An unflinching and stunning debut memoir of an Iranian girl’s coming-of-age experiencing abuse, war, and superstition—and her survival through an inner world into which she could escapeWhen she was a child, Atash Yaghmaian’s home life was unpredictable: a confusing mix of love and terror.

Official companion to the Ken Burns PBS film tells the little-known story of the Sharps, an otherwise ordinary couple whose faith and commitment to social justice inspired them to undertake dangerous rescue and relief missions across war-torn Europe, saving the lives of countless refugees, political dissidents, and Jews on the eve of World War II.

For fans of unheralded women’s stories, a captivating look at Sigrid Schultz—one of the earliest reporters to warn Americans of the rising threat of the Nazi regime

A landmark history of one hundred years of war waged against the Palestinians from the foremost US historian of the Middle East, told through pivotal events and family history

A harrowing and indispensable firsthand account of the experience of the first 85 days of the Israeli invasion of Gaza, from a prominent Palestinian writer

A child and her family take in refugees during the Korean War in this poignant picture book about courage and what it really means to care for your neighbors.

Collected here in print for the first time are four powerful essays from the head of the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee and the former head of Amnesty International USA, based on his public addresses.

Determined to find meaning in the midst of war, Captain George Tyger reflects on his faith, his prejudices, and his privilege, and shares the unique perspective he has gained while serving and ministering in a war zone.

An ordinary Gazan’s chronicle of the struggle to survive during Israel’s 2014 invasion of Gaza

Our true wealth is the welfare of all beings and the planet that we all call home.

During your congregation’s water ceremony, UUs for Justice in the Middle East invite you to place an empty paper cup next to the congregational vessel in solidarity with Palestinians.

We pray for those with power to create peace

Let us set aside hate, and devote our lives to the ways of peace and justice.  

If Russia abstained—as Article 27 of the UN Charter requires—the resolution would have passed.

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine reminds us that peace, justice, and human rights are linked and interdependent.

Spirit of life and love, God of memory, mourning and history, Bring before us the truths of serving in war Bring before us— In compassion and in gratitude— Those who faced violence so we may know peace We remember these sacrifices through monuments We remember these names, carved into stone...

Rose Tanaka, a Denver UU, graduated high school at Manzanar, the infamous American internment camp for people of Japanese descent.

A new documentary about two Unitarian heroes is coming this fall to PBS.

I saw the parade pass by with the last soldier marching. I saw politicians stand by not in pride, but in shame as they recited the names of the dead and admitted their failure. I saw the marching band step in time to silence, no more hymns of glory could they play. I saw mothers and fathers say,...