|
These three leading religious peacebuilders from Jerusalem and the Galilee, will speak about their work to heal the separation between Arabs and Jews in the Holy Land. They are all members of the Abrahamic Reunion group of religious leaders and Jerusalem Peacemakers.
The evening will include:
• teachings from the Torah, New Testament and Quran
• study about the shared history of the faiths that can serve as a positive model for healing and unity today, and
• stories of hope from the ground of peacemaking that is not making the news.
We will close with a circle of shared prayer in Arabic and Hebrew from the heart.
__________________________________________________________
Eliyahu McLean is the co-director of Jerusalem Peacemakers, a network of religious leaders and grassroots peacebuilders in the Holy Land. He was born in Santa Rosa, and studied Middle Eastern Studies at UC Berkeley.
Eliyahu is a leader in Israeli-Palestinian bridge building projects such as:
• the Abrahamic Reunion, a group of Christian, Jewish, Muslim and Druze religious leaders working together to re-claim religion as a source for peace
• the 'Sulha Peace Project' for Israeli-Palestinian reconciliation
• inter-religious Israeli-Palestinian peace gatherings in East and West Jerusalem, such as the annual 'Big Hug of Jerusalem' event
Eliyahu was initiated as a 'Rodef Shalom', 'Peace Pursuer,' by Reb Zalman Schachter Shalomi. His work with Palestinian Sufis is written about in the book At the Entrance to the Garden of Eden: A Jew's Search for God with the Christians and Muslims in the Holy Land by Yossi Klein Halevi.
For more information, contact: eliyahu@jerusalempeacemakers.org
__________________________________________
 Jiries Mansour is the Deacon of the Greek Catholic Church in Kfar Rame, an Arab village in the Galilee. He is also the founder and principal of the Saint Anthony Latin School in Rame. St. Anthony School is recognized for its superior academic and social training for hundreds of elementary and junior high students of the Druze, Christian and Muslim faiths.
Jiries is a leader in peace and interfaith initiatives in the Holy Land, and has initiated numerous school exchanges between Arab and Jewish youth in Israel. Jiries is a founding member of the Abrahamic Reunion.
Photo: Claudia Henzler
__________________________________________
 Ibrahim Abu El Hawa is known worldwide as the ambassador of good will and peacemaker from the Mt. of Olives. He is a grassroots leader in his local community. Ibrahim's home on the Mt. of Olives has become an international peace center, with people from around the globe staying to experience his unique version of Palestinian hospitality. He is a leader in the Jerusalem Peacemakers and a founding member of the Abrahamic Reunion.
A retired telephone engineer, when Ibrahim sees people in need he mobilizes support, donating clothes and food, helping anyone in distress, from Bedouins, to Orthodox Jews, to Jewish and Christian visitors to the Holy Land.
Photo: Damon Lynch
__________________________________________
Photo: Claudia Henzler
The Abrahamic Reunion (AR) is a group of religious and spiritual leaders in Israel, including men and women representing Judaism, Christianity, Islam and the Druze religion who seek to restore the trust amongst Arabs and Jews through their guidance and personal example. This groups works together to demonstrate the importance of religious tolerance and interfaith cooperation in communities across the Holy Land Over the past five years, the AR has hosted large public interfaith gatherings in their home communities, helping to heal Abraham's family.
The most recent Abrahamic Reunion event was planned to help heal the wounds after the recent war in Gaza and southern Israel. Jiries Mansour, the principal of the school of Rame, Galilee, brought a group of Arab teenagers to meet with Jewish teenagers in their high school in Sha'ar HaNegev, in southern Israel, on the Gaza border. The Arab and Jewish teenagers and religious leaders shared from the heart and prayed together for a shared future of peace and harmony. This meeting was broadcast on the Israeli TV news, and was also broadcast in Gaza, giving hope on both sides of the border.
_______________________________________________________
Tools for Peacekeeping in Judaism, Christianity and Islam — 2009
|
| |
|
| Offered: |
Monday, June 15 |
| |
|
| Time: |
7 pm to 10 pm
|
| |
|
| Where: |
Marin — location given with paid registration |
| |
|
| Cost: |
$15 paid by Friday, June 12; $20 thereafter |
| |
|
| |
|
| |
Please select the appropriate payment option.
|
| |
|
| Pre-Reg.: |
Required Register
by Phone 415-924-5483 |
| |
|
| |
|
|
|
