On our final day in Africa, we visited the Nankusi and Namanyonyi primary schools, both of which are supported by the Peace Kawomera’s fair trade social premiums. Both schools are engaged in building projects to create more classrooms and more essential educational resources. In each school we saw overcrowded classes (many cramming in over 100 [...]
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JRC Says Farewell to Africa
Posted in Africa, Education, Fair Trade, International Aid, International Health, JRC Africa Trip 2008, Poverty, Religion, Rwanda, Uganda on July 24, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Israelis and Palestinians: Getting Their Stories Straight
Posted in Coexistence, Education, Israel, Palestine, Peace, Politics/Middle East, Zionism on April 11, 2007 | 1 Comment »
“What we’re talking about is the disarming of history, where the teaching of history no longer feeds the conflict.”
– Dr. Dan Bar-On
Many have observed - and I agree - that the core of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is the collision of two very different national liberation movements, each with equally compelling claims to [...]
The Bad Seed
Posted in Children's Rights, Education, Judaism, Religion, Torah Commentary on August 24, 2007 | 1 Comment »
From this week’s Torah portion, Ki Tetzei:
If a man has a wayward and defiant son, who does not heed his father or mother and does not obey them even after they discipline him, his father and mother shall take hold of him and bring him out to the elders of his town at the public [...]
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