A few months ago, we had received a video from France on the implementation of electricity in Zababdeh (in 1969).
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Kind of like commuter traffic jams, and then kinda not...
Read MoreOne person recounted how they used to have to sneak to church to avoid the Jordanian snipers in the Old City.
Read MoreShe showed Elizabeth a book she helped with (as a translator and researcher), called Palestinian Women: Patriarchy and Resistance in the West Bank. She lent us the book, which seems to offer a compelling look into the world of women here - both the hardships and the strengths.
Read MoreHe came here in the late Sixties, inspired by a love of Judaism. After thirty years here, that love has not faded, but it has become flavored by an awareness of what life is like for "the other half" - the Palestinians. He noted the prevalence of hard-liner opinion in Israel, but also that if he experienced a personal change, why couldn't the nation?
Read MoreIn all of our years in churches, this year is the first year we've heard an All Saints' Day joke.
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