current projects
I am currently working on two book projects.
I am co-authoring a book with Rebecca Vilkomerson, forthcoming from Haymarket Books in September 2024. Titled “Solidarity is the Political Version of Love: Lessons from Jewish Anti-Zionist Organizing”, the book collects the organizing lessons from our decade at JVP for the benefit of all those seeking to build sustainable, functioning organizations and movements against towering odds.
I am also the organizer, alongside Rabbi Jessica Rosenberg, on a Jewish anti-Zionist theology anthology, forthcoming from Wayne State University Press. The anthology will be a first-of-its-kind collection exploring, with a range of voices and perspectives, the Jewish theology, thought, philosophy, and spiritual lives that emerge from and feed into anti-zionist Judaisms.
books
- “The Discarded Materials have Become the Cornerstone” with Rebecca Vilkomerson, in Reclaiming Judaism from Zionism: Stories of Personal Transformation, Ed. Carolyn Karcher, 2019
- “Building towards the Next World”, in On Antisemitism: Solidarity and the Struggle for Justice, Jewish Voice for Peace, 2017
opinions
- appearance on democracy now (april 29, 2024)
- appearance on al jazeera english’s upfront (march 15, 2024)
- president biden: stop vetoing peace (op-ed in al jazeera, january 9, 2024)
- zionism, jewish Identity, and the war on gaza ( across the divide podcast, december 2023)
- appearance on beyond the pale radio (december 15, 2023)
- appearance on democracy now (november 15, 2023)
- as american jews demand ceasefire in palestine, all people must raise their voices (op-ed in reckon, october 2023)
- the only way out of the crisis in israel and palestine is an end to the occupation (op-ed in reckon, october 2023)
- shedding thick skin (interview in jewish currents, april 2021)
- facebook might censor criticism of zionists. that’s dangerous (op-ed in the guardian, february 11, 2021)
- i’m a rabbi, and i’m done with trump using my people to cover for his racism (op-ed in newsweek, july 23, 2019)
- appearance on npr all things considered (npr, august 21, 2019)
- I’m a rabbi, and I understand Israel is not a democracy, (op-ed in religion news service, august 16, 2019)
- the democrats are changing their talk on israel. will they walk the walk? (op-ed in newsweek, november 23, 2019)
- the importance of jvp’s antisemitism panel with linda sarsour (op-ed in the forward, november 29, 2017)
- smearing linda sarsour is the opposite of fighting for racial justice (op-ed in the forward, october 4, 2017)
- why we invited rasmea odeh to speak at our conference (op-ed in religion news service, march 28, 2017)
- desecrated cemeteries: antisemitism & islamophobia in trump’s america (op-ed in truthout march 3, 2017)
- i’m the first jew banned from israel for supporting bds (op-ed in The Forward, july 26, 2017)
- For lasting peace, respect rights of both Israelis and Palestinians (op-ed in the philadelphia inquirer, january 5, 2017)
- appearance on democracy now! (june 23, 2014)
- a conflict of Faith: devoted to jewish observance, but at odds with israel (interview with mark oppenheimer for the new york times, february 14, 2014)
- some things never change (op-ed in huffpost, june 4, 2013)
- rabbis support protestant leaders’ call to end unconditional military aid to israel (op-ed in huffpost, october 22, 2012)
- why i work with christians to divest from the occupation” (op-ed in huffpost, july 23, 2012)
sermons & blessings
- a prayer for this moment: october 2023 (prayer)
- love letter to anti-zionist jews (sermon for JVP, Kol Tzedek, and Tzedek Chicago, march 12, 2021)
- remarks at united against racism rally (july 10, 2020)
- longing for return (sermon at tzedek chicago 5th anniversary celebration, 2020)
- thriving where we are (essay on evolve, august 2018)
- god is in this place (sermon at st john’s presbyterian church in san francisco 2014)
- blessing for new parents (ritualwell)
Rabbi Alissa Wise 