Tag Archives: Israel

This Is My Story

Posted on December 2, 2014 by Nahida H Gordon

A Palestinian American Christian Woman I was born, the youngest of four children, into a Presbyterian (Church of Scotland) family in Jerusalem, Palestine, in 1939. My birth year marked the end of the first uprising of Palestinians against their British … Continue reading →

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The Right to Come Home

Posted on December 2, 2014 by Barbara Kellam-Scott

Midrash on the Great Woman of Shunem and Palestinian Refugees 2 Kings 4:8-37 2 Kings 8:1-6 She wouldn’t be a refugee any more if she could come back to the home she had made. She’d left seven years ago, at … Continue reading →

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GA221: The Aftermath

Posted on August 11, 2014 by Ginna Bairby

Reflections on Justice and Social Witness During and After the 221st General Assembly Let’s Focus on Nonviolence, Rev. Dr. Daniel J. Ott Let’s focus on nonviolence! I am encouraged by the news out of the 221st General Assembly of the … Continue reading →

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The Presbyterian Pre-Occupation with the Occupation of Palestine

Posted on July 29, 2014 by Whitney Bodman

Construing and Misconstruing the “Divestment” Vote The Middle East is full of bad news these days. Whether the Presbyterian vote to divest from three U.S. corporations “engaged in non-peaceful pursuits in Israel/Palestine” at their recent 221st General Assembly is more … Continue reading →

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