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We are pleased to announce an upcoming East Coast speaking tour featuring our very own Tree of Life Board member, Dr. Mark Braverman, running from late September through early October 2026.
Dr. Braverman will be visiting communities across the region. Download the flyer below to find a talk in a city near you!
Tree of Life’s 2026 Journey to Palestine
Report from Rev. Steve Jungkeit | February 2026
A small delegation of seven travelers has recently returned from a visit to Palestine. It was a powerful and moving journey, our first since the genocide in Gaza. We were filled with questions, not a little apprehension, a desire to see old friends, and to see for ourselves something of what had happened over the past several years. Ultimately, we found a people whose courage and resilience – to say nothing of their hospitality and care – were intact, and strong as ever. But though we could not see it (nobody in Israel, to say nothing of the West Bank, is allowed to see it), the destruction of Gaza hung in the air like a cloud, dreadful and unavoidable.
December 2025
Tree of Life mourns the passing of our Advisory Board member Barbara Lubin. We met Barbara through our shared commitment to work for a future of justice and freedom for the Palestinian people. Barbara’s dedication to improve the lives of the children led her to co-found the remarkable organization, Middle East Children Alliance. She was one of the speakers of our Tree of Life series and we have always been proud to partner with her and her organization to host Palestinian children and amplify their voices among our fellow citizens. More information on Barbara’s amazing legacy here.
Please take action today to support Palestine!
We continue to witness with horror the ongoing genocide in Gaza that has lasted more than a year. We mourn the tens of thousands of lives lost, especially those of the children. We condemn the expansion of Israel’s violence into Lebanon and Syria and the increasing number of attacks in the West Bank; we remember the innocent lives taken.
We know that Israel’s violence against the Palestinian people has been going on for decades, since even before 1948. This violence has continued unabated with impunity because administration after administration in the US has continued to arm Israel, and to defend its indefensible actions in international forums.
Palestinians need our support now more than ever. As David Good, the late founder of Tree of Life, used to remind us: the fulcrum of change is in the United States. Israel would not be able to continue its crimes without our material, financial and military support. We as people in the US have a moral obligation to act in order stop this genocide by all means necessary.
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Tree of Life supports Alrowwad with an annual donation for university scholarships to students in the West Bank. Please see their appeal for humanitarian aid.
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“The Palestine problem is not just a problem for the 13 million Palestinian natives (2/3rd refugees or displaced people) but it is a global issue demanding a global solution like happened in South Africa. That is why we really appreciate the amazing work done by TOL to shed light on this issue and get action towards justice and human rights. From Palestine we salute and welcome you. ”
, TOLEF Advisor“TOL is an amazing story. It’s the only place that puts together Christians, Jews and Muslims. At the same time they can join together the story of the Indigenous Bedouins of the Negev and the native Americans all together in the great country of the USA… If TOL didn’t exist someone had to invent it. It’s necessary. It’s genius. I love the idea and concept”
, TOLEF Advisor“We can be a gate in a place that has known so many walls. We will be a voice for those who think that no one listens and no one cares. We will do all that we can to restore justice and decency and integrity to our human institutions. We will live and work and dream for that day when the streets of Jerusalem shall be filled with boys and girls, Jews and Christians and Muslims playing in the street, no longer divided, no longer afraid.”
, TOLEF Founder