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Meadle East Beyond National States?
A new vision for the M.E Beyind National States \ Rabbi Ohad Ezrahi An article responding to the latest events in the Middle East (Feb 2011) The Arab world is going through great upheavals these days. Suddenly, as if from nowhere, the cry of the masses demanding a different life is erupting. To my eyes it seems the problem lies with the fact that the Middle East has no vision... Read more...
At a Rainbow Gathering in Turkey, Israelis and Iranians bond
Being The Peace At a Rainbow Gathering in Turkey, Israelis and Iranians bond. Rabbi Ohad Ezrahi One Nation In the high mountains of Turkey, there was a gathering that some would call miraculous and unbelievable, but seemed for everyone that was there so natural, as if it couldn’t have been any other way. In those mountains we sat around a campfire, Israelis, Turks, and... Read more...
Learning Love in Difficult Places
It’s been almost 2 weeks since I’ve come back from Poland. I took part in the Zen peacemakers Bearing witness retreat in Auschwitz . We started in Krakow with a trip to Jewish quarter kazimierz and the area which still holds a bit of the old feel from what we imagine. Close by is Shindler’s factory where they were just opening their museum to the shoah... Read more...
Inter-religious Bearing Witness Retreat in Auschwitz
Around the ashes pond. retreat 2003 Rabbi Ohad is among the clergy officiating this year at the Zen Peacemakers Bearing Witness retreat in Auschwitz,Poland, with Roshi Bernie Glassman, along with religious leaders from all faiths. This will be Ohad’s 7th year joining this very powerful retreat to bear witness to the pain and atrocities that took place there. Bernie... Read more...
Being the Peace: An Israeli-Iranian meeting!
Being The Peace At a Rainbow Gathering in Turkey, Israelis and Iranians bond. Rabbi Ohad EZRAHI (TRANSLATED FROM HEBREW AND PUBLISHED BY ESSENCE OF LIFE) One Nation In the high mountains of Turkey, there was a gathering that some would call miraculous and unbelievable, but seemed for everyone that was there so natural, as if it couldn’t have been any other way. In those... Read more...
