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Our Jewish-Palestinian Living Room Dialogue Group
Who We Are -- What We Do
(our detailed progress report)
Most recent, far-reaching steps we've supported
An Evening for The Arava Institute for Environmental Studies -- Tuesday, July 15, 2008 -- San Mateo, CA
Steps Forward in Jerusalem -- Thursday, March 13, 2008 -- St. Ignatius High School, San Francisco
Fifth Palestinian-Jewish Peacemakers Camp -- October 5-8, 2007 -- California
Learning Each Other's Historical Narrative:
A NEW KIND OF SCHOOL TEXTBOOK -- Thurs., May 10, 2007 -- San Francisco
NEW, inspiring 2007 films -- DVDs for school, home, camp, community:
DIALOGUE AT WASHINGTON HIGH (and Teacher's Guide)
PEACEMAKERS: Palestinians & Jews Together at Camp
Third All Bay Area Palestinian-Jewish Dialogue Season of Light Gathering -- Sun., Dec. 3, 2006
Fourth Palestinian-Jewish Family Peacemakers Camp -- September 1-4, 2006 -- California
2006 National Conference on Dialogue and Deliberation -- Aug. 4-6, 2006 -- San Francisco
Second All Bay Area Palestinian-Jewish Dialogue Season of Light Gathering -- Sun., Dec. 4, 2005
Second Midwest Palestinian-Jewish Dialogue Weekend -- Oct. 1-2, 2005 -- Louisville, KY
Third Palestinian-Jewish Family Peacemakers Camp -- September 16-18, 2005 -- California
10,000 Kites ~ Talking Kites in the Middle East, San Francisco, and beyond (May 2005)
First leadership gathering of North American camps for the Middle East public peace process (January 2005)
Palestinian & Jewish Recipes for Peace An inspiring cookbook publishing first !! (Winter, 2004)
First Midwest Palestinian-Jewish Dialogue Weekend -- Sept 18-19, 2004 -- Duluth, MN
Twelve 2004 Jewish-Palestinian camps in North America (Summer 2004)
"Breaking the Ice" in Washington, DC -- March 18-23, 2004
First All Bay Area Palestinian-Jewish Dialogue Season of Light Gathering -- Sun., Dec. 7, 2003
Dialogue's November 2003 letter to the U.S. Department of State
First Palestinian-Jewish Family Peacemakers Camp -- September 12-14, 2003 -- California
"Day of Mutual Recognition" at University of California, Berkeley (Spring 2003)
Palestinian-Jewish Dialogue increasing at Georgetown University (Fall 2002)
National TV news coverage of Living Room Dialogue (streaming video) (Spring 2002)
Earlier initiatives
Inspiring Spring Dinner and Ceremony (1999)
420 Jewish and Palestinian Americans Meet To Build A Common Future (1997)
The Middle East Schools Project we initiated (1996)
Jews and Palestinians Cooperate for Peace (1996 article describing our early activity)
Our deceased pioneer members
Anne Davidson (1915-2008)
Carol Kittermaster (1931-2006)
Nadim Hanna Zarour (1950-2000) ![]()
What Others Are Doing . . . Successfully (over 500 encouraging stories)
THE PUBLIC PEACE PROCESS: Resources (links, articles, video, audio, how-to, inspiration)
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) About Palestinian-Jewish Dialogue
Others' Projects Needing Your Financial Assistance
Racial Reconciliation in Our Neighborhood
Old-fashioned Potlucks Lead to New Friendships (article describing local action)
Our interracial meal-sharing group (photo)
Portraits of Dedication
The San Mateo County Women's Hall of Fame (honoring women and young women of excellence)
The Individual Citizen
On Idealism: One Person Can Make A Great Difference
Earth Community as Myth and Motive (Flash video)
The Wombat (interdependence) New
The Hero's Journey: The Heroic Choice
The Song of Songs (inclusiveness)
A Foundation of Identity
Expanding Identification
Responding to Crisis
Amateur Radio
Russian Phrases for Amateur Radio
The Saving of Oleg
About our family and genealogy
The Oreckovsky Family: From Russia to America (Len's family tree book)
Rembering Duluth (Len's Aunt Ernestine's story about early 1900s Duluth, Minnesota)
A Complete List of Our Ancestors
