Additional Resources:

Local Rabbis Share Perspectives on this Talmudic Passage about Civil Discourse Text to share at your seder this year

Excerpt from The Torah of Reconciliation, by Rabbi Sheldon Lewis, Gefen Publishing House, Ltd., www.gefenpublishing.com Does Consensus Still Count? by Rabbi Doug Kahn

Sign the National Jewish Council for Public Affairs Statement on Civility

Constructive Conversations about the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict - A Guide for Convening and Facilitating Dialogue in Jewish Communities in the U.S.

Dialogue in Jewish Tradition - Download the pdf

Rambam Mishneh Torah, Hilchot De'ot (Chapter Six) - A text study by Rabbi Saul Berman

We invite you to be inspired by our local rabbis' sermons and divrei Torah on civil discourse.

• Rosh Hashanah WORDS by Rabbi Melanie Aron
• Narrarating Israel - Palestine by Rabbi David Cooper
• Rosh HaShana Israel Guardians and Prophets by Rabbi Nat Ezray
• Article on Israel by Rabbi Rosalind Glazer
• Year of Civil Discourse Opening Program Divrei Torah by Rabbi Marvin Goodman
• D'var Torah on Civil Discourse by Rabbi Doug Kahn
• Compassionate Passionate Dialogue by Rabbi Shelly Lewis
• Arguing for the Sake of Heaven by Rabbi Paula Marcus
• The Wall by Rabbi Mark Melamut
• Ahavat Hinam by Rabbi Danny Pressman
• A Synagogue of Dialogue by Rabbi Peretz Wolf Prusan
• Civility in the Age of Immediacy by Rabbi Stephen S. Pearce, PhD
• Truth Saying and Hearing by Rabbi SaraLeya Schley
• Mindfulness and Jewish Practice by Rabbi Jonathan Slater
• Rosh Hashana - Saying "Hineini" to Israel by Rabbi Nat Ezray

Read about the Year of Civil Discourse Initiative in the news:

Friday, April 8, 2011
As Israel debates rage, Jewish professionals face employment repercussions, JTA

Monday, February 14, 2011
Temper of the Times; The Jerusalem Report

Thursday, December 16, 2010
Opposing Sides Peacefully Kick Off Year of Civil Discourse; J Weekly

December 13, 2010
On Israel, can U.S. Jews disagree nicely?; JTA

How to Argue story from Jerusalem Report

Thursday, November 4, 2010
Take the Pledge to put Civility in Civil Discourse; J Weekly

Thursday, September 16, 2010
'Year of Civil Discourse': Teaching Jews How to Disagree Minus the Vitriol; J Weekly