A Voice from the Ground Standing in Solidarity The Friends of Sabeel North America (FOSNA)-Sabeel “Solidarity Trip with Palestinian Civil Society” (November 26-December 6) was a pilgrimage for human rights - an opportunity to demonstrate support for Palestinian human rights and social service agencies that have in recent years been targeted for intensifying repression by […]
Save the Date: 13 September 3PM ET VFHL Online Film Salon “Roadmap to Apartheid” Hosted by Voices From the Holy Land and EPF-PIN The film “Roadmap to Apartheid” graphically asserts that the Israeli system of total military, economic and social control over the lives of Palestinians constitutes Apartheid. Historical footage and the compelling testimony of South Africans […]
One who journeys without being changed is a nomad. One who changes without going on a journey is a chameleon. One who journeys and is transformed by that journey is a pilgrim. --Mark Nepo The EPF PIN-led delegation to Palestine has completed its time there. All the pilgrims have returned to their homes in the […]
One who journeys without being changed is a nomad. One who changes without going on a journey is a chameleon. One who journeys and is transformed by that journey is a pilgrim. --Mark Nepo The EPF PIN-led delegation to Palestine has completed its time there. All the pilgrims have returned to their homes in the […]
One who journeys without being changed is a nomad. One who changes without going on a journey is a chameleon. One who journeys and is transformed by that journey is a pilgrim. --Mark Nepo The EPF PIN-led delegation to Palestine has completed its time there. All the pilgrims have returned to their homes in the […]
My First Pilgrimage of Companionship to Jerusalem, Gaza and Palestine: Some Wonderings We have been here for three days and my spirit is on overload. The sights and sounds and smells that surround me heighten all of my senses as I pass through the Damascus Gate into old Jerusalem for the first time. Holy sites, […]
October 15, 2019 Jerusalem The olive trees that line its streets are filled with ripening olives. The distinctive tan limestone used in the Old City wall and many other buildings produces a certain soft uniformity to the architecture dating back centuries. And the food is amazing. Lots of hummus, baba ganoush, mujadura, za’atar, tabbouleh. It’s […]
IN JERUSALEM “There are no unsacred places; there are only sacred places and desecrated places.” Wendell Berry Being in Jerusalem is living in the prosaic Best of Times/Worst of Times. The anticipation of a thrilling spiritual experience quickly becomes a troubling moral struggle. Jerusalem is surely one of the world's most singular places, a […]
This fall, Palestine advocates in Rochester, NY, will host the eighth annual Witness Palestine Film Festival. From October 14 – November 9, the festival will present five films and will end with a Celebrate Palestine event. The first of the films will be shown at St John Fisher College. The other four will be screened […]
EPF PIN member Steve France reports on one of many Nakba Day actions around the country. He begins by summing up the purpose of these public witnesses: On Nakba Day (May 15) in the Nation's Capital, about 30 interfaith clergy and leaders of the DC-area Palestinian solidarity movement gathered at the Embassy of the State […]
Thanks to EPF PIN member Harry Gunkel for this update. The Episcopal Peace Fellowship’s Palestine Israel Network (EPF PIN) recently gathered in retreat to chart its course for the remainder of the 2018-2021 triennium. For three days, approximately 30 PIN members worked together to determine organization goals and how best to operate to achieve them, […]
We have just returned from a short and unusual trip to Palestine, not leading a large group as in the past but traveling with our son and 3 grandchildren. Our oldest grandson is now working for the Palestinian Children’s Relief Fund in Ramallah, so this was opportunity to share his and our experiences of Palestine. […]
