Mark Braverman, author of “Fateful Embrace: Christians, Jews and the Search for Peace in the Holy Land”
NEW Location: MT. CALVARY LUTHERAN CHURCH, 2402 Cabrillo College Dr. (Park Avenue off ramp), Soquel
Description: Tuesday March 9, 7:30 p.m.
Presentation by Mark Braverman, author of the book Fateful Embrace: Christians, Jews and the Search for Peace in the Holy Land
Panel of Respondents:
Marouen Ben Jebara, Graduate Student at Monterey Institute of International Studies (Moslem)
Richard Moss, board member of Interfaith Peace Builders (Jewish)
Mark Braverman’s roots are in the Holy Land – his grandfather, a fifth generation Palestinian Jew, was born in Jerusalem, emigrating the U.S. as a young man. Growing up in the United States, Braverman was reared in the Jewish tradition, studying Bible, Hebrew literature, and Jewish history. Trained in clinical psychology and crisis management, Braverman devoted his professional career to working with groups and individuals undergoing traumatic stress. Returning to the Holy Land in 2006, he was transformed by witnessing the occupation of Palestine and by encounters with peace activists and civil society leaders from the Muslim, Christian and Jewish communities.
Since then, Braverman has devoted himself full-time to the Israel/Palestine conflict. He is the executive director of the Holy Land Peace Project, an interfaith and ecumenical organization that promotes education about and action for Middle East peace in the U.S. faith communities. Braverman is a cofounder of Friends of Tent of Nations North America, a nonprofit dedicated to supporting Palestinian land rights and peaceful coexistence in historic Palestine. He serves on the Board of Directors of the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions-USA, the advisory committee of Friends of Sabeel North America, and the advisory council of the Washington Interfaith Alliance for Middle East Peace. He is a charter member of American Jews for a Just Peace.