Muslim and Jewish Women in Nazareth

'We can live in peace'...John Lennon (photo: Dafna Tal)

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Sarajevo Haggadah

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Sarajevo haggadah

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Ben Heine

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Mohammad Said Kalash, "Offering Reconciliation" exhibit (photo: Ilan Amihai)

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Avi Katz

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David Grossman

Ben Heine

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Dove

Ben Heine

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Two birds

Hoda Jamal

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Israeli and Palestinian boys

from documentary, Promises

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Cat in the Hat

Yiddish version

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Daylight through the Wall

Banksy: graffiti art on Separation Wall

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Maurice Sendak's Brundibar set

New Victory Theater (photo: Nan Melville/NYT)

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Daniel Barenboim, West-Eastern Divan Orchestra

Palestinian-Israeli musical ensemble (photo: Kerstin Joensson/AP)

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Great Day on Eldrige Street

N.Y.'s klezmer greats celebrate shul rededication (photo: Leo Sorel)

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The Nine Lives of the Sarajevo Haggadah

May 24th, 2006 by Richard Silverstein | 4

The European Jewish Press describes how one of the most storied and endangered of Jewish books, the Sarajevo Haggadah, has not only survived, but a Sarajevo publisher announced this week it will be republished in a labor-of-love Italian edition in which “almost everything” will be done by hand.
The Haggadah actually begins its life in Barcelona [...]

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European Union Busts Through Israeli Financial Siege of Palestinian Authority

Feb 28th, 2006 by Richard Silverstein | 0

Israel, with the tacit backing of the U.S. has been tightening the noose around the Palestinian economy using the pretext of Hamas’ upcoming assumption of control of the Palestinian Authority. All I can say is thank God there are alternative international forces which aren’t bound by Israel and the U.S.’ draconian notions.
The NY Times [...]

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