Updates

On Monday, our communications director Ben Ginsburg spoke on LAist's morning call-in show AirTalk to respond to the attacks in Boulder, Colorado over the weekend, and how important it is to see anti-Jewish and anti-Muslim hate, bias and violence as connected phenomena.

Our communications director Ben Ginsburg spoke on LAist's morning call-in show AirTalk to speak about how NewGround has helped people navigate conversations about the crisis in Israel Palestine over the past 20 months.

We hope you will take a moment to read this powerful article from The Guardian, written by Chris Osuh.

Echoes - Stories from Muslim and Jewish Elders, told by Teens

Andrea Hodos Quoted in Article by Haaretz News

NewGround's CBS documentary receives 2025 Award of Excellence.

Join Andrea and Aziza at the Interfaith Study Group, a collaboration between All Saints Church - Pasadena, Pasadena Jewish Temple, and Center Islamic Center of Southern California on Sunday, April 27th from 5- 7:30 PM at All Saints Church, Pasadena.

Our MAJIC High School Leadership Council was featured in the Jewish Telegraph Agency, Read the full article!

Film Screenings and Director Talks! Join us for talks with directors Beth Lane and Tarek Albaba on April 22nd and 28th, 5:30 PM PST via ZOOM. RSVP here to receive the ZOOM link and film screening instructions: https://mjnewground.networkforgood.com/events/85000-newground-film-screenings?hid=NDYzOTE2OTE=&utm_campaign=dms_email_blast_3912142

If a Community of Practice Facilitation Training sounds worthwhile to you, please consider  applying here. This two-day seminar is open to all who are interested in sharpening their facilitation skills -- not just Muslims and Jews -- May 28 and 29.

We are proud of our alumni for amplifying the message of dialogue over division. Elad Nehorai and Farrah Fazal were recently featured in the Daily Trojan, speaking about the importance of standing against extremism post-October 7.

Our memorial installation called “All Life is Sacred” is now on display at the IMAN Center in Culver City. It will remain on exhibit this week and is available for walk-in viewing between 2 PM and 8 PM through Thursday March 27. The exhibit consists of 20 scrolls that list all the names of those killed in Gaza and Israel between October 7, 2023 and October 2, 2024, when the scrolls were printed. There are links to view specific testimonies as well. 

Come see our memorial installation "Names, Not Numbers" at the IMAN Center during their Festival of Unity, March 23 - 28

If a Community of Practice Facilitation Training sounds worthwhile to you, please consider  applying here. This two-day seminar is open to all who are interested in sharpening their facilitation skills -- not just Muslims and Jews -- May 28 and 29.

Join us on Wednesday, February 12th, 7-9 pm, for the film The Path Forward, followed by a discussion with Rabbi Sharon Brous, the filmmakers Mo Husseini and Julie Cohen, and NewGround's Aziza Hasan.