Israelis
& Palestinians:
Inescapable
mutuality
14 January 2011
"We are
caught in an inescapable network of mutuality,
tied in a single
garment of destiny.
Whatever affects
one directly, affects all indirectly.
Never again can we
afford to live with the narrow, provincial 'outside agitator' idea."
-- Martin Luther King, Jr.
(1929-1968)
Letter From Birmingham Jail, April 16,
1963
"Are there
people who are still available to both sides?
This is our chance
for peace.
But how many of us
are able to do that?"
-- Thich Nhat Hanh (1926- )
Vietnamese Buddhist Monk
"It's is not
possible to be 'pro-Israel'
if you are not
'pro-Palestinian,' and vice versa.
There is no such
thing as one without the other."
-- Gail Weinstein (1955-2010)
American educator
TWO WOMEN:
Not one
without the other
GAIL ELLEN WEINSTEIN lived that life.
Diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2005, she
re-doubled her efforts until her last breath.
Remembering
Gail Ellen Weinstein
November 15, 1955
~ December 8, 2010
Stories, Photos, Videos
http://traubman.igc.org/gail.htm
For five rich years Gail transcended her months-only diagnosis -- rarely
stopping, always expanding her world.
This hero of Dialogue was a master teacher of Story as
entry to learning a language and excellent communication.
Learners' Lives As
Curriculum
http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/professional_development/9085/learners'_lives_as_curriculum/
Learners Lives as Curriculum:
Six Journeys to
Immigrant Literacy
http://online.sfsu.edu/~gailw/professional/publications/Learners_Lives_Chapter1.pdf
In her last year, Gail willed herself to be in Palestine, Israel, and
Russia to train teachers.
Two weeks before death, Gail completed a co-authored,
hard-won book chapter with a Palestinian colleague.
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Palestinian CAROL DANIEL KASBARI defines herself similarly.
"I come from Palestinian roots, but more and more
in these dialogues and in other areas of my life, I see myself as someone whose
primary role is to enable and sustain the process of dialogue as a whole.
"As such, I do not represent one side.
"We are all parts of the whole and if we could
see ourselves as a part of those who are outside our ethnic and religious
communities, we would not be afraid to sympathise
with their fears and pains.
"We would know that they are ours, too.
"It takes time, patience, perseverance..."
An insider's
reflections on Israeli-Palestinian dialogue
by Carol Daniel Kasbari
Common Ground News -- 04
January 2011
http://www.commongroundnews.org/article.php?id=29053
Inescapable Mutuality
dramatized
No one is "outside" of anyone's dilemma in our shared life.
This "Inescapable Mutuality" of daily life
on Earth -- King's insight -- has been clarified from theater stages thanks to
first-time Boston-area playwright, Merrill Meadow ( Merrill_Meadow@harvard.edu
).
We are here to empathize with and assist everyone,
excluding no one.
Play explores
post-Civil Rights Era race relations
Lexington, MA -- 10 March
2009
http://www.wickedlocal.com/lexington/fun/entertainment/x1676795823/Play-explores-post-Civil-Rights-Era-race-relations
Lexington Theater Company Takes Risk on New
Playwright
Lexington, MA -- 12 Feb 2009
Holy Land Palestinian and Jewish Israeli theatrical
artists combine forces to paint pictures of their needed, new life
together.
STAGING PEACE:
Peace Child Israel
Building
relationships through theater
10-min video - 04 January
2010
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCtK8D5v8NU
Beyond theater
Day to day, monthly, all year -- never letting go of one another's hands
-- Israeli Jews and West Bank Palestinians learn about each other in ongoing,
face-to-face interfaith encounters.
SEE them. EMULATE them where you
live.
Learning
to love the neighbors
Israel21c -- January 05, 2011
4-min video
http://israel21c.org/201101058639/social-action/learning-to-love-the-neighbors-video
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