As an addendum to my previous post, I’d like to share this essay — re-published this week by Haaretz, a left-leaning newspaper in Israel.
It was written back in October, 2015 just after a mass murder shooting took place at an Oregon community college. The author is a woman, and it details what she goes through to keep her personal gun license, and along the way, she offers insights about why Israel does not have the kind of mass shootings that are now so common in the U.S.
I'm a writer, an educator -- 45 years in education, 35 of them in community colleges -- and a lifelong advocate for justice (community colleges are, in fact, instruments of social justice). I have always been passionate about learning, traveling, and understanding the world's religions and political systems. This "Crossroads" blog offers my reflections on living for 7 months as a volunteer at Tantur Ecumenical Institute. On a hill in Jerusalem, within sight of Bethlehem, Tantur hosts students, scholars, and seeker for interfaith engagement and theological and biblical study.
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