Through a photo documentation project in the complex area of the South Hebron Hills in Area C of the West Bank, two Harvard Divinity School fellows uncovered layered Jewish identities of activists in solidarity with Palestinians, including within themselves. 

“I did not initially intend for this project to have a first-person narrative come into it, but it did,” said Mati Milstein, a seasoned photojournalist. “There are a lot of similarities and parallels with the communities that I’ve documented over the past few years. I grew up in an American-Jewish community with certain preconceptions and socialization regarding Israel/Palestine. It led me to a place where the work I did on this project was less and less journalism and more about solutions.” 

Milstein and Oriel Eisner met through the Religion, Conflict, and Peace Initiative (RCPI) fellowship.... Read more about Sustaining and Documenting Co-Resistance: A Conversation between RCPI Fellows Mati Milstein and Oriel Eisner