Letters of Hope

Monday, September 22, 8 PM ET / 7 PM CT
Did you know you can write letters to immigrants in detention, even if you don’t personally know someone detained?

The U.S. government is now detaining a record number of immigrants, and reportedly plans to almost double their detention capacity by the end of 2025. This includes a renewed emphasis on detaining families, including those with young children.

If you feel helpless when hearing about the high number of immigrants being detained by ICE, there is a way to respond with hope and care. Our friends at Casa de Paz have
graciously agreed to host us for a private Zoom training where we’ll learn how to correspond with detainees. 

If you want to take this step in supporting our immigrant neighbors, join us on Monday, September 22, at 8 PM ET / 7 PM CT to learn more about becoming a pen pal with
Casa de Paz. 

Register now to save your spot!

Several central Ohio pro-Palestinian groups organized an event to honor the memories of 20,000+ children killed in Gaza by a holding a public prayer and reading the name of children killed aloud, in an effort to humanize the victims.
 
Reading of the names were held between on Saturday September 20, 2025, between 8:00am - 7pm EDT. The prayer was led by Interfaith leaders from local Christian and Muslim communities on 6:30pm EDT *Location*: Bridge Park, Dublin, Ohio.
 
Gaza has become a graveyard for children
 
According to information provided at the event, Gaza has become a graveyard for children.
Details about event

Sunday, September 21, from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m.
Corban Commons, 3426 Corban Commons Drive, Columbus, OH 43219

Sun Day is a nationwide celebration of clean energy progress and a call to accelerate the transition that's already underway. We'll be joining communities across the country to showcase the businesses, organizations, and families that are already leading the way to a clean energy future. Corban Commons is an affordable senior living center in Columbus that recently added a large rooftop and ground-mount solar array.

Details about event

Sunday, September 21, 12:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Franklin Park Conservatory Community Garden campus, 1777 E. Broad Street

All are welcome.  Family friendly. We'll have delicious fried and roast chicken, a variety of tasty vegetarian dishes, and Dawn's famous corn pudding (yes, it's that good!). Drinks, including mimosas, will be available. Don't worry about utensils, we've got you covered! 

And something new! Emily Schornstein is starting a book table where you can drop off books to pass on to others who might find them inspiring or useful in the fight for justice! Bring books that fuel your passion and take home ones that might ignite yours!

Jewish Voice for Peace is a national, grassroots organization inspired by Jewish tradition to work for a just and lasting peace according to principles of human rights, equality, and international law for all the people of Israel and Palestine.

Some two decades ago, I was invited to be the keynote speaker at a major Islamic conference. Instead of uttering the usual platitudes about Muslim unity, I rebuked the Muslim World for doing nothing to prevent the massacre of Bosnians by Serb forces and the mass rape of Bosnian Muslim women.

It has been another exciting week in and around Washington. The murder of Charlie Kirk has produced speculation that has resulted in all the loonies and haters coming out from their various hidey-holes. This has inevitably included the chorus of knuckleheads that makes up the Donald Trump cabinet. Since Kirk’s death, Republican conservatives have called for a crackdown on the left, though it is by no means clear that any identifiable left-of-center group was in any way implicated in the killing.

In several influential European countries, solidarity with Gaza and the Palestinian people is finally translating into action. Though such action may seem belated to the tens of thousands of lives lost in the genocide-stricken Strip, it is, nonetheless, critical for the future of the Palestinian cause. 

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