| This document, an overview of significant national efforts to organize American Jews on behalf a two-state negotiated Israeli-Palestinian peace, was developed as part of the Brit Tzedek v’Shalom /Jewish Alliance for Justice and Peace Legacy Project. With its creation, we hope to honor our forebears and those who carry the torch today in 2013.The 13 organizations profiled here were selected for the length and breadth of their work and/or their significant | impact on the Jewish community, American political landscape, or both. They are (in alphabetical order) Ameinu, Americans for Peace Now (APN), Breira, Brit Tzedek v’Shalom (BTvS), Committee on New Alternatives in the Middle East (CONAME), Israel Policy Forum (IPF), J Street, New Jewish Agenda (NJA), Partners for Progressive Israel (PPI), Project Nishma, Shalom Network, and Tikkun.
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I just remember a moment when I suddenly felt like maybe we can really do this, maybe I don't have to sit on the sidelines with my views and my heartbreak, maybe its time for new leaders -- including me - to stand up and speak out.”