Links to Recordings of
LA Jews for Peace ZOOM Sessions


  1. OPEN      Monday,November 18, 2024
         TITLE -- OPEN
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  2. OPEN      Monday, October.21, 2024
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  3. James M. Dorsey      Monday, September 16, 2024
         "What Drives Politics of Israelis"
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  4. Amira Saunders, Gideon Yefet, & Yona Kidron      Monday, August 19, 2024
         "Between Two Worlds: Insights of American-Israeli Peace Activists After October 7th "
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  5. Jimmy Tabor interviewed by Yossi Khen      Monday, July 15, 2024
         Abraham Inititive: Fighting for Arab-Jewish equality in Israel
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  6. Diedra Robinson and Matthew Hom (IfNotNow)      Monday, June 17, 2024
         Reflections on Diverse Jewish Solidarity with Palestine and Organizing for #CeaseFireNow
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  7. Omer Negev      Monday, May 20, 2024
         An Israeli American Balancing Grief and Principle (tentitive title)
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  8. Shakeel Syed      Monday, April 15, 2024
         Fighting for a CeaseFire and More Among LA's Muslim/Palestinian Communities (tentitive title)
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  9. Randy Heyn-Lamb      Monday, March 18, 2024
    Impressions from a Recent Visit to Israel & Palestine
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  10. Josef Avesar      Monday, Feb.19, 2024
         Why a Jewish State Can Not Be a Democracy and is Bad for the Jews
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  11. Emily Schaeffer Omer-Man (Global Echo Litigation Center)      Monday, Jan.15, 2024
         Criminal Complaint: Corporations Accused of Aiding Illegal Settlements
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  12. Guy Hirschfeld & Gali Hendin           Monday, Dec.18, 2023
         Looking Occupation in the Eye (Bringing the Harsh Truth to the Israeli Public)
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  13. Ian Lustick      Monday, November 20, 2023
         There Is No Solution: Now What?
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  14. Group      Monday, October 16, 2023
         Open Discussion Focused on Current War
         No recording

  15. Shira Klein      Monday, September 18, 2023
         Fascism in 1920s Italy / 2020s Israel
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  16. Mazin Qumsiyeh      Monday, September 18, 2023
         How Does the Current State of the Middle East Affect the World?
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  17. Alon Ben-Meir      Monday, August 21, 2023
         Will Saudi Arabia Become a Peace-Maker?
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  18. Uri Talil      Monday, July 17, 2023
         Is Zionism Still Relevant to our Times?
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  19. Michael Omer-Man      Monday, June 19, 2023
         Israel's Fight for Democracy
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  20. Alon Burstein      Monday, May 15, 2023
         The Age of Terrorism
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  21. Richard Silverstein (editor, Tikun Olam)      Monday, May 1, 2023
         Netanyahu and the Fascist Coup
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  22. Tariq Kenney-Shawa      Monday, April 17, 2023
         Challenging Anti-Boycott Legislation in U.S.
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  23. Charles O'Connell & Dick Platkin      Monday, March 20, 2023
         A Critical Analysis of Ken Burns Holocaust Film
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  24. Thaer Dallasheh      Monday, Feb. 20, 2023
         Is a Third Intifada About to Start?
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  25. Special ZOOM      Monday, Jan. 30, 2023
         Situation in Israel-Palestine
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  26. Uri Talil      Monday, January 16, 2023
         Israel-Palestinian Peace is Unattainable, What should an American Peacenik Do Now?
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  27. Rebecca Stein      Monday, December 12, 2022
         The Smart-Phone Impact on Israel-Palestine Dynamics
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  28. Election Briefing by Uri Talil & Tony Litwinko      Monday, November 2, 2022
         Election Briefing A Day After Israeli and A Week Before U.S. Elections
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  29. TBD      Monday, October 17, 2022
         LA Jews for Peace General Meeting
         This meeting was not recorded

  30. Mitchell Plitnick      Monday, August 15, 2022
         The Biden Administration Ignores Palestinian Rights
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  31. Elisheva Goldberg      Monday, August 1, 2022
         Masafer Yatta Explusions.
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  32. Merhrzad Boroujerdi      Monday, June 20, 2022
         Iran Nuclear Deal, Status and Consequences.
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  33. Thaer Dallasheh      Monday, June 6, 2022
         Shireen Abu Akleh's Assassination by the IDF.
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         Click here for list of Pro-Palestinian Instagram sites.

