religion

Talking About Talking to Kids About Israel

When Marjorie Ingalls described her internal conflict about having conversations with her kids about Israel on the Web site for Tablet Magazine, she received some strong responses from readers. That’s no surprise, since there is a wide range of deeply held viewpoints and emotions about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict within the Jewish community.

Israel Need Not Be Third Rail

Yesterday, the New York Times printed an article entitled "On Israel, Jews and Leaders Often Disagree," which began with the following characterization: "Criticizing Israel has long been the equivalent of touching the third rail in many Jewish families and friendships, relegating disagreements to a conversational demilitarized zone where only the innocent and foolhardy go." This hit home with me for a number of personal and professional reasons.

Thoughts on a Guantanamo Reunion—Jan. 21, 2010

A recent article in the New York Times featured an unlikely reunion.  While searching for friends on Facebook, a former guard at Guantanamo Bay, Brandon Neely, did a search for some former detainees that he had guarded at the detention facility.  After reconnecting with two former prisoners, Mr.

The Charter for Compassion — Nov. 17, 2009

Have you ever heard of TED (not the short-lived low-cost airline brand of United Airlines)?  TED is a nonprofit organization devoted to "Ideas Worth Spreading." 

The Pastor and the Imam—Nov. 13, 2009

All of us at the Public Conversations Project were delighted to hear of the Chirac Foundation's recent 2009 award of its first-ever Prize for the Prevention of Conflicts to Pastor James Wuye and Imam Muhammed Ashafa, of Kaduna, Nigeria.  The Pastor and the Imam, as they are known, were honored for the work of their Interfaith Mediation Center toward interfaith understanding and coexistence in Nigeria.  In May, 2009, the Pastor and the Imam visited the

Now That’s What We’re Talking About—Nov. 13, 2009

I’m not cheering because the Mormons are supporting gay rights legislation in Salt Lake City.  I’m cheering because of the process that led up to it.

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