Our Work

For more than eight decades we have turned Jewish values into action — through campaigns, history, and the people who shaped our movement. Here is a look at the work.

Where we put peace to work

Eight decades of history, the campaigns we run today, and the people behind them.

Our History

Eight decades of Jewish peacemaking

From our founding in 1941 to today — the people, campaigns, and convictions that built the Fellowship and carried it forward. Read the story →

Active Now

Current Campaigns

Where we are putting peace to work right now — and how to join in. See the campaigns → The People

Founders & Leaders

The visionaries and rabbis who shaped a movement for nonviolence. Meet them →

Topics we work on

The traditions, campaigns, and publications that carry our work forward.

TeachingRoots of Jewish NonviolenceJewish traditions that resist violence and Jewish wisdom that promotes peace, drawn from the sources of Judaism.Read →Stand Against ViolenceConscientious ObjectionStand and be counted as one who refuses to take up arms. Guidance and history of Jewish objection.Read →PublicationsThe Shalom NewsletterQuestions of war and peace from a Jewish perspective since 1968.Read →HeritageVoices of Our TeachersMaterials on nonviolence from rabbis, thinkers, and activists.Read →