The Courage to Bridge: What Heroic Peacemakers Teach Us About Healing Divided Societies

Rabbi Professor Marc Gopin is a full time professor at the School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution, and he directs the Center for World Religions, Diplomacy and Conflict Resolution (CRDC) at George Mason University. CRDC runs innovative projects at the cutting edge of culture and conflict resolution in Palestine, Israel, Afghanistan, Syria, Iran, Turkey. We also just established the first program focused entirely on the subject of business and conflict resolution. He did his BA at Columbia University, studied for the rabbinate at Yeshiva University, and received his Ph.D. at Brandeis in moral sense theory and religious ethics. He has been intimately involved in peace negotiations between Palestine and Israel and was a close acquaintance to Yasir Arafat in the run up to the Wye Farm peace talks. http://crdc.gmu.edu Specialties: Conflict Resolution, Citizen Diplomacy, Conflict Analysis, Religion and conflict, Middle Eastern conflict and diplomacy, Syria, Palestine, Israel, ethics of peace…