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As a Jewish and democratic state, Israel seeks to balance popular sovereignty, individual rights and religious identity amidst an often hostile international environment...
As a Jewish and democratic state, Israel seeks to balance popular sovereignty, individual rights and religious identity amidst an often hostile international environment...
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A Mind of Peace: The Evolution of Jordan's Perception of a Political Settlement with Israel 1967-1988
October 15, 2006
October 15, 2006
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2008 Undergraduate Fellows Report: A Leap of Faith: Interreligious Marriage in America
December 31, 2008
December 31, 2008
INTERVIEWS (56)
A Discussion with Will Recant, Assistant Executive Vice-President, American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee
March 30, 2007
March 30, 2007
A Discussion with Marc Gopin, Director, Center on Religion, Diplomacy, and Conflict Resolution
May 21, 2010
May 21, 2010
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Arik Ascherman
Rabbi Arik Ascherman is the Executive Director of Rabbis for Human Rights (RHR), an organization that gives voice to the Jewish religious tradition of human rights for Israelis, Palestinians, and foreign workers alike. In this role Ascherman has engaged in non-violent resistance against the demolition of Palestinian homes and olive groves and the erection of a wall separating Israeli and Palestinian areas. In 2009, he was the co-recipient of the Leibowitz Prize, awarded by the Israeli human rights group Yesh Din; under Ascherman's leadership RHR received the Niwano Peace Prize in 2006. The American-born Ascherman was ordained after study at the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion and is married to Einat Ramon, the first Israeli-born woman to be ordained as a rabbi.