Civility Institute Participant Kits

Submitted by Haya Thu Apr 28 2011 11:16:00 GMT-0400 (EDT)

Constructive Conversations about the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

Submitted by Haya Thu Apr 28 2011 10:00:00 GMT-0400 (EDT)

Constructive Conversations about the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

by Maggie Herzig of the Public Conversations Project with Mitch Chanin of the Jewish Dialogue Group

This guidebook, co-authored with the Public Conversations Project in 2006, will provide you with step-by-step instructions and all of the other materials you need to conduct dialogue programs that bring people together to:

listen to and understand one another across political differences
clarify their feelings
examine difficult moral and intellectual questions
think through the choices they face
seek common ground

Overview – Philosophical Underpinnings Regarding The Year Of Civil Discourse

Submitted Thu Apr 28 2011 09:05:00 GMT-0400 (EDT)

OVERVIEW – PHILISOPHICAL UNDERPINNINGS
REGARDING THE YEAR OF CIVIL DISCOURSE

1.    The Jewish community relations field (JCRCs) have always been the exemplars of civil
discourse – and therefore have a unique and important role to play in addressing the
current challenges

2.    The growing polarization within our own community (particularly around Israel) means
that the expertise we’ve applied in building bridges beyond the community now also has
to be applied to building bridges within our community.

Encounter Civility Handouts

Submitted by Haya Thu Apr 28 2011 02:22:00 GMT-0400 (EDT)

JCRC Consensus Statement on the Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process

Submitted by Haya Thu Apr 28 2011 01:14:00 GMT-0400 (EDT)

JCRC CONSENSUS STATEMENT ON THE ISRAELI- PALESTINIAN PEACE PROCESS