July 30, 2009

Funnel Cakes....

(this is Scott writing...) Growing up in Pennsylvania, I’d always assumed that a funnel cake was a Mennonite “thing,” something you could only find at a county fair. (I grew...
Posted by Scott Harrop at 10:23 AM | Fulltext link (4 comments)

June 27, 2009

The "Piece Church"

One wonders what the "Prince of Peace" would have to say about "bringing a piece" to Church. Tonight, the New Bethel Church, in Louisville, Kentucky will be "packing it (guns)...
Posted by Scott Harrop at 09:10 AM | Fulltext link (10 comments)

April 13, 2009

Five+One... +One => Seven

A LOT has been happening the past two weeks relating to US-Iran relations, much of it catalyzed by President Obama's NowRuz Address to Iran. Scott Peterson summarizes major developments in...
Posted by Scott Harrop at 10:51 PM | Fulltext link (3 comments)

April 01, 2009

Startling news

First, Iran and the US have just announced the appointment of ambassadors to each other. Impressive choices. According to The Iranian, Mr. Haji Firooz will be representing the Islamic Republic...
Posted by Scott Harrop at 04:27 PM | Fulltext link (4 comments)

March 08, 2009

Noa's (peace) Ark Leaks

One of the nice things about "comments" here is you can learn while contributing. Earlier today, I posted a largely positive note about the two Israeli singers who will compete...
Posted by Scott Harrop at 11:35 PM | Fulltext link (6 comments)

February 25, 2009

Healing Wounds of War: Local Film Series

Here in Charlottesville we're being treated to an unusual Sunday evening film series, hosted by our local Mennonite Church. This Sunday, March 1st, For the Love of Tomorrow tells the...
Posted by Scott Harrop at 03:07 PM | Fulltext link (2 comments)

February 05, 2009

Obama @ Prayer Breakfast

Despite his hesitance to say anything "principled" ahead of Israel's upcoming elections, President Obama today did remind us of a profound truth about all major faiths at this morning's National...
Posted by Scott Harrop at 11:38 PM | Fulltext link (11 comments)

February 03, 2009

Learning Peace Lingo

In furthering my study of peace agencies I delved further into the US Institute for Peace. The USIP held a conference in January, "Passing the Baton -- Foreign Policy Challenges...
Posted by Don Bacon at 09:15 PM | Fulltext link (5 comments)

January 31, 2009

Peace Now!

The US government doesn't seem inclined to back off its all-war, all-the-time policy. It's even got some of us thinking about war too much of the time. Me, anyhow. It's...
Posted by Don Bacon at 04:19 PM | Fulltext link (7 comments)

December 08, 2008

Jimmy and ME

from Forward.com Former president Jimmy Carter is back with new advice for resolving the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. The former president is scheduled to publish a new book on the issue —...
Posted by Don Bacon at 01:17 PM | Fulltext link (5 comments)

November 19, 2008

Australia's thought-provoking Apology

Okay, I am merely nine months late in commenting on the breakthrough apology that Australian PM Kevin Rudd offered to the indigenous peoples of Australia and the Torres Strait Islands...
Posted by Helena Cobban at 11:41 AM | Fulltext link (3 comments)

September 25, 2007

Ramazani: "Bridging the Divides"

** Updates posted below ** As regular justworldnews readers will recognize, Helena and I have presented and commented on numerous essays here by R.K. - "Ruhi" - Ramazani. Here's one...
Posted by Scott Harrop at 07:59 PM | Fulltext link (2 comments)

August 08, 2007

Mia Farrow: "virtual hostage"

Irony alert Those familiar with Farzaneh Milani's path-breaking literary analysis will recognize the phrase "hostage narrative," a term she has been devloping over many years to apply to that best-selling...
Posted by Scott Harrop at 02:20 PM | Fulltext link (21 comments)

July 11, 2007

Iranian Bikers for peace...?

I'm all for exploring new ways to work for peace, including by demonstrations, marches, marathons, even "honking for peace." Sure beats marching for war -- like when Jerome Corsi (of...
Posted by Scott Harrop at 05:25 PM | Fulltext link (16 comments)

June 24, 2007

Reconciliation, from Africa to the Middle East

Actually, the reason that I received a paper copy of the latest issue of the Palestine-Israel Journal, which I have just written about on JWN here, is that it...
Posted by Helena Cobban at 05:20 PM | Fulltext link (4 comments)

June 05, 2007

Waterloo, Iranians & the Mennonite Dialog

On Memorial Day, American and Iranian diplomats finally managed to "talk" in Baghdad, Iraq -- as we noted here with approval. The same day, by contrast, protesters forced the cancellation...
Posted by Scott Harrop at 12:45 PM | Fulltext link (2 comments)

May 30, 2007

Studying peace and reconciliation in Coventry

Are you or anyone you know interested in doing some post-graduate work in Peace Studies? I got an email earlier this week from Andrew Rigby, the Director of the Centre...
Posted by Helena Cobban at 05:39 PM | Fulltext link (1 comments)

March 29, 2007

Factors for successful peacemaking: Northern Ireland

I am so joyful that it now looks as if the people of Northern Ireland can enjoy a much better, more peaceful future, thanks to the peace agreement announced on...
Posted by Helena Cobban at 08:55 AM | Fulltext link (4 comments)

November 13, 2006

"We Want Peace" on YouTube

Hagit Tarnari, one of the dedicated pro-peace Israeli participants in our recent U.N. University conference on nonviolence in Amman, Jordan, made a little video at the end of the conference...
Posted by Helena Cobban at 09:48 AM | Fulltext link (14 comments)

June 16, 2006

Nonviolent peace organizations gathering in Virginia

If you're anywhere near the east coast of the USA on July 7-9 and are interested in the work of the Christian Peacemaker Teams, Peace Brigades International, or other organizations...
Posted by Helena Cobban at 02:14 PM | Fulltext link (4 comments)

February 02, 2006

Ending insurgencies, building peace

I'm having this very weird life these days. My main task is to complete the last revision of my book manuscript on peacebuilding in Africa-- title as of now: Amnesties...
Posted by Helena Cobban at 11:31 AM | Fulltext link (30 comments)

August 01, 2005

South Sudan peace in the balance

Pray for peace in Southern Sudan. Pray hard. Southern leader John Garang, who was made into a vice-president as part of the recent peace accord between southerners and the central...
Posted by Helena Cobban at 10:52 AM | Fulltext link (10 comments)

May 19, 2005

Summer Peacebuilding Institute, Shenandoah Valley

I'm in Harrisonburg, Virginia, these days, teaching a course in Session II of Eastern Mennonite University's justifiably renowned Summer Peacebuilding Institute. It's pretty awesome for me. Firstly because I've never...
Posted by Helena Cobban at 09:30 PM | Fulltext link (1 comments)

February 05, 2005

Truth commissions in context

I'm at the analytical place in my book on strategies that three African countries used to address the legacies of recently-past conflicts where I want to try to put the...
Posted by Helena Cobban at 04:48 PM | Fulltext link (5 comments)