Exploring Israel: Voices of Connection and Hope
October 30, 2025
Israel Resources
As war, hunger, and suffering persist in Israel and Gaza, we encourage you to support the following organizations:
- IsraAID, largest humanitarian organization based in Israel, coordinating with the IDF to deliver aid to Israelis and Palestinians
- World Central Kitchen provides meals in response to humanitarian, climate, and community crises. They are currently scaling to prepare one million meals per day in Gaza.
- Hostages and Missing Families Forum leading diplomatic lobbying, media and PR campaigns, rallies, and providing direct financial, medical, and psychological aid to the families of hostages.
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Explore ways to stay informed, get involved, and support Israel through advocacy, education, and community initiatives.
Bring Them Home Now
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Resources For Families
- Israel at War: A Defining Moments for Young Jews (Shalom Hartman)
- ReformJudaism.org – How to Talk to Your Children about Israel and Terrorism: A Toolbox
- Empowering Young People in the Aftermath of Hate
- Kveller – Talking to Kids about What Is Happening in Israel
- PJ Library – How to talk to children about the situation in Israel
- Manhattan Congregational Collaboration: “Helping Children and Teens Respond to the War in Israel”
- Talking to Children About Violence
Podcasts
- Fighting a Just War Explore just war theory through legal, philosophical, and Jewish frameworks and analyze the actions of the IDF and Hamas accordingly
- For Heaven’s Sake Podcast – Shalom Hartman Institute
- Perfect Jewish Parents: Israel at War
- Union for Reform Judaism President Rabbi Rick Jacobs: Coalitions of faith and conscience What Matters Now, a weekly podcast exploration into one key issue shaping Israel and the Jewish World
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Additional Information
- URJ – Is it Antisemitism? If It Is, Now What? Guidance for a Post-October 7th World
- ADL – Helping Students Make Sense of News Stories about Bias and Injustice
- ADL – Debunk: Myths and False Narratives About the Israel-Hamas War
- American Jewish Committee
- Israel and Hamas Conflict FAQs
- Israel Policy Forum – Well-researched content on the security situation in Israel
- Antisemitism on Campus – The Temple Emanu-El Streicker Cultural Center (Video)
- Wellness Resources for the Situation in Israel
- Sources, A Journal of Jewish Ideas: Israel at War
- Staying Connected with Our Loved Ones Even When we Disagree
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Congregational Messages
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The Silence of Corruption
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