MEWG - Mark Braverman at WSU - 01 Oct 2010 - Part 1 of 6

"The Path to Peace in Israel/ Palestine: A Jewish American's Journey" -- Wayne State University, October 1, 2010 (clip 1 of 6).

Mark Braverman's roots are in the Holy Land -- his grandfather, a fifth generation Palestinian Jew, was born in Jerusalem and emigrated the U.S. as a young man. Growing up in the United States, Mark was reared in the Jewish tradition, studying the Bible, Hebrew literature, and Jewish history.

Trained in clinical psychology and crisis management, Mark 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 a co-founder and Executive Director 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.

Dr. Braverman is the author of the recently- published book Fatal Embrace: Christians, Jews and the Search for Peace in the Holy Land, which charts his journey as an American Jew struggling with the difficult realities of modern Israel.
Dr Braverman's talk at WSU was co-sponsored by the WSU Committee for Peace and Justice in the Middle East and the Middle East Work Group (MEWG) of the Presbytery of Detroit.

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