In response to politicians calling for death and destruction, people took to the streets, their campuses, their holy places, and social networks to call for a ceasefire in defense of the sanctity of life.
I have always been moved by Rabbi Heschel's belief that protest can be an act of prayer, but this year I experienced it for myself.
On July 23, 400 members of Jewish Voice for Peace peacefully occupied the United States Capitol to demand that the United States stop funding the Israeli military as it destroys life and land in Gaza.
We reject the way the Israeli government has manipulated our sacred tradition to justify the mass murder of Palestinians.
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