  34. Jeff Cooper      Monday, May 16, 2022
         Occupation is Terrorism: Jeff Cooper's Reflections from
             Living and Working in Palestine During the First Intifada
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  35. Richard Silverstein      Monday, April. 25, 2022
         Israel is a Terrorist State
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  36. Dr. Thabet Abu Rass      Sunday, March 27, 2022
         Bedouin's ongoing problems with Israel in Negev.
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  37. Open Discussion      Monday, March 14, 2022
         Ongoing Russia-Ukraine-U.S.-Israel crisis.
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  38. Tony Saidy      Monday, Feb. 21, 2022
         Alex Odeh case and remembering The Old Days When Arabs and Jews Cooperated.
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  39. Haim Beliak & Polish colleagues      Sunday, Jan. 16, 2022
         Poland's Troubled Democracy.
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  40. Tania Hary, Gisha Executive Director      Monday, Dec. 20, 2021
         Life in Gaza; Breaking the Siege.
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  41. Mark Kleiman      Monday, November 15, 2021
         Pulp Friction -- The Truth Behind the Hate Crimes Scare.
         This ssession was not recorded.

  42. Channel-12 Special:      Monday, November 1, 2021
         Settler [and IDF] Violence in South Hebron Hills
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  43. Dorien Grunbaum      Monday, Oct. 4, 2021
         Personal Holocaust Reflections
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  44. Randy Heyn-Lamb, Joe Roos, and Jonathan Kuttub      Monday, Sept. 20, 2021
         Friends of Sabeel: A Christian Voice for Palestine
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  45. Afghanistan      Monday, Aug. 23, 2021
         U.S. Imperialism Gone Bad
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  46. Sammy Smooha      Sunday, Aug. 8, 2021
         Still Playing by the Rules: Palestinian and Jewish Citizens of Israel
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         Link to survey data
         Link to downlink PowerPoint slides

  47. "The Present"      Monday, July 26, 2021
         Screen "The Present" plus special video message from filmmaker
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  48. Maurice Jacobsen      Monday, July 12, 2021
         "We All Live in Gaza."
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  49. Soni Lloyd and Maya Daniels      Monday, July 5, 2021
         Proposed UTLA Palestinian Solidarity Resolution
         Click here for audio recording (starts at 40 seconds).

  50. Nava Sonnenschein      Sunday, June 27, 2021
         Wahat al-Salam - Neve Shalom - Oasis of Peace
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  51. Emily Schaffer Omer-Man      Sunday, June 13, 2021
         Litigating the Occupation
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  52. Barry Trachtenberg      Tuesday, June1, 2021
         The Jerusalem Declaration on Antisemitism
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  53. Richard Silverstein      Monday, May 24, 2021
         After Gaza Ceasefire, Where Do We Go From Here
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  54. Michael Omer-Man      Sunday, May 16, 2021
         Progressive Israeli Media is Under Attack
         Click here for audio recording (starts about 5 minutes into session).

  55. Recent Israeli Palestinian immigrant      Thursday, May 13, 2021
         Situation in Jerusalem
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  56. Mary Anne Mercer      Monday, May 3, 2021
         Yemen Relief & Reconstruction Foundation
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  57. Josef Avesar      Monday, April 19, 2021
         Is Israel a Democracy?
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  58. Dr. Thabet Abu Rass      Sunday, April 4, 2021
         Analysis of Israeli Elections
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  59. David Mandel      Monday, Mar 8, 2021
         Progressive Activism in California
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  60. Shekeel Said      Monday, Feb 8, 2021
         American Muslims for Palestine
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    Earlier LA Jews for Peace ZOOM Sessions
    No Recordings except for Dov Khenin from July 12, 2020

  61. Moish Chertoff      Sunday, Jan. 24, 2021
    Progressive activism in Israel

  62. Mehrzad Boroujerdi      Monday, Jan. 11, 2021
    Political & economic situation in Iran

  63. Jeff Halper      Sunday, Dec. 13, 2020
    "Decolonizinmg Israel" book

  64. Maya Fried      Sunday, Nov. 29, 2020
    Assoc. Civil Rights in Israel

  65. Cecilia Sibony (regional director)      Monday, Nov. 16, 2020
    J Street program

  66. Richard Silverstein (author of "Tikun Olam" blog)      Monday, Oct. 5, 2020
    Political situation in U.S. & Israel

  67. Diana Buttu (Palestinian advocate/activist)      Sunday, Sept. 6, 2020
    Political situation for Palestinians

  68. Mubarak Awad      Monday, Aug. 24, 2020
    Nonviolence International

  69. Rabbi Arik Ascherman      Sunday, Aug. 9 2020
    Fighting for human rights in West Bank

  70. Benzion Sanders      Sunday, July 26, 2020
    Breaking the Silence

  71. Dov Khenin (former Hadash MK)      Sunday, July 12, 2020
    Political situation in Israel
    Click here for YouTube video recording.

  72. Ian Lustick      Monday, June 1, 2020
    "Paradigm Lost, From Two-State Solution to One-State Reality" book

  73. Never Again Action speaker      Monday, May 25, 2020
    Never Again Action Program in Los Angeles