American Goy is surprised to hear of the Israel Palestine Center for Research and Information, which I blogged in February 2004. I thought I'd review the last four years of this blog for other joint Arab-Jewish efforts:
Philip Weis reported on this Palestinian-Jewish protest at Gaza, 2008.
Palestinian-Jewish peace camp held yearly in California - one of several such camps around the nation.
September 2007: Islamic Society of North America Welcomes Jewish-Palestinian Dialogue.
The Sulha Peace Project (YouTube video) in Israel. Sulha is a traditional Arab mediation technique.
Jewish Voice for Peace sends a medical delegation to Palestine to work with partner groups including The Palestinian Medical Relief Society.
Jewish Voice for Peace's Olive Harvest Delegation goes to Palestine to help harvest olives with Palestinians under attack by violent Israeli settlers.
Some words from a Jewish teacher revered by Christians and Muslims alike.
IDF soldiers and Palestinian fighters form Combatants for Peace.
A Palestinian and Israeli, both professors, teach a joint history class in which they show each party's narrative side-by-side.
Palestinian teacher of Holocaust history.
List of projects for coexistence and Palestinian-Jewish peace from Answers.com. I know I have blogged a lot of these groups... where are my old posts? Neve Shalom, Givat Haviva. Heck, my parents went to a fundraiser for Givat Haviva back in the late 1980s, when Camryn Manheim's uncle, the late Bill Nuchow, invited them to NY for the shindig. The Answers.com list also includes peace initiatives put out by both sides.
Mayors make peace in Jerusalem - 50 from Israel and Palestine.
Two cool projects for writers and artists.
There's more - I've only gone back to 2005 and there's another year's worth of posts to sift.
American Goy, are you happy?
I am never happy.
I am a dour, cynical bastard who never smiles.
But thanks for all that info - hopefully you got a few hits from Mr. Weiss' blog.
Cheers :-)
Posted by: americangoy | March 25, 2008 at 05:37 PM
Came across your blog researching Mutanabi the poet. Why? I am an artist and on May 31st I have an exhibition opening at the American University Museum in Washington DC entitled Living Without Them. The exhibition was inspired by the destruction of books on al mutanabi street and developed into a body of work about the destruction of books and their impact on culture and ultimately civilization. Would like to send you more info if you are interested. I lived in Israel for 17 years..
Posted by: Lilianne Milgrom | May 21, 2008 at 06:46 PM