Rabbi Jeremy Milgrom

Rabbi Milgrom and Donna B-W recently spoke in Prof. Jamie Newton′s SOCIAL CONFLICT & CONFLICT RESOLUTION - PSY 547 class at San Francisco State University on February 16th, 2006. Here are some anonymous reviews by the students who heard them speak.

An American–born rabbi, Jeremy Milgrom has lived in Israel since 1968 and has pursued a just peace for Palestinians and Israelis throughout his career. He has been involved in important initiatives in the Israeli peace camp at their critical starting moments over the last 27 years, and now it's time for the Rebuilding Alliance. Rabbi Milgrom has been a pioneer in interfaith partnerships with Christian and Moslem Palestinians. He co–founded and directed Clergy for Peace with Rev. Shehadeh Shehadeh and has been active in bringing volunteers to the West Bank to tutor Bedouin children of the Jahalin tribe who have been forcibly moved there from their home in the Negev. He frequently lectures at Israeli and European forums on Judaism, non–violence and other related subjects.

Rabbi Milgrom joined the Board of Director of The Rebuilding Alliance in 2005. Having witnessed the anguish of countless Palestinian families as their homes were (and continue to be) demolished by Israeli bulldozers, he sees the work of The Rebuilding Alliance as a fulfillment of his desire to ameliorate the suffering of innocent people who have been victimized by a morally unacceptable policy of home demolition, as well as a powerful tool for raising international consciousness, involvement and solidarity.