In this story from The Spiritual Edge and our series Sacred Steps, we meet a Palestinian man trying to navigate one of the thorniest conflicts imaginable — whether Palestinians and Israelis can co-exist peacefully on a landmass barely bigger than the nine-county Bay Area. *** In the Palestinian town of Jericho, customers cycled in and out of a cell phone shop to buy new SIM cards. … [Read more...]
SACRED STEPS: A Former Israeli Soldier Questions His Country And Faith
In a new series from The Spiritual Edge, we hear from a former Israeli soldier who questions violence towards Palestinians, and what it means to be Jewish if he’s no longer a Zionist. *** Tel Aviv, ISRAEL — Dean Issacharoff wears small round glasses. He has bushy brown hair and bright eyes. The night I visited his Tel Aviv apartment, he opened the door for me barefoot, in cutoff denim shorts … [Read more...]
