I’m only one person, and my efforts are small, person-to-person, but this is where I feel I can make a difference in a region of the world that I care deeply about. – Rabbi Andrea Cohen-Kiener, from Emissary of Peace
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Rabbi hears from all sides on mission to Mideast
By Marily Silverstein, New Jersey Jewish News , May 6, 2008
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Listening – the common ground amid conflict
By Janet Tu, The Seattle Times, August 3, 2007
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Torah Thoughts – Parashat Mattot
By Rabbi Amy Eilberg, July 29, 2005
Listening for Peace
By Rosemary Zibart, El Dorado Sun Magazine, New Mexico, November 2004
The technique Green has developed is “creating an environment conducive to peace-building through deep, empathic listening.” However, she admits, “It is no simple thing: At times we listeners must dig deep within ourselves to move beyond our own judgments and opinions.”
Compassionate Listening Project aims to help Germans, Jews reconcile
By Eric Fingerhut, Washington Jewish Week
It may be almost 60 years since the end of World War II, but plenty of Jews still avoid Germany, whether it’s not buying German cars or refusing to travel to that country.
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The Compassionate Listening Project
By Deborah Rohan Schlueter, The World & I, February 2004
Karma Yoga Award – Seeing Through Hostility and Fear
By Phil Catalfo, Yoga Journal, December 2003
The Compassionate Listening Project and Leah Green received the 2003 Karma Yoga Award from the Yoga Journal!
Listening to the Other Side
By Kathryn Kingsbury, Hope Magazine, December 7, 2003
Reconciliation and Magic
By Faye Strauss
In October 2003, on a Compassionate Listening Project trip to Germany, I lost my mind. In my case, this was a good thing.
