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Ameinu’s Vice-President and Head of Executive Committee Nomi Colton-Max lists some of the ways you can help Israeli people today!
February 8, 2024
Ameinu’s Vice-President and Head of Executive Committee Nomi Colton-Max lists some of the ways you can help Israeli people today!
Ameinu welcomes the peace and normalization agreements signed today by Israel with the UAE and Bahrain. Since its birth in 1948, the State of Israel
June 12, 2020 Mort Klein President Zionist Organization of America Dear Mr. Klein, We, the undersigned members of the Conference of Presidents
Dear Fellow Members of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, I was proud to see that over the past week many member
Ameinu is horrified and disgusted by the cold-blooded murder of George Floyd by police last week in Minneapolis. Floyd’s tragic and senseless killing is merely
5.19.2020 Dear Friends and Colleagues, As supporters of J-Link, the international network of progressive Jewish organizations, we urgently share our deep concerns, backed
With the formation of a new government of Israel, Ameinu expresses its fervent hope that this government will uphold Israel’s international and moral obligations and
By Barak Sela The author is a member of an urban kibbutz in Haifa affiliated with Dror Israel and works for the Shahaf Foundation. He
Last week the Ameinu affiliates in the United States, Canada and Australia sent the following letter to the Israel Labor Party Secretary General regarding the
“In every Cabinet where the prime minister is a Jew, the vice-premiership shall be offered to an Arab, and vice-versa.” This vision for Israel was
Ameinu is deeply concerned by today’s announcement of President Trump’s so-called “Deal of the Century.” The proposal, which includes provisions for a non-contiguous and non-viable
In his speech before the Israeli-American Council this past weekend, President Trump made several anti-Semitic and racist statements which Ameinu condemns unequivocally. First, President Trump
Ameinu strongly condemns the announcement by the Trump administration that Israeli settlements in the West Bank do not violate international law. “As longtime supporters of
-FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE- August 15,2019 Ameinu strongly condemns the decision of the Government of Israel to deny entry into Israel to US Congressional Representatives Ilhan
Dear friend, I am sometimes asked about the impact Ameinu really has in our community and Israel. It’s a fair question, so I thought I
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Elisheva Goldberg +1.917.283.0888 (phone) +972.570.8023 (Whatsapp) info@ProgressiveIsraelNetwork.org June 24, 2019 Ameinu, Americans for Peace Now, Habonim Dror North America, Hashomer
By seeming to endorse unilateral Israeli annexations of Palestinian territory in the West Bank, the Trump administration is encouraging indefinite occupation and permanent conflict which
The Honorable Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House of Representatives, The Honorable Eliot Engel, Chairman, Committee on Foreign Affairs The Honorable Theodore Deutch, Chairman, Subcommittee on the Middle
Ameinu, Americans for Peace Now, J Street, T’ruah, New Israel Fund, Jewish Labor Committee, Partners for Progressive Israel, Hashomer Hatzair, and National Council of Jewish Women
Senior White House Policy Advisor Stephen Miller holds dangerous views on immigrants and refugees that are grounded in white supremacy. The result? the Muslim
Progressive Zionism in the Age of Trump-Bibi Bromance Dear friend, A few weeks ago I was representing Ameinu at a national Zionist conference
By Kenneth Bob, Ameinu President In 1988, when Dan Quayle compared himself to John Kennedy in a Vice Presidential debate, the Democratic nominee, Lloyd
March 18, 2019 Howard Kohr, Executive Director American Israel Political Affairs Committee Washington D.C. Dear Howard, Congratulations on your upcoming 2019 Policy Conference; this event
I’m writing to you from Israel, where right now, Israelis are speaking up in outrage at the news of Kahanists being embraced by right-wing parties. Meir
Ameinu views with grave concern the recently announced merger arranged by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu between two extremist right wing parties, HaBayit HaYehudi and Otzmah
“I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it’s been.” -Wayne Gretsky, Hall of Fame hockey player To have Ameinu quote
Ameinu is horrified and sickened by the murder of 11 innocent Jews as they prayed this past Shabbat at the Tree of Life synagogue in
By Phyllis Bernstein First appeared in The New York Jewish Week https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/knessets-basic-law-huge-mistake/ Chèvre, Habibi, Friends: As someone involved in Israeli Arab issues of equality and shared
