Abraham’s Vision

With one of the patriarchs as its namesake, Abraham’s Vision strives to instill principles of hospitality and friendship with the “other” in the next generation of leaders. Starting with its own leadership structure, including a Jew and a Muslim-Arab as co-directors, Abraham’s Vision is building a movement of Jews, Palestinians and Muslims across the U.S. with equal representation across gender and ethnic lines. 

One of three projects promoting peace in Slingshot ’06, Abraham’s Vision works specifically with high school and university age students through coursework. Workshops in conflict analysis, inter- group relations, interfaith religious studies and communications skill building are all offered as an alternative path to the violence of the Middle East conflict. Additional coursework for adults and teacher training—such as “Istima’a/Shma,” signifying the word “listen” in Arabic and Hebrew—builds on their systemic approach toward making peaceful coexistence a reality in our lifetimes. 

Its new 2006 summer fellowship in the Balkans is only one example of how this team is balancing creativity and visionary impulses with lessons learned from others in the coexistence community.