Book Review: A Peace to End All Peace

Book Review: A Peace to End All Peace

Posted by on Jan 14, 2011 | One Comment

David Fromkin’s title (A Peace to End All Peace) is a tongue and cheek—yet depressingly accurate—reference to World War One and its Wilsonian tagline “a war to end all wars.”

Religion in Conflict and Peace:  Kookism

Religion in Conflict and Peace: Kookism

Posted by on Dec 13, 2010 | One Comment

*This is the second article in my series on the various religious ideologies floating behind the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. You can find part one of the series, here.  Portions of this article are adapted from my M.A. Thesis, “Religio-Political Groups and the Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process.”

Religion in Conflict and Peace:  Religious Zionism

Religion in Conflict and Peace: Religious Zionism

Posted by on Nov 23, 2010 | 3 Comments

*This is the first article in a series I am commencing to look at the various religious ideologies floating behind the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.  Portions of this article are adapted from my M.A. Thesis, “Religio-Political Groups and the Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process.”

What are your facts worth?

What are your facts worth?

Posted by on Nov 18, 2010 | No Comments

Six weeks into my Jerusalem residency and my internal “did you knows” make less sense everyday. What I mean is, I am fascinated by the interpretation of history that is mutually accepted as fact and propaganda in the same instance.

Peacemaker Profile: Emek Shaveh

Peacemaker Profile: Emek Shaveh

Posted by on Nov 5, 2010 | No Comments

During the summer of 2009 I had the opportunity to intern for an alternative archaeological organization in Jerusalem, Emek Shaveh.