Overview

In The Power of Dialogue between Israelis and Palestinians, scholar and activist Nava Sonnenschein shares a collection of twenty-five powerful interviews she conducted with Palestinian and Jewish Israeli alumni of peacebuilding courses, a decade after their graduation. Participants with diverse personal and professional backgrounds completed a series of conflict transformation workshops using the model developed by the School for Peace at the world’s only intentional Jewish-Palestinian community, Neve Shalom-Wahat al-Salam (“Oasis of Peace” in Hebrew and Arabic). Critically, the interviews vividly demonstrate that peacebuilding does not end with the courses. Most of the graduates choose to work professionally in roles that contribute to peace-building. Sonnenschein shows the transformational potential of encounter between members of groups in conflict, sharing how ordinary Israelis and Palestinians coming together in an open and honest environment undergo life-changing experiences that provide concrete hope for a sustainable path to a peaceful shared existence as equals in Israel and Palestine.   

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Author:   Nava Sonnenschein ,  Tamar Saguy ,  Deb Reich ,  Deb Reich
Publisher:   Rutgers University Press
Imprint:   Rutgers University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.463kg
ISBN:  

9780813599212

ISBN 10:   0813599210
Pages:   388
Publication Date:   08 January 2019
Recommended Age:   From 18 to 99 years
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Foreword Chapter 1: When Groups Meet:  Understanding How Power Dynamics Shape Intergroup Encounters PART ONE: HUMAN RIGHTS & POLITICAL ACTIVISM Chapter 2: Michael Sfard - Lawyer and human rights activist specializing in human rights law and the laws of war Chapter 3: Suhad Hammoud Dahleh - Lawyer focusing on the human rights of East Jerusalem’s 260,000 Palestinians; co-founder of the law firm Dahleh, Hammound and Associates Chapter 4: Mohammad Abu Snineh - Lawyer with the Jerusalem Legal Aid and Human Rights Center Chapter 5: Yonatan Shapira - Activist and musician with music available on Spotify and iHeartRadio; member of Boycott from Within PART TWO: COMMUNITY ORGANIZING, EDUCATION & PLANNING Chapter 6: Ayelet Roth - School Network Director of Hand in Hand bilingual school Chapter 7: Harb Amara - Program Director for the School for Peace Chapter 8: Youval Tamari Chapter 9: Rachela Yanay Chapter 10: Nazih Ansaari Chapter 11: Sebastian Wallerstein - Executive Director of the Affordable Housing Center at Tel Aviv University PART THREE: FAMILY & COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH Chapter 12: Wassim Biroumi - Program Coordinator of ICCI and coordinates a program called “From Memory to Reconciliation” for Youth and Young Adults with the Interreligious Coordinating Council in Israel Chapter 13: Yoav Lurie - Psychotherapist with both individuals and groups; Occupational Therapist; Works in private practice and the Center for the Victims of Sexual Assaults in Tel Aviv; Teaches in Occupational Therapy Department in Tel-Aviv University; Board member of the Israeli Association of Group Therapy Chapter 14: Dina Zarega - Clinical social worker and psychotherapist in Jerusalem Chapter 15: Slieman Halabi - Coordinator of Internal Events at the Salaam-Shalom Initiative; Research Associate at Jacobs University in Bremen; Current Ph.D. candidate at Friedrich Schiller University Jena at the International Max Planck Research School on Adapting Behavior in a Fundamentally Uncertain World PART FOUR: UNIVERSITY TEACHING & RESEARCH Chapter 16: Norma Musih - Member of the Advisory Board for the Center for Comparative Conflict Studies at the Faculty of Media and Communications at Belgrade Singidunum University; Ph.D. candidate the Indiana University Chapter 17: Roi Silberberg - Program Director of the School for Peace Chapter 18: Nada Matta - Ph.D. candidate in the sociology department at New York University; Assistant Professor in the Department of Global Studies and Modern Languages and the Department of Sociology at Drexel University Chapter 19: Sarab Abu-Rabia-Queder - Senior Lecturer on the sociology of gender and education at Ben-Gurion University Chapter 20: Maram Masarwi - Member of the Advisory Board for the Center for Comparative Conflict Studies at the Faculty of Media and Communications at Belgrade Singidunum University; Head of the early childhood education department at Al-Qasemi College of Education; Lecturer in the faculty of Education at the David Yallin College in Israel PART FIVE: PIONEERING NEW ORGANIZATIONS Chapter 21: Eitan Bronstein - Co-Director, Video Director, and Editor of De-Colonizer, a research and art laboratory Chapter 22: Amin Khalaf - Leader of the East & West Center for language study in Jerusalem Chapter 23: Maya Mukamel Chapter 24: Badria Biromi Chapter 25: Avi Levi Chapter 26: Amal Elsana Alh’jooj Afterword: A Critical Analysis of the Interviews References

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This anthology of Israeli Jewish and Palestinian narratives expressed through in-depth interviews reveal the meaningful process of dialogue that changed participants' life-experiences, perspectives and even aspects of identity, and demonstrates how seeds of change begin in questioning long-lasting social convictions.

Author Information

NAVA SONNENSCHIEN is the founder and current director of the School for Peace in Israel. She has trained more than a thousand Palestinian and Jewish facilitators and social change agents to plan, structure, and lead programs for groups in conflict in Israel, Palestine, and around the world.  In 2010, she received the U.S. Department of State’s Women of Courage award for her leadership and advocacy for social change and coexistence.

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