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Tag Archives: janelle
Growing pain
I was asked to write a bit about the group, the people, and the process.
Exactly today I was thinking about the fact that its been a year since we all started this intensive process with this group, and I see the difference between Janelle 2007 and Janelle 2008. Hoping it’s just the beginning.
A Word about our Youth Group after a Year of our First Meeting…
Before almost a year our group members met together to travel to Fiji to film a documentary that was made by Tony Robbins about them and the relations that were created between them.
The paradox of being politically active
I’m against the Israeli reality, or ignorance, or humiliating racism. I have nothing to say for it or to justify it. I don’t think I deserve to live any more than a Palestinian deserves, or anyone who is not Jewish, for that matter. I am not different and definitely not better or more worthy of a life.
The Israeli Side
I’m afraid to write, because I feel like I’m suppose to represent “my people”. But I can’t. I read Areej’s letter about the prisoner who was killed in the Israeli prison, and my first reaction was to want to show MY side. Prove semantics and how I can write the whole story with such a different interpretation. But I’m tired of this. I hate wanting to contradict, when sometimes things are just wrong. Just shouldn’t have happened.
