Sunday,  9/14/2025, at 1 PM 

Organizer: Windham World Affairs Council and others 

Location: Centre Congregational Church, 193 Main Street, Brattleboro 

Organizers include the Refuser Solidarity Network of Israel in partnership with the Windham World Affairs Council, Action Corps, Jewish Voice for Peace, Centre Congregational Church, The Putney Friends Meeting/Quakers, and Peaceable Vermont Action. 

Israeli war refuser and anti-occupation activist, Atalya Ben-Abba, will offer the audience a vital perspective rarely seen in Western media: the story of growing Israeli war resistance.

At the age of 19, Atalya became a conscientious objector, refusing mandatory service in the Israeli military. She was imprisoned for her refusal, and her resistance became the subject of the award-winning documentary “Objector: From an Israeli Rite of Passage to a
Battle for Human Rights,” recently screened at The Latchis Theater.

Together with educator T Wise, Atalya will discuss militarism and nationalism in Israeli and American societies, co-resistance in the West Bank and the role of personal choice in resisting and shifting the status quo in the fight for equal rights for all as a path to peace.

Dr. Clare Morgana Gillis, historian and Board member of Windham World Affairs Council, will moderate a Q&A with Atalya and T.

At a time of escalating crises in Gaza and far-right control of both the American and Israeli governments, this conversation is meant to connect and mobilize us towards further learning and action. 

Refreshments will be provided.  

Contact: Steve Wangh, sw1@nyu.edu