Articles

• A Piano Duo in the Oasis of Peace
  8 December 2013, by Christina Valentin, Public Relations

  Among the most recent newcomers to the village is a pair of gifted musicians: Tami Kanazawa and Yuval Admony.

• Three generations of the Edlund family and the WAS-NS Primary School
  3 December 2013, by Christina Valentin, Glenn Chon

  Wahat al-Salam Neve Shalom is today a multi-generational village. Here we tell the remarkable stories of Ety Edlund, who, together with Abdessalam Najjar, founded the Primary School; of Tom Edlund, who attended the School from its first year of existence, of Tom’s wife Keren, and of their daughter, Elenora, who attends the school, in her turn.
  Ety and Kent Edlund joined the community in the early 1980s. Ety was from Israel, Kent originally from Sweden. Moving to WAS-NS with their three (...)

• An Interns Perspective
  31 July 2013, by Glenn Chon

  Half way through the internship, Glenn Chon shares his perspective on his experiences here.

• Ahmad
  24 August 2012, by Yaacov Sonnenschein

  WAS-NS member Yaacov Sonnenschein on Ahmad Hijazi

• Ahmad Hijazi and his son Adam
  22 August 2012

  On Monday August 20, Ahmad Hijazi and his 9 year old son Adam were killed in a car accident while they were on holiday in Zanzibar.

• In Memoriam: Abdessalam Najjar
  23 March 2012

  On March 22, community member Abdessalam Najjar left us.

• Neriya Mark and Sama Daoud
  2 June 2008

  A short film on two young women who grew up in Wahat al-Salam - Neve Shalom (2008)

• See you at the next war: from Qana to Beit Hanoun
  10 April 2007, by Ahmad Hijazi

  "Now that the dust has settled and a slightly clearer picture has emerged, perhaps the discussion of the 2006 war in Lebanon can shift to a more thoughtful, less impassioned mode..."

• Blindness is contagious
  24 November 2006, by Deb Reich

  A poem

• In Profile: Naomi Mark - a daughter of Neve Shalom Wahat al-Salam
  24 November 2006, by Joanna Steinhardt

  Naomi Mark, age 20, tells us how growing up in NSWAS prepared her for her current national service at Physicians for Human Rights.

• Religion, social identity, and Jewish - Arab education: A lecture given in Japan
  11 October 2006, by Bob Mark

  Bob Mark gave a lecture in the Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto, Japan, in the framework of a course on Religion and Modern Society.

• Calling All Semites
  3 September 2006, by Deb Reich

  Deb Reich argues for greater creativity in dealing with the Palestinian - Israeli conflict.

• We are all responsible
  25 July 2006, by Rayek Rizek

  A letter by NSWAS Secretary Rayek Rizek to friends of the community, expressing some thoughts regarding the war in Lebanon.

• Who does this war serve?
  23 July 2006, by Abdessalam Najjar

  As shells, bombs and missiles continue to wreak destruction in Lebanon and Israel, Abdessalam offers his views of the conflict.

• During the War in Lebanon
  21 July 2006, by Evi Guggenheim Shbeta

  Evi tells gives us her own experience of these days during the war in Lebanon.

• Reflections on the summit at Sharm el-Sheikh
  16 February 2005, by Abdessalam Najjar

  NSWAS general secretary Abdessalam Najjar speaks his mind about the possibilities for peace.

• In Memory of Hagar Edlund
  5 November 2004

  A young woman who left us much too soon

• I will sell my dream to the highest bidder
  1 June 2004, by Daoud Boulos

  My oldest daughter Ranin*, 18 years old, came home one day very agitated and in tears. Her blond hair, fair complexion and fashionable jeans did not help, nor her perfect Hebrew. She was wearing a cross.
  It was a week that witnessed several suicidal attacks by Palestinians against Israeli civilian targets inside Israel. The general atmosphere was that of fear and suspicion; travelers who had no choice by to ride public transportation, a major target for these attacks, got on the buses (...)

• Thoughts of NSWAS members regarding the war with Iraq
  10 April 2003
• Talk after the national elections
  18 February 2001