Brighton Friends seek ideas for new initiative
Friends in Brighton are seeking ideas from other Quaker Meetings
Friends in Brighton are seeking ideas from other Quaker Meetings for an initiative that aims to bring together people who hold different views on the Palestine/Israel conflict. They intend to offer Brighton Meeting House as a place of ‘encounter and sharing’ for local people concerned with the situation.
Harvey Gillman, a local Quaker, explained: ‘We know that some Meetings are looking to find ways of reaching out to Jewish communities after the decision to boycott settlement goods from the Occupied Territories.
‘While this is obviously one of the elements which need to be taken into account, we are seeking also to find broader ways of bringing together members of different communities into a common space, actually to hear and respect each other.’
Local Friends hope that the initiative will contribute towards greater understanding and reconciliation. The decision followed a well-received workshop in January that included a showing of the last episode of Simon Schama’s acclaimed television series The Story of the Jews.
‘We should be grateful, therefore, if Friends and others could pass on to us any ideas, experiences and initiatives that could help us move forward,’ Harvey added.
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