Sightings Articles
A Letter from Jerusalem: Our Reflections — Ithamar Gruenwald
In a recent Sightings (April 3), Professor W. Clark Gilpin writes, “It is frequently the case in myth and religious narrative that things are not what they seem. Strangers, animals, even plants, turn out to be gods.” There are plenty of cases in our ...
May 8, 2003
A Letter from Jerusalem: Christmas 2002 -- Ithamar Gruenwald
Christmas this year cannot be like any Christmas in previous years. In the year that has passed, the Church of the Nativity was turned -- for a while -- into a beleaguered fortress. Arab Palestinians forced their way into the Church, and Israeli troo...
December 19, 2002
A Letter from Jerusalem -- Ithamar Gruenwald
Dear Friends, I hope that this finds you well. I am writing from the city whose name signifies, in Hebrew, wholeness and peace. Today was a quiet day in the city. I even ventured downtown. There are days in which the downtown is a ghost city....