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"This is our life."--Dispatch from Palestine

“This is our life.”–Dispatch from Palestine

Posted on November 21, 2014November 20, 2014 by Jenn Lindsay
Dhesheh Refugee Camp houses 17,000 people in less than 1 square kilometer. It was established for two waves of refugees in 1948 and 1967 by the United Nations, which is still in charge of providing me... Read More
"You are an ambassador"--Dispatch from Palestine

“You are an ambassador”–Dispatch from Palestine

Posted on November 18, 2014November 16, 2014 by Jenn Lindsay
We drive along the barbed electric fence that surrounds the Israeli settlement of Har Gilo.  We are headed to the Walajah valley of the Palestinian territory. The valleys are deep and lush with pine ... Read More
Life is Hard Here -- Dispatch from Palestine

Life is Hard Here — Dispatch from Palestine

Posted on November 13, 2014November 12, 2014 by Jenn Lindsay
The heavy rain doused the aluminum-roofed shack. Rivulets carved paths through the thick mud around the house. But inside, the house was cozy, comfortable. Thick carpets and bouncy velvet couches make... Read More
The Beginning of a Settlement -- Dispatch from Palestine

The Beginning of a Settlement — Dispatch from Palestine

Posted on November 10, 2014November 9, 2014 by Jenn Lindsay
Mahmoud’s family lives one Palestinian hill over from a newly-forming illegal Jewish settlement. Six Jewish settlers arrived about a year ago with tents and made a primitive campsite. All year they ... Read More
It’s Time India Accept Responsibility for Its 1984 Sikh Genocide

It’s Time India Accept Responsibility for Its 1984 Sikh Genocide

Posted on November 5, 2014November 4, 2014 by Simran Jeet Singh
Originally Published in TIME.com Thirty years later, the government stubbornly refuses to admit its fault in the religious massacre, despite enormous evidence to the contrary 1984 remains one of the d... Read More
"Come and see, then go and tell"--Dispatch from Palestine

“Come and see, then go and tell”–Dispatch from Palestine

Posted on November 5, 2014November 4, 2014 by Jenn Lindsay
The Tent of Nations is an organic farm on a long narrow strip of Palestinian land that has held its deed since 1917, through four occupations: Turkish, British, Jordanian, and Israeli. It is placed in... Read More
"Just Tell Our Story" -- Dispatch from Palestine

“Just Tell Our Story” — Dispatch from Palestine

Posted on October 29, 2014October 29, 2014 by Jenn Lindsay
We met Shirim at her family’s olive grove plot. It falls just outside the Betar Illit settlement. More accurately, it falls on the entire hill but the settlement imposed itself right on top of the f... Read More
The Roman Jewish Vigil for Israel

The Roman Jewish Vigil for Israel

Posted on July 21, 2014July 21, 2014 by Jenn Lindsay
In the Piazza della Rotunda of the Pantheon, at the heart of Rome, there was a rally in support of Israel held by the historic Roman Jewish community. Traces of trauma from World War II are here, sca... Read More
Genocide and Others

Genocide and Others

Posted on May 16, 2014September 28, 2017 by Wendy Webber
After visiting the Holocaust museum in Jerusalem I must have been visibly upset.  An Israeli woman who was part of our tour group, knowing my Jewish heritage, approached me to ask who in my family wa... Read More
Beware Standby Mode

Beware Standby Mode

Posted on April 29, 2014April 29, 2014 by Elise Alexander
Earlier this month, State of Formation and the Journal of Inter-Religious Studies graciously offered me the chance to join them in a tour of the US Holocaust Memorial Museum followed by a discussion o... Read More
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