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EPF PIN Mission Statement Coming Out of Our Leadership Retreat February 2016

To establish a network dedicated to a more robust Episcopal Church witness for justice and peace for our Palestinian and Israeli brothers and sisters for the purposes of responding to • The promise made in our baptismal covenant to “ … strive for justice and peace among all people, and respect the dignity of every human […]

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Nonviolence, BDS and the Children: EPF PIN member Dick Toll reflects

Editor’s Note: EPF PIN member Dick Toll shared his sermon from 25 September at Spirit of Grace Lutheran/Catholic Community. My name is Richard Toll, I am a retired Episcopal Priest having been ordained for 49 years. My first trip to the Holy Land was 33 years ago and I have taken over 30 trips to […]

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EPF PIN Los Angeles regrets Governor Brown's decision to sign AB2844 into law

The Los Angeles Chapter of the Episcopal Peace Fellowship (EPF) Palestine Israel Network (PIN) regrets Governor Brown's decision to sign AB2844 into law Saturday afternoon. AB2844 was a frequently revised attempt to stifle criticism of the Israeli Occupation of Palestinian lands and the growing influence of the non-violent Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement as a […]

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Faith Forum on Middle East Policy: Employing Economic Measures as Nonviolent Tools for Justice

Employing Economic Measures as Nonviolent Tools for Justice In the Israeli-Palestinian Context August 22, 2016 The U.S. Congress and 22 states across the U.S. are considering, or have passed, laws that penalize or criminalize the use of economic measures to oppose Israeli policies towards Palestinians that many find unjust and discriminatory. The targets of these […]

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EPF PIN Los Angeles Calls on Governor Brown to Veto AB2844

  Dear EPF PIN Friends: We have the opportunity to protect free speech AND to save money at the same time! And all it takes is enough of us letting Governor Jerry Brown know that we want him to veto AB 2844. For those who don't know, AB 2844 is a bill that has passed […]

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Is there an elephant in the room when we look at co-existence projects?

Judith Norman, who traveled in Palestine/Israel with EPF PIN in May/June 2016 reflects. The movement for peace in Israel-Palestine is a big and messy tent. Many of the groups that are promoting a vision of peace in the region have incompatible goals, strategies, and rhetoric. The very notion of “peace” is contentious – after all, […]

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A Left Coast Perspective: An Update from the Diocese of California

  EPF PIN member Vicki Gray, a deacon in the Diocese of California and a former deputy to General Convention, updates us on the work in the diocese around Palestine/Israel.   As a quick glance at a globe will confirm, California’s Bay Area is about as far from Jerusalem as one can get. But, over […]

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EPF & EPF PIN Endorse M4BL Vision for Black Lives

The National Executive Council of the Episcopal Peace Fellowship, joined by the Fellowship’s Palestine/Israel Network, is proud to stand in solidarity with the Movement for Black Lives in unequivocal support of its ”Vision for Black Lives” (https://policy.m4bl.org/) issued on August 1. "The policy demands listed in the platform cover a wide variety of intersecting issues, […]

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Remembering Ed Browning, 24th Presiding Bishop

Naim Ateek, Founder of Sabeel Ecumenical Liberation Theology Center in Jerusalem and Chair of its Board, spoke at Ed Browning’s funeral in the cathedral in Portland OR on 19 July 2016: On behalf of SabeeI and Friends of Sabeel I would like to express my deepest condolences and sincere sympathies to Patti Browning and to […]

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Voices for Justice: Ann Coburn on Gaza with photos by Boyd Evans

Voices for Justice: Ann Coburn on Gaza with photos by Boyd Evans On the Ground in Palestine with EPF PIN In May/June 2016, an EPF PIN delegation spent time in Gaza. Ann Coburn writes about one visit to a building bombed in Israel’s invasion of Gaza in 2014. Boyd Evans took the photos. We were […]

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Hospitality as an Act of Justice: Naim Ateek preaches in Portland OR

Sermon Grace Memorial Episcopal Church, Portland, OR July 17, 2016 Genesis 18:1-10a; Luke 10:38-42 Justice as Radical Hospitality “Lord do you not care that my sister has left me to do all the work? …” (LK 10:40) “Do not neglect to show hospitality” Hebrews 13:2   Thanks to Fr. Martin Elfert for the invitation. I […]

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On the Ground in Palestine/Israel with EPF PIN

A delegation of PIN activists and friends traveled in Israel, the West Bank, and Gaza May 22 - June 3, 2016. Here is a brief pictorial review of just a few of their encounters during that time. Throughout their time, the group met living examples of steadfastness and resistance to the occupation. These photos attempt […]

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