How do we
end war?
(Answer is within)
10 July 2010
The
end of war
War is obsolete.
We can use it, but there are better ways.
We end war -- at home, on campuses, between nations
-- when we stop talking about one other, and we start listening to each
other.
When we start taking down walls that separate
us.
An enemy is one
whose story we have not heard.
-- Ms. Gene Knudsen-Hoffman
Face-to-face listening-to-learn is Step One.
Courageous high school youth show us how.
Reserve your Tuesday nights for the not-to-be
missed, how-to television series.
"IF
YOU REALLY KNEW ME"
MTV's new series
Every Tuesday --
11:00 pm
Beginning July 20,
2010
VIEW both sneak preview videos:
"IF
YOU REALLY KNEW ME"
Two sneak preview videos
http://www.mtv.com/shows/if_you_really_knew_me/series.jhtml#moreinfo
One
student
takes down walls
In his early 20s, Israeli-born Amit Deutsch ( Amit.Deutsch@gmail.com
) saw himself and his Jewish people as the "ultimate victim."
Then he traveled in Bosnia and Kosovo with peers --
other Jews, and Palestinians -- as part of Abraham's Vision - http://www.abrahamsvision.org/
He met diverse adversaries and heard stories of
many "ultimate victims" -- "others" who never engaged,
listened, or heard one another's narratives.
Amit continued to meet
others, listen, learn, and discover our common humanity and shared future.
And personal responsibility.
The
roles of personal narratives in
healing
group and interpersonal conflicts
Amit Deutsch
TEDxBerkeley -- 03 April 2010
(18 min video)
http://www.justin.tv/tedxberkeley/b/258333100
Youth in Jerusalem
listen, lower barriers
In Jerusalem, Muslim Salah
Alladin, a native of Nazereth,
organizes monthly encounters for the city's diverse youth and serves as
assistant director of the Interfaith Encounter Association -- http://interfaithencounter.wordpress.com/
The face-to-face meetings take place at the
Educational Bookshop, a cafe and store on Saladin Street in East Jerusalem.
The IEA facilitates a variety of sustained
relationship-building gatherings for Muslims, Jews, Christians and others.
Their ongoing encounters successfully create mutual
respect and friendship between the tribes and clans into which far too many
citizens still retreat.
Those who chose to engage with IEA's help are also
strengthened in their own unique identities, as they listen, speak, learn, and
socialize increasingly easily.
The perpetual meetings are key to bringing persons
of different faiths and backgrounds together with success.
"There are not so many other initiatives or
cultural events in Jerusalem which are able to bring together Jews, Christians
and Muslims," says Alladin.
"Not every Israeli is comfortable going to east
Jerusalem.
"And many of the cultural events held in west
Jerusalem are not so appropriate for a Muslim family."
SEE MORE at:
People
of many faiths coming together in Jerusalem
GoJerusalem.com -- July 2010
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These and hundreds of other success stories are preserved at http://traubman.igc.org/messages.htm