ADMISSIONS
to a journey of
Middle
East and global life beyond war
Sunday, 28 October 2012
"In the 20th
century man murdered over 160 million of his fellow human beings. . .for all
kinds of reasons."
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"You can't
want hell for other people without being in hell yourself."
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"The ones who
find it hardest to love need love the most."
~ from ADMISSIONS
(2012)
Contemporary
Examples of People Ending Wars
IN
CINEMA
Admissions
New this October 2012 week, ADMISSIONS -- http://www.admissionsfilm.com --
in 21 minutes paints a magnificent picture of what divides us and what can heal
our relationships.
Paths to hell and to heaven on Earth -- each
person's choice -- are made crystal-clear with powerful cinematic genius
that goes straight to the heart and intelligence.
Academy Award nominee James Cromwell stars with an
Israeli couple and a Palestinian who personalize this modern parable set in the
Admissions Room for the Afterlife.
With great difficulty, they start a conversation
that heals.
This short film is a foundation-piece for school
or home -- for any person or collective looking for keys to life together
beyond war.
ADMISSIONS
DOWNLOAD VIDEO file from Apple iTunes
https://itunes.apple.com/us/movie/admissions/id562773627
DVD from Amazon.com
SHOULDER-TO-SHOULDER
An Imam, Pastor, & Rabbi
INTERFAITH AMIGOS -- http://www.interfaithtalkradio.com
-- since 9/11 are Pastor Don Mackenzie, Rabbi Ted Falcon and Imam Jamal Rahman in Seattle, Washington.
Their blend of spiritual wisdom and humor has
touched the souls and relationships of audiences in the US, Canada,
Palestine-Israel, and Japan.
Their lives are dedicated to supporting more
effective interfaith dialogue that can bring greater collaboration to the
major social and economic issues of our time.
"Exuberant and courageous" has described
their new book, Religion Gone Astray: What We Found at the Heart of Interfaith,
"an inspiration and example for all of us in these sadly polarized
times."
Their first book was Getting to the Heart of
Interfaith (2009).
WATCH their inspiring video:
INTERFAITH
AMIGOS
January 2012 -- 13 min video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=soC_MSUo5Qo&feature=youtu.be
IN
ARAB EDUCATION
Muslims & Christians in Dialogue
In Lebanon, a new quality of communication skills among adversaries is
appearing in formal education.
A professor says: We want to help graduates understand
the values that need to be applied.
"Theres a lot in common
between Muslims and Christians.
"How do we get students to engage in dialogue?
It starts here at a university like ours, having
dialogue internalized in the minds of learners, says Dr. Assaad
Eid.
READ and SEE more:
Where
Dialogue Is on the Curriculum (in Lebanon)
by Brooke Anderson
Published in ONE -- July 2012
http://www.cnewa.org/default.aspx?ID=3632&pagetypeID=4&sitecode=HQ&pageno=1
IMAGES at:
http://www.cnewa.org/PopImages.aspx?ID=3632&pagetypeID=4&sitecode=HQ
IN
RELIGIOUS TEXT
Torah of Reconciliation
"A Greeting of Peace to Another Takes Precedence over Praise of
God" heads a chapter of TORAH OF RECONCILIATION -- http://torahofreconciliation.com
This is congruent with ADMISSIONS (to heaven on
Earth) and the experience of author Sheldon Lewis.
The Conservative rabbi's epoch spiritual, scholarly
resource comes from Lewis' personal, passionate search for wisdom on
peacemaking recorded in Jewish tradition.
Beginning after the grief surrounding 9/11, he was
determined to locate the pathway described in Jewish texts towards
reconciliation.
Amidst contradictory messages of self-importance,
revenge, even righteous slaughter in the tradition, Lewis uncovers an obsession
with overcoming conflict and avoiding violence in the service of a world at
peace.
The rabbi says peacemaking is arguably the key pillar
among Jewish values.
READ the book:
Torah
of Reconciliation
Sheldon Lewis
2012, Gefen
Publishing, 350 pages
http://torahofreconciliation.com
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These and hundreds of other success stories are preserved at http://traubman.igc.org/messages.htm