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American rabbi practices peacemaking in Damascus
By Haaretz Staff and Channel 10
Tags: Israel, conflict resolution 
Haaretz.com/Channel 10 daily feature for April 22, 2008.

In recent years, Rabbi Marc Gopin increasingly finds himself in meetings with senior religious leaders in Syria, where he is considered a guest of honor.

Gopin is the director of the Center for World Religions, Diplomacy and Conflict Resolution at George Mason University in Virginia. He is a strong believer of the potential religious texts have to encourage peace making.


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