Honouring the ‘bump’
Stevie Krayer writes, on behalf of the participants, following a recent meeting of Friends held in London
What was it that impelled Friends with Jewish connections into gathering at Friends House for worship and reflection in the wake of Yearly Meeting Gathering and the statement on Gaza?
It certainly wasn’t out of any desire to seek a justification for Israel’s actions. Like other Quakers, we too had come to Bath haunted by images of bleeding and bewildered Gazan children amid disembowelled buildings. Yet we had been left feeling a need to be with others who would understand without the need for long explanations.
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