Our Publications

The Jewish Dialogue Group is excited to offer a number of publications that you can use to conduct dialogue programs and other workshops. Please also check out our recommendations for articles and tools from other authors and organizations on a separate page.

Guidebook for Facilitating Dialogue

Together with the Public Conversations Project, we have published a comprehensive guidebook that Jews around the world are using to organize and facilitate dialogue programs. To obtain the guide, you may:

• Read and download a electronic copy, free of charge.
• Purchase a printed copy  -- $18 plus postage.

Other Materials for Dialogue Programs

In addition to our facilitator guidebook, we have created many other downloadable resources for use in leading dialogue programs.You are welcome to use them as they are, modify them to suit your group's particular needs, or just read them for inspiration. They include:

• Dialogue Agendas
• Invitations for Dialogue Programs
• Pre-Dialogue Questionnnaires
• Evaluation Forms

Dialogue in the Jewish Tradition

This thirty-page article explains a number of Jewish teachings about dialogue, respectful communication, and listening, and describes ways you can bring these teachings into your dialogues. To obtain the article, you may:

• View and download an electronic copy, free of charge
• Purchase a printed copy -- $6 plus postage

Forthcoming: Guidebook for Deliberation about the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

In 2011 we plan to publish a Guidebook for Deliberation about the Israel-Palestinian Conflict. Jews around the country will use the manual to conduct deliberation forums, workshops that offer people a systematic way to explore the choices they face when considering how to respond to a controversial problem.

The guide to deliberation will describe four alternative responses to the question, "How can Jews in the U.S. respond to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict?" Each response will include a detailed set of actions that Jews in the U.S. can take, along with an explanation of the hopes for the future, interpretation of history, analysis of current events, ethical reasoning, and values that motivate that approach. The four responses will reflect a full range of ideas and concerns within Jewish communities.

Jewish individuals and groups around the country will use the guidebook to conduct "deliberation" workshops. Participants in these workshops will examine each of the four approaches described in the guidebook, talk about what they like and don't like about each one, discuss the questions that each approach raises for them, and begin to figure out for themselves what actions to take and/or how they can study the issue in a way that helps them to reach clarity.

We are seeking volunteers to help with this project in a variety of ways, including research, writing, editing, and design. Learn more about this project.