“If you don’t want religion to be part of the problem, you have to make it part of the solution.” Rabbi David Rosen reiterated this point in his Truman G. Madsen lecture entitled, “Religion and Peacemaking in the Middle East”. Rabbi Rosen labeled himself ‘dialogian’, a term others coined for him in an introduction before [...]
Jerusalem Windows
Jan 4th, 2010
Where are the windows to Jerusalem’s past? Four windows open my eyes. 1. The Chagall Windows (Window to Judaic Blessings) It’s not just that the windows are beautiful or interesting. It’s where they’re located that ultimately draws me back. In Ein Kerem, a suburb of Jerusalem, is a large hospital called Hadassah Medical Center. Hadassah [...]
Students Travel to the West Bank
Dec 31st, 2009
Check out this video of our Provo High School student trip hosted by Relief International to the West Bank.
Written from the perspective of families, Adam LeBor humanizes the conflict between Arabs and Jews in Israel/Palestine. LeBor often relates instances of compasion and forgiveness between Palestinians and Israelis leaving the reader to believe that Palestinians and Israelis can get along and need each other. If you’re tired of the constant rankering of the two [...]
Jerusalem Parakeet
Dec 30th, 2009
Ibrahim doesn’t feel completely comfortable with someone until his parakeet is walking on their head. Apparently that’s how the family bonds because they all, including their papa, seem to be pretty used to letting the parakeet perch there. And yes, staying in their home on the outskirts of Jerusalem I, too, took a turn under [...]
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