Questions and convictions
“The more you know, the less you know,” said one of my classmates at the end of our 10-day trip to Israel and the West Bank. For some reason, I had expected that I would have cracked the Israeli-Palestinian puzzle at the end of my trip. Instead, I left with more questions than answers. Along with a myriad of questions, I also left with a sense of conviction in myself.
Lesson in the ashes of books burned
I’ve always been attracted to big moments in history. When I took a closer look at the burning book display at Yad Vashem, the immensity of the Holocaust manifested itself in an entirely new way. The quote above those books: “Where they burn books, they will end up burning human beings,” will stay with me forever.
From Bethlehem to Yad Vashem: March 17, 2011
In search of Christian nativity, Hamas viewpoints, and other, darker Holy Land morsels, Team Religion continued its journey in the West Bank and Jerusalem on Thursday.
