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We Will Not Look Away: Vigil for Gaza

We Will Not Look Away: Vigil for Gaza

Update: 2025-09-26
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Please join us along with Rabbi Lynn Gottlieb, Ashira Darwish, Rae Abileah, Shahd Abusalama, Omid Safi, Reverend Michael Yoshii, and Iyas Sartawari for a reckoning.


A collective refusal. A gathering of those who cannot stay silent while genocide is livestreamed.


We do not come together to be informed. We come because we already know.


We come because we refuse to normalize atrocity.


We come to grieve every stolen Palestinian life—every child starved, every family erased.


We come to grieve the collapse of our shared humanity—and to ignite what remains.


This grief is not weakness. It is fire. It is clarity. It is a declaration: we will not look away. 


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00:00 Opening Remarks and Introductions


01:24 Shahd Abusalama's Testimony


07:46 Raif Ziada's Poem Recitation


19:53 Rabbi Lynn's Address


28:30 Omid Safi's Prayer and Reflections


40:03 Introduction and Greetings


40:07 Reverend Joshi's Reflections


42:10 Prayers and Songs for the Martyrs


46:09 Ashira's Call to Action


51:28 Rae Abileah's Contributions


52:12 Small Group Discussions


56:21 Project Hope Overview


01:03:59 Final Reflections and Call to Action


01:08:39 Closing Remarks


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Together, we call for the return of
UNRWA and the shutting down of the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF). Funds from the gathering will go to Project Hope, providing aid to Gaza.


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We Will Not Look Away: Vigil for Gaza

We Will Not Look Away: Vigil for Gaza

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