A Conversation with Rabbi Ron Kronish
about six peacemakers in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
In person and via zoom
Ron Kronish will be joining us via zoom from Jerusalem. Unfortunately, the two other guests are now unable to attend, but we will have time for lively conversation about the people who are doing remarkable peacebuilding work and for discussion about the current political situation.
In 1992-93, Rabbi Spilker was an intern for Rabbi Kronish’s new organization, Interreligious Coordinating Council in Israel, during his first year of rabbinical school in Jerusalem. Rabbi Kronish has spoken several times over the years at Mount Zion. On January 22, he will present about his new book: Profiles in Peace. Rabbi Spilker will facilitate the q and a.
Rabbi Dr. Ron Kronish is an independent scholar, writer, blogger, lecturer, teacher, and mentor. For the past several years, he has been a Library Fellow at the Van Leer Jerusalem Institute. From 1991-2015, he served as the Founder and Director of the Interreligious Coordinating Council in Israel (ICCI), which was Israel’s premier interreligious institution during those years.
He was educated at Brandeis University (BA), Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion, and the Harvard Graduate School of Education. He is the editor of Coexistence and Reconciliation in Israel: Voices for Interreligious Dialogue (Paulist Press, 2015) and the author of The Other Peace Process: Interreligious Dialogue, A View from Jerusalem, (Hamilton Books 2017). He writes a regular blog for The Times of Israel and is a contributor to The Jerusalem Report.
He has lived in Jerusalem, Israel, for the past 43 years with his wife Amy. They are the proud parents of three married daughters, and 6 wonderful grandchildren. Learn more about about Rabbi Kronish.
