September 2025 Events
A Path Forward
Conversations to connect & mobilize us —
with Israeli war refuser & anti-occupation activist Atalya Ben-Abba
Featured in the award-winning documentary OBJECTOR.
We are in a critical moment to build bridges between international peace movements, and inspire new people to join us. To that end, Fellowship of Reconciliation is collaborating with Refuser Solidarity Network (RSN) to bring Atalya Ben-Abba from Jerusalem for an 8-city tour to strengthen support for Israeli war refusal, grow solidarity with Palestinians’ freedom struggle, and urgently mobilize Americans to support work towards a just peace.
2025 Tour Dates & Locations
Join us for this opportunity to learn, connect, and mobilize.
Sep 7, 2025
Washington, D.C.
Sunday – 9/7 @ 7:00 PM
Busboys and Poets
Washington, D.C.
Sep 11, 2025
Providence, RI
Thursday – 9/11 @ 7:00 PM
Temple Habonim
Barrington, RI
Sep 14, 2025
Brattleboro, VT
Sunday – 9/14 @ 1:00 PM
Centre Congregational Church
Brattleboro, VT
with Windham World Affairs Council, Peaceable Vermont, JVP, and Action Corps
Sep 15, 2025
Ithaca, NY
Monday – 9/15 @ 7:00 PM
Tikkun v’Or
Ithaca, NY
Sep 16, 2025
Detroit, MI
Tuesday – 9/16 @ 7:00 PM
Congregation T’Chiyah
Ferndale, MI
with the Shalom Center
Sep 17, 2025
Cincinnati, OH
Wednesday – 9/17 @ 7:00 PM
The Factory
Cincinnati, OH
Sep 18, 2025
Chicago, IL
Thursday – 9/18 @ 7:00 PM
Jewish Reconstructionist Congregation
Evanston, IL
Sep 20, 2025
New York, NY
Saturday – 9/20 @ 7:00 PM
Judson Memorial Church
New York, NY
with Rabbis for Ceasefire and American Council for Judaism
Sep 29, 2025
New York, NY
Sunday – 9/29 @ TBD
Consequences of Courage
Interview with Abigail Disney
Location TBD
with Fellowship of Reconciliation, Red Letter Christians, Middle Collegiate Church, and Judson Memorial Church
Featuring Atalya Ben-Abba and Diana Oestreich (American Conscientious Objector)
About Atalya Ben-Abba
Atalya is a powerful voice in the Israeli anti-occupation movement, insisting that peace can only come from equal rights for all people in the region.
Though raised in a family of military professionals, when faced with mandatory conscription, Atalya — to protest the military’s role in oppressing Palestinians – refused to serve and was imprisoned for taking such a stand. That journey is chronicled in the award-winning documentary OBJECTOR (2019), which shows how her courageous decision led those around her to reconsider their own political positions and power to effect change.
Today, Atalya serves as the Media Coordinator for Refuser Solidarity Network (RSN), which — amid escalating crisis and repression — provides crucial support to Israelis refusing military service, organizes nonviolent resistance trainings for activists, and cultivates solidarity with Palestinian communities in the West Bank who are facing an overwhelming surge of settler violence and land theft.
Take Action
Support RSN
Support this urgent work to strengthen Israeli war refusal and nonviolent resistance to the occupation
About the Organizers
T Wise – Organizer & Facilitator
A New York-based Jewish educator and co-founder of Jewish Educators for Justice, T’s work spans from teaching and supporting synagogue leadership to creating intergenerational Tikkun Olam curricula and performing multimedia one-man shows. Inspired by his parents — a rabbi and a Jewish educator/artist — T is committed to nurturing a Jewish love that is inseparable from a commitment to justice and peace.
Partner Organizations
REFUSER SOLIDARITY NETWORK provides an international base of support for Israeli war resistance.
AMERICAN COUNCIL FOR JUDAISM upholds Reform Judaism as a tradition dedicated to universal ethics and justice.
THE SHALOM CENTER is building a national movement of sacred justice rooted in the Jewish calendar cycle.
RABBIS FOR CEASEFIRE is hundreds of rabbis and rabbinical students speaking with one voice to fulfill pikuach nefesh — saving a life.
IFNOTNOW is a movement of U.S. Jews organizing to end support for Israel’s apartheid system and demand equality, justice, and a thriving future for all Palestinians and Israelis.
FELLOWSHIP OF RECONCILIATION was established in 1915, committed to using the transformative power of nonviolence to foster peace.
JEWISH PEACE FELLOWSHIP was founded in 1941 to help establish conscientious objection guidance for Jewish war resisters.
Atalya’s tour is made possible by these partnerships, along with over a dozen local partners in DC, Rhode Island, Vermont, Michigan, Ohio, Illinois, and New York
Questions? Email: gro.asurof@drawroFhtaPA
“Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; this right includes freedom to change his religion or belief, and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship and observance.”
Article 18, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1948
As the world moves further from a viable future, choosing connection and new strategies becomes crucial. We believe this dialogue can inspire new pathways toward peace, justice, and reconciliation.
