News & Articles

"A group called Show Faith by Works outlined plans for a digital 'geofencing' campaign at churches in multiple states across the U.S."
By Haajrah Gilani
Houston Chronicle
October 25, 2025

"What politicians are selling to the world is not peace; it is submission. It is the illusion of peace; it is a coercive peace where the powerful impose their will, dictate terms, and call it 'stability.' There is no mention of justice, no acknowledgment of war crimes, and no talk of reparations or accountability."
By Munther Isaac
Sojourners
October 22, 2025

"The campaign will involve ads that spread a 'pro-Israel and anti-Palestinian' message and sending a mobile 'October 7 experience' to church parking lots."
By Dave DeCamp
News.AntiWar.com
October 6, 2025

"I look forward to the day when the Jewish Federation and its allied religious leaders take a moral position for justice, because only justice brings peace, locally and across the world — including in Israel-Palestine."
Letter to the Editor by Alex McDonald, HIMEP member
Houston Chronicle
October 5, 2024

"The security and self-determination of Jews does not come at the expense of Palestinians. They are not our enemies. They are mishpocheh. In the Torah, God urges us: U’vcharta B’chaim! Choose life! Heeding the call for justice in Palestine is a mitzvah, a moral obligation, a righteous deed to help repair a broken world."
By Brooke Hotez, HIMEP member
The Journal of Multimodal Rhetorics
August 2024

"Recently, the Houston Interfaith for Ceasefire (HIFC) coalition held a press conference at Trinity Episcopal Church, uniting religious leaders from various Christian, Jewish and Muslim fellowships. Painfully absent from the gathering were Black religious leaders – the only Black fellowship participating being Houston’s Shrine of the Black Madonna."
By Gregory Stevenson, including interviews with HIMEP members
Houston Defender
June 22, 2024

By Brooke Hotez, HIMEP member
Rhetoric Review
April 8, 2024
Full PDF forthcoming

"We are deeply concerned about the reverberations of this war in the region, at home, and around the world. We reject all antisemitic, Islamophobic, or anti-Arab bigotry and violence and call on our communities to do the same. "
T'ruah:  The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights
October 20, 2023

Letter to the Editor by Nabila Kinghorn, HIMEP member
Houston Chronicle
October 13, 2023