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I was always an activist.<\/p>\n

As a child in Australia, my parents took me to participate in protests on behalf of Soviet Jewry. Later, I demonstrated against apartheid in South Africa and was in the streets with the moratorium against the Vietnam War and demanding land rights for indigenous Australians.<\/p>\n

 \"\"As my Jewish identity developed, I channelled much of my activism on behalf of Israel and Zionism. I remember particularly my impassioned speech when the UN defined \u201cZionism as Racism\u201d and I fought against anti-Israel activity on campus from within the student movement. I was also becoming a committed Orthodox Feminist, fighting battles within my own community and refusing to remain silent regarding discrimination against women in the religious realm or elsewhere.<\/p>\n

In all of these battles, I had colleagues from other religions. Many Christians were on the left out of principle. The Churches took the lead on behalf of land rights. Women in religions found a common cause in their search for a voice.<\/p>\n

My career was in Jewish education \u2013 I dropped out of law studies on recognising that law was not offering me the direct way to pursue justice that I had envisaged \u2013 and I hoped to instil in my students the same Jewish values of human dignity and justice that inspired me. It was as an educator that I became involved in interfaith dialogue, representing the Jewish community in theological discussions with the Churches as well as developing an understanding of our common ground on a range of practical issues.<\/p>\n

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Jerusalem Day with Tag Meir – rejecting triumphalism, extending love<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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When I came on Aliyah, interfaith dialogue became my profession, and teaching a side-line.  I became education director for the Elijah Interfaith Institute, secretary of the Jerusalem Rainbow Group<\/a> for Jewish-Christian Encounter and Dialogue and founded, along with a Christian colleague, Praying Together in Jerusalem.<\/p>\n

In 2015, my friend Shelagh Shalev told me that she was part of a 50 day strike outside the Prime Minister\u2019s residence. I went to the tent to support the women (and a couple of men) demanding peace. In 2016, I participated in the March of Hope, along with my sister, who was visiting from Australia. It was then that I formally became a member of Women Wage Peace and I have not removed my blue bracelet since<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Local activism: on the corner of Azza and Metudela<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Whenever I can, I join my sisters on the corner of Azza and Metudela or participate in mass events. Since the Kiverstein Institute was founded in 2019 and I became a Senior Fellow, there have been more opportunities to deepen my connections to WWP activists, whom I consider my sisters.<\/p>\n

From the beginning, I have been disappointed that not more religious women are active in WWP. We pray every day for Shalom; why don\u2019t we do more to make it a reality? As a friend and colleague, Alick Isaacs, said recently, \u201cIf it\u2019s worth praying for, it\u2019s worth working for.\u201d I hope that my presence in WWP will encourage others to be part of this powerful sisterhood, diverse in so many ways but united by our passion for peace.<\/p>\n

Watch the short video we have created in the Kiverstein Institute to promote resolution 1325 of the security council of the UN – https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=QCWw9fzmAnU<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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