Here’s my offering in honor of Veteran’s Day, formerly Armistice Day, the anniversary of the armistice that ended World War I (famously signed on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, 1918…)
An excerpt from one of my favorites: Erich Maria Remarque’s classic WW I novel “All Quiet on the Western Front” - still one of the greatest antiwar statements [...]
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For Armistice Day 2008
Posted in Books, Nonviolence, Peace, Veteran's Day, War on November 11, 2008 | No Comments »
A Tale of Love and Hope
Posted in Books, Coexistence, Israel, Peace, Terrorism on September 8, 2008 | No Comments »
A hopeful gesture in response to tragedy: the family of an Arab man killed in a terror attack has made a contribution toward the Arabic translation of Amos Oz’s memoir, “A Tale of Love and Darkness” to further the cause of coexistence.
In 2004 George Khoury (right), an Israeli Arab student, was shot while running in [...]
Big Honors For “Exit Wounds”
Posted in Art, Books, Books You Should Read, Israel, Literature on July 31, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I just read in Ha’aretz that Israeli artist/writer Rutu Modan’s “Exit Wounds,” has won the Will Eisner Comic Industry Award for best graphic novel, apparently the highest award a graphic novel can receive in the US.
I’d say it’s a richly deserved honor. It’s a wonderfully drawn and multi-layered book; the plot focuses on a young [...]
Living With Two Narratives
Posted in Books, Coexistence, Israel, Palestine, Peace on May 28, 2008 | No Comments »
Last week, JRC hosted a visit from journalist Sandy Tolan (above) and nearly 250 people came out on a Sunday evening to hear him speak. Tolan is the author of the “The Lemon Tree” (a book I’ve written about previously and recommend to just about anyone who will listen). It’s the powerful story of two [...]
Jimmy Carter Meets the Rabbis!
Posted in Books, Human Rights, Israel, Palestine, Politics/Middle East, Religion/Politics on December 16, 2006 | 4 Comments »
In an effort to quell the brouhaha over his recent book, “Peace, Not Apartheid.” Jimmy Carter took time out of his book tour last week to meet with the Board of Rabbis of Greater Phoenix. My colleague Bonnie Koppell (a Reconstructionist rabbi and US Army military chaplain) actively participated in the meeting and reports [...]
