Is it worthwhile to focus our organizing on moving Jewish American public opinion on Israel/Palestine? How effective is it really in shifting the dynamics on the ground? Jewish Currents staff members discuss these questions.
Then, starting at 33:58, we discuss one of the main questions we’ve received in the last week: How do I talk to my family about what’s happening? We recount personal victories and failures, and explore how people actually change their mind.
Reading & Resources Mentioned in "In This Moment & Tough Conversations"
https://www.google.com/url?q=https://jewishcurrents.org/are-95-of-jews-really-zionists/&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1624659503339000&usg=AOvVaw1tVPXBwTUOjTvI4RtHNb_5 (Are 95% of Jews Really Zionists?) by Caroline Morganti
https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.pewforum.org/2021/05/11/jewish-americans-in-2020/&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1624659503339000&usg=AOvVaw0Icz1KiDiXTo7CqOm_mZmG (Jewish Americans in 2020 (Pew Study))
https://www.google.com/url?q=https://jewishcurrents.org/teshuvah-a-jewish-case-for-palestinian-refugee-return/&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1624659503340000&usg=AOvVaw3l2aZxHfeJUvPxIhIgWdyw (Teshuvah: A Jewish Case for Palestinian Refugee Return) by Peter Beinart
https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.972mag.com/us-media-palestinians/&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1624659503340000&usg=AOvVaw1AmacRMQOBwnMfuXmAwmTt (US media talks a lot about Palestinians — just without Palestinians) by Maha Nassar
https://www.google.com/url?q=https://jewishcurrents.org/how-not-to-fight-antisemitism/&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1624659503341000&usg=AOvVaw3wkHpodAHR-hNF_txRJHrq (Responsa - How Not to Fight Antisemitism) by Jewish Currents editors
https://www.google.com/url?q=https://jewishcurrents.org/a-guide-to-the-current-crisis-in-israel-palestine/&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1624659503341000&usg=AOvVaw3vFDginQe7477fyWuHgV2E (A Guide to the Current Crisis in Israel/Palestine) by Mari Cohen, Joshua Leifer, Alex Kane
https://www.google.com/url?q=https://jewishcurrents.org/the-palestinian-cause-at-a-moment-of-transition/&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1624659503342000&usg=AOvVaw23geVYahAdcdTcoZphnW2D (The Palestinian Cause at a Moment of Transition), a conversation between Inès Abdel Razek, Salem Barahmeh, Dana El Kurd, and Fadi Quran 
Books Mentioned in "In This Moment & Tough Conversations"
https://www.google.com/url?q=https://bookshop.org/a/1530/9780201327984&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1624659503343000&usg=AOvVaw1sM041zxthymwyIk49aCWM (Jewish Power) by JJ Goldberg
https://www.google.com/url?q=https://bookshop.org/a/1530/9781541453500&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1624659503343000&usg=AOvVaw2-YjVmIelJTfW5qiGbqnUj (Where the Jews Aren't) by Masha Gessen


Thanks to Santiago Helou Quintero for producing and to Nathan Salsburg for the use of his song "VIII (All That Were Calculated Have Passed)." Transcript will be available soon.