“This experience left me deeply troubled, but also more hopeful then ever. I feel so grateful for this opportunity to see more fully the reality of the occupation and to be part of a brave, vibrant, brilliant community of people — Palestinians, Israelis, and international Jews — who are actively working to dismantle it. I feel renewed in my conviction that Occupation is NOT my Judaism, and that the work defining what IS my Judaism has tremendous spiritual, communal, and political potency for liberation.”

“After returning to the U.S., the embodied memory of my time with CJNV– the coresistance, the connected struggle, and witnessing the urgency and stakes of the problem continue to fuel, clarify, and sharpen my organizing.”

“It was a transformative experience for my politicization and relationship-building to be in the long-term struggle in solidarity for Palestinian self-determination.”