Shomeret Shalom

Shomeret Shalom is a lineage of Jewish leadership rooted in revolutionary nonviolence, spiritual resilience, artful practice, and bold solidarity with global justice movements.

  • "Shomeret Shalom is so important in this time of crisis. It supports those who are working to create peace, healing and a way forward."

    —Zehara Jambalos Levin, LCSW, Bay Area

What Shomeret Shalom Practitioners Are Saying


“Shomeret Shalom gives me the courage to stand in a justice centered, nonviolent and human rights based approach in my work.”

- Rabbinical student and educator at Congregation Tikkun v'Or, Ithaca, NY


“Shomeret Shalom gives my activism and spiritual work a home with roots in Judaism: the Torah of nonviolence, carried through Rabbi Lynn Gottlieb's lineage.”

—Alison Avigayil Ramer, activist, artist & spiritual practitioner


“Shomeret Shalom is place where I can deepen in my leadership and build a resilient, nonviolent, radically loving order of our tradition.”

—Eva Orbuch, ritualist, drummer, organizer, executive coach and non-profit director

Learn about Shomeret Shalom’s sevenfold nonviolent path and ecology of nonviolence.

Meet the Shomeret Shalom practitioners-in-training.

Explore resources about Shomeret Shalom and nonviolence.