Written by Avery Weinman This year marks the fiftieth anniversary of the Six Day War: a war whose events transformed Israel, Palestine, the Middle East, and the Jewish world forever. In just six short days – June 5th, 1967 through…
By Lilli Martin In 2001, Israel experienced one of its worst civil disasters. During a ceremony at the Versailles weddinghall,aportionofthethirdfloor fell through, killing 23 people and injuring 380. In times like these, the Search and Rescue (SAR) Unit of the…
Israel/Palestine in the Classroom By Josh Frank How do we find compassion in the heat of conflict? Here at UC Santa Cruz, a course titled “Conflict & Compassion” took on this challenge. The class, offered through Cowell College, had…