This will be the last post regarding the trip from Israel (at least for now!) and I wanted to close with some of the students’ last reflections and humorous comments about the trip: Most people said I was a little crazy for heading to Israel in my first trip out of the country but what … Continue reading Israel Reflections–Closing Thoughts
On our very last day in Israel, with the sun shining and after spending an hour on the beach, we forced the students back on the bus to Tel Aviv University to have a joint class with Moty Cristal’s class from the International Master’s in Dispute Resolution program. If ever I was worried that the … Continue reading Israel Reflections–Negotiation Aikido Israeli-Style
In light of yesterday’s events in Israel–Hamas launching a missile attack on an Israeli schoolbus and the Israeli response of missile attacks into Gaza–one of our speakers that we heard during our trip to Israel is particularly on point today. How do you determine an “appropriate” response to the Hamas attack? Here are one student’s reflections on … Continue reading Israel Reflections–Use of Force & Civilian Targets
In honor of the RJ conference that Marquette is hosting today (link here for the agenda on clergy abuse and healing) I thought I would post several student reflections on our meeting with the restorative justice group Parent’s Circle when we were in Jerusalem. The Parent’s Circle is a group of bereaved family members on … Continue reading Israel Reflections–Restorative Justice
As followers of the blog know, one of the high points of our trip to Israel was dinner with Justice Aharon Barak and his wife Judge Elika Barak. We were also joined by their daughter, Tamar, who is a mediator. Interestingly from the dispute resolution perspective, Justice Barak was the judge who brought mediation to Israel … Continue reading Israel Reflections: Dinner with the Baraks
In the next few days, I will post several blogs compiled of postings from my students who were asked this week to reflect on what they learned from the trip to Israel (earlier posts on our trip can be found on the blog starting here). I’ll start tonight with third-year student Katie Bricco’s overall take on … Continue reading Israel Reflections & Lessons: The Cycle of Violence & Fear
On our second day in Jerusalem, one of our speakers said this. At the time, it sounded a bit trite to me–how can we hate something and be grateful for it at the same time? We had just spent the afternoon with a guide from Ir Amin, a group that tracks the development of Jerusalem … Continue reading I Hate the Fence…Thank God for the Fence
Well, Art and I are sitting at the airport with a little time to blog since the plane is delayed. I can’t believe that we are already on the way home. As Art has blogged already (and we will blog more about different speakers), this trip has been so very full. We are returning home … Continue reading It’s Still Complicated . . . . The Israel Live Blog Cont’d
As we proceed to recall elections for numerous state senators and now robo-calls from the Koch-funded group “Americans for Prosperity”, life continues to be interesting. Definitely warming up the winter! I was interviewed last week by our local news on a clip seen here and, while I wish I was given more than 20 minutes to … Continue reading More from Wisconsin
I don’t have anything new to say about what’s going on this week in Wisconsin–manuevers continue, it’s all very interesting. But Jon Stewart last night was hilarious so I am linking to his take on Wisconsin in which he points out that not only is Governor Walker trying to take away benefits but then prevent … Continue reading Crisis in Dairyland–Or Why We are Not Tunisia
