Arthur Waskow

Organization: 
The Shalom Center
Position: 
Founder/Director
Areas of Expertise: 
American society's addiction to overwork; cultural and economic pressure to overwork; Israeli-Palestinian conflict; leads humanitarian aid efforts to Palestinian towns; steps that Americans, Israelis, and Palestinians can take to foster peace
Personal Website: 
The Shalom Center
Notable Publications/Publishers: 

A Time for Every Purpose Under Heaven (co-author with Phyllis Berman) (Farrar Straus Gilraux, 2002) Trees, Earth, and Torah (Jewish Publication Society, 1999) Godwrestling, Round Two (Jewish Lights, 1996) Down-to-Earth Judaism: Food, Money, Sex and the Rest of Life (William Morrow, 1995) Becoming Brothers (Free Press, 1993) Seasons of Our Joy (1982) Godwrestling (1978) The Freedom Seder (1969)

Rabbi Arthur Waskow (PA): Founder/Director, The Shalom Center; Editor/Writer, Shalom Report; in 1996 was named "Wisdom Keeper" by United Nations among 40 religious and intellectual leaders; wrote, "Gaza: Short-range peace-seeking Israel could try" (01/2009) and "Gaza & Beyond: What's the Alternative?" (01/2009); creating lasting peace in Israel/Palestine conflict, U.S.'s role in ending the violence