Ameinu Decries Provocative Israel Nation State Law Yesterday, Israel’s Knesset passed a superfluous and intentionally provocative bill, The Nation State Law, by a vote of
Proposed Israeli Nation-State Bill Threatens Israeli Democracy Ameinu and 13 other lAmerican-Jewish organizations* have addressed the following letter to MK Isaac Herzog, the outgoing Leader
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 10, 2018 For more information, contact Miki Golod, Director of Israel Programs 212-366-1194 and office@ameinu.net. Ameinu Announces New “Urban Kibbutz Social
By Ken Bob and Brad Rothschild (JTA) — This week’s escalation of violence emanating from the Gaza Strip serves as a depressing reminder that the Middle East lacks
Defying its allies as well as logic, President Trump today announced that the US would be withdrawing from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA)
By Kenneth Bob First published: Plus61J – Broadening the Conversation- Israel, Australia and the Jewish World As a student at the University of California at
April 10, 2018 The following joint statement was released by Ameinu, Americans for Peace Now, J Street, National Council of
Many organizations have abandoned the notion of membership. However, at Ameinu we think it is important that people stand up and identify with an organization
For Immediate Release: March 28, 2018 Contact for Ameinu: Ken Bob, kennethbob@gmail.com 516-644-5397 Contact for APN: Ori Nir, onir@peacenow.org 202-408-9898 Contact for J Street: Logan
This article first appeared in The Forward. Over the past few weeks, the government of Israel has initiated a number of measures designed to bring an end to their
No Need to Provoke Region Over Self-Evident Truth that Jerusalem is Israel’s Capital(New York, NY) “President Trump’s assertion that Jerusalem is the capital of Israel
By Adam Dison, University of Witwatersrand, South Africa “We’ll come for you Zionists next.” That’s what an angry student said, pointing a finger in my
By: Miki Golod On November 4th, 2017, Israel commemorates 22 years since the assassination of Prime Minister Yizchak Rabin. I was a 13-year-old when Rabin
In commenting on the controversy surrounding Professor David Myers, the newly hired president and CEO of the Center for Jewish History (CJH), Gary Rosenblatt concluded
“The Trump Administration’s decision today to end Delayed Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) is an inhumane act that runs completely counter to our core values
American Democracy Must be Protected from Alt-Right White Supremacy and Neo-Nazism President Trump and Prime Minister Netanyahu Fail to Lead and so Strengthen Fascist
By Cheryl Gordon I am an American Jew, a New Yorker, and a student at the University of Michigan. As a Jew, I feel a
I am a Jew. I am a Zionist. I am a Feminist. I am a Socialist. I believe in the innate value of every human
Yudith Oppenheimer is Executive Director of Ir Amim. July 2, 2017 — The Israeli government’s disavowal of the Western Wall plan is a deplorable instance of
Kenneth Bob, President, Ameinu 7/26/24 Leading up to this chaotic week in Washington DC, Ameinu leadership was involved in intense deliberations with organizational colleagues around
In light of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s arrival in Washington D.C., and his upcoming speech to the United States Congress, 8 members of the Progressive Israel Network released the following statement:
Golan, recently elected chair of Israel’s Labor Party, previously served as IDF Deputy Chief of Staff. He was a Meretz MK and Deputy Minister of Economy in the 36th Israeli government. Golan was hailed as a hero for rescuing victims at the Nova Festival on October 7.
Yonatan Zeigen, son of our dear friend and peace activist Vivian Silver who were murdered in kibbutz Be’eri on October 7, gave this beautiful speech at the Israeli-Palestinian Joint Memorial Ceremony that was held this week in Israel.
Ameinu calls on the government of Israel to exhaust every means possible to reach a deal to bring the hostages home, including bypassing the Rafah invasion and
April 17, 2024 The Honorable Joseph R. Biden, Jr. President of the United States The White House Washington, DC 20500 Dear Mr. President: We write
March 20, 2024 – We are deeply disturbed by the condemnatory statement issued yesterday by the Conference of Presidents (COP) following a meeting with Majority
Dear President Biden, We write to you as American Jews–member organizations of the Progressive Israel Network–who represent the vast majority of liberal American Jews. We
Building on the proud legacy of decades pursuing peace and justice, Ameinu and Americans for Peace Now are delighted to announce their full merger. The
