Sharing Peace Cranes with Israeli school children

Day 9-Yad Vashem & Mt. Herzl

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February 20th 2009
Another early morning, but we had a special guest at Breakfast. The Cantor's prior Rabbi from Lynbrook lives in Israel now and dropped by to talk to us about Rabbis for Humanity. This gave us a more liberal view of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. While having a serious discussion, he also lended some much needed humor and common sense to the issue. Our next stop was an unscheduled one th ... read more

Middle East » Israel » Jerusalem District » Jerusalem

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Following World War II, the British withdrew from their mandate of Palestine, and the UN partitioned the area into Arab and Jewish states, an arrangement rejected by the Arabs. Subsequently, the Israelis defeated the Arabs in a series of wars without... ... read more