Palestine – Page 3

Traveling to a Holy Land

Posted on January 10, 2013 by Nicolas Cable

On Saturday, I will depart for a two-week journey through the Holy Land of Israel/Palestine. As the days countdown, I am mindful of the very complex journey this will be for me and the other students ... Read More

“Abrahamic Partnerships in Pursuit of Peace” By Yehezkel Landau

Posted on April 17, 2012April 22, 2012 by Journal of Inter-Religious Studies

Yehezkel Landau is a Faculty Associate in Interfaith Relations at Hartford Seminary. In June, 2002, I spent six days at a place that is holy for me: the Community of Grandchamp, a convent of Protest... Read More

Statehood, Selfhood, and the Importance of Boundaries

Posted on January 15, 2012January 15, 2012 by Jenn Lindsay

A few years ago I was going through a very hard time. I said to my father, “I just want my dignity back!” My father, a Navy survival instructor, replied, “Jenny, no one can take away your dignit... Read More

Erev Israel

Posted on January 5, 2012January 5, 2012 by Jenn Lindsay

I lived in Indonesia during the summer of 2010. When Indonesians meet someone new, they ask two questions: What is your name? and What is your religion? I was startled one day when a wizened Indonesia... Read More

Lines through the Heart of this City

Posted on November 5, 2011November 5, 2011 by Adina Allen

These past two months living in Jerusalem have been an experience of witnessing the struggle—in this city and in my own heart—between forces that seek to dismember us into discrete parts, and forc... Read More

What’s a Human Life Worth?

Posted on October 20, 2011October 27, 2011 by Joshua Ratner

I tend not to comment in print about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. No matter what I might say, it will invariably alienate some as being too sympathetic to Palestinians and others as being too pro... Read More

A Prayer for the Opening of Gates (in the Middle East)

Posted on September 27, 2011September 29, 2011 by Ela Merom

Awareness of insecurity and surrender to it can soften us to let Eternity in, can humble us enough to receive that which is beyond our false sense of control. This is what The Days of Awe, and the Jew... Read More

Evangelicals and Muslims Loving God, Each Other, and the World Together?

Posted on February 24, 2011February 25, 2011 by Ben DeVan

Is conflict inevitable? Fighting and fighting words aside, relations between Evangelicals and Muslims are far from uniform.... Read More

Inter-Religious Dialogue as a Method of Peace-Building in Israel and Palestine

Posted on February 10, 2011February 10, 2011 by Journal of Inter-Religious Studies

Inter-religious Dialogue is understood as a method of peace-building—bringing people together to learn to live in peace — which is different than peace-making, whereby politicians and diplom... Read More

Tea with Hezbollah

Posted on January 20, 2011January 28, 2011 by Ben DeVan

Last Thursday, the New York Times reported that the Shi'i military and political movement Hezbollah, which many would classify as terrorist, toppled the Lebanese government just six months after the d... Read More

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