CRT Peacemakers in the News

Peace cafe builds bridges of understanding. Middle East Peace News. January 18, 2010

By The Middle East Peace Civic Forum (initiator of the Middle East Project), Bethesda Jewish Congregation (BJC) and the Bradley Hills Presbyterian Church (BHPC) held a peace café January 17 which drew almost 100 community members . . . Read the article.

 
Woman Matters, WSLR Radio Show, December 29, 2009

By Jane Blanchard. Woman Matters host interviews CRT President Andrea Blanch on women and peacebuilding. Listen to the show.

 
Eliyahu McLean, is interviewed by Global Oneness Project December, 2009

Link to videos featuring Eliyahu McLean. Read the article.

 
Ibtisam Mahameed, is interviewed by Global Oneness Project December, 2009

Link to videos featuring Ibtisam Mahameed. Read the article.

 
The Human Spirit: Shop for Peace, Jerusalem Post, August 6, 2009

By Barbara Sofer. Award-winning journalist and CRT partner Barbara Sofer takes a humorous look at shopping as a road to peace, citing Elana Rozenman's work. Read the article.

 
CRT and Partners Call for Effective Diplomacy, August 5, 2009

The Middle East Project, of which CRT is a participant, held a news conference (see the conference) at the National Press Club to call on the Obama Administration to engage in vigorous diplomacy and to include civil society peacemakers in the diplomatic process. Speakers included Eliyahu McLean, co-founder of Jerusalem Peacemakers, and Matthew Lakenbach, CRT Communications Liason and Middle East Project Exec. Director. The Middle East Project is an initiative of the Middle East Peace Civic Forum.

 
Peace is Possible and Here’s How Middle East Project, May 17, 2009

CRT Executive Director Andrea Blanch and Communications Liaison Matthew Lakenbach, who is also the Executive Director of the Middle East Peace Civic Forum, recently addressed member of Congress, staffers, and community members on the importance of enhanced participation of civil society and interfaith leaders in the Middle East peace process. Read the article.

 
Eliyahu McLean: Building Interfaith Relationships (video), PBS, May 22, 2009

Eliyahu McLean of CRT-supported Jerusalem Peacemakers helps organize a movement called the Abrahamic Reunion (of which CRT Executive Director Andrea Blanch is a Member). McLean says relationships are moving forward, even if the peace process has been stalled. Read the article.

 
Palestinians are so often misinterpreted, Jewish Telegraph-UK, April 17, 2009

By Simon Yaffe. CRT’s Communications Liaison Matthew Lakenbach, who is also the Executive Director of the Middle East Peace Civic Forum, talks about prospects for peace and reconciliation as well as the growing interfaith peace movement. Read the article.

 
Jerusalem Peacemakers on Tour in the UK, Inspire Magazine, March 2009

Abrahamic union members Eliyahu McLean and Sheik Abdul Aziz Bukhari were traveling on tour in the UK in March to spread their message of peace and reconciliation and talk about the impact of the recent violence in Gaza and southern Israel. Read the article.

 
Can we change Hamas? It’s worth a try. Har'aretz, Jan 25, 2009.

By Rabbi Menachem Froman. Abrahamic Reunion member Menachem Froman analyzes the “Gaza War” from the perspective of the Torah. Read the article.

Women working for peace in the world. Sarasota Herald-Tribune(Sarasota, Florida), Sept 14, 2008.

CRT’s Andrea Blanch describes how the Women’s Interfaith Network (WIN) of Sarasota-Bradenton brings interfaith peacework to the local community. Read the article. Read the article.

Mystical transcendence. Jerusalem Post, May 22, 2008.

Features Abrahamic Reunion member Sheikh Abdul Aziz Bukhari discussing Sufism as a moderate and tolerant face of Islam. Read the article.

Moderating among moderates. Jerusalem Post, August 17, 2007.

By Gail Lichtman. CRT partners Elana Rozenman and Mohammed Dajani build trust between Israelis and Palestinians through meetings in private homes. Read the article.

A way out of the Gaza crisis. Al Jazeera, July 4, 2006.

By Arthur Neslen. Abrahamic Reunion member Rabbi Menachem Froman works to create a dialogue with Hamas. Read the article. Read the article.

Girl talk, underground. Jerusalem Post Magazine, March 14, 2003.

By Lauren Gelfond. The author describes CRT partner Elana Rozenman’s groundbreaking work bringing together Muslim, Christian, Jewish and Druze women for dialogue and healing. Read the article. Read the article.

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