Showing posts with label Marc Rosenstein. Show all posts
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Monday, February 20, 2012

Arab-Jewish Youth Circus

From a correspondence with Rabbi Marc Rosenstein:
After the riots in the Galilee in 2000, a number of local "dialogue groups" got organized, in which Jews and Arabs met to discuss what had happened, why, what changes were called for, and how they could be achieved.   At one such gathering, a subgroup formed to discuss how the arts might be a tool for creating a cultural common denominator – for the Galilee is de facto segregated to a large extent – where people live, the schools they attend, the cultural events they attend, the languages they speak.  The arts might