabbis for Human Rights is the rabbinic voice of conscience in Israel , giving voice to the Jewish tradition of human rights. Rabbis for Human Rights promotes justice and freedom, while campaigning against discrimination and inhumane conduct.
Realistic Dove
A progressive Zionist blog that is devoted to developing practical, realistic ideas for:
encouraging an evenhanded, just and activist American Middle East policy that does not sell either Israelis or Palestinians down the river; helping the forces of peace and passionate moderation in the Middle East; taking America’s pro-Israel community back from the neocons, settler apologists, passive acceptors of the status quo and quashers of dissent who have hijacked it.
Scholars for Peace in the Middle East
An independent, faculty-driven, not-for-profit [501 (C) (3)], "big-tent" grassroots organization with well over 650 members, representing 200 campuses worldwide The peace we seek in the Middle East is consistent both with Israel's right to exist as a sovereign Jewish state within safe and secure borders, and with the rights and legitimate aspirations of her neighbors. Our mission is to inform, motivate, and encourage faculty to use their academic skills and disciplines on campus, in classrooms, and in academic publications to develop effective responses to the ideological distortions, including anti-Semitic and anti-Zionist slanders, that poison debate and work against peace.
Seeds of Peace
Founded in 1993, Seeds of Peace is dedicated to empowering young leaders from regions of conflict with the leadership skills required to advance reconciliation and coexistence.
Seeking Peace and Pursuing Justice
Seeking Peace and Pursuing Justice was the Reform Movement's campaign to educate and mobilize North American Jewry to support peace efforts and social justice causes in Israel . The project ended in 2003.
Shalom Achshav
Shalom Achshav (Peace Now) was founded in 1978 by 348 reserve officers of the Israel Defense Forces who believed that only a negotiated end to the conflict in the Middle East could bring true security to Israel.
Tami Steinmetz Center for Peace Research
The Tami Steinmetz Center for Peace Research is a multidisciplinary academic framework shared by the faculties of the humanities, social sciences, and law at Tel Aviv University established in 1992 to promote systematic research and thinking on issues connected with peacemaking and conflict resolution.
Union of Progressive Zionists
The Union of Progressive Zionists is a broad network of campus organizations whose main goal is to create a voice for Progressive Zionist students - those who support Israel as well as a two-state solution and an end to the occupation. The UPZ was created to fill a void that exists on North American college campuses today, where the only opinions that can be heard are either those of blind support for Israeli government policies, or those who challenge Israel 's right to exist.
Women In Black
Women In Black stand in silent vigil to protest war, rape as a tool of war, ethnic cleansing and human rights abuses all over the world. We are silent because mere words cannot express the tragedy that wars and hatred bring.
Yiddish Forward
Launched in 1897 the Yiddish Forward was a defender of trade unionism and democratic socialism. Today the weekly English language forward continues to serve as the conscience of the Jewish community.
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