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SUMMARY:Social Justice Book Club
DESCRIPTION:Social Justice Book Club \nHockessin Friends members and attenders are invited to participate in the next meeting of the Social Justice Book Club on Saturday\, January 3\, 2026\, 10 a.m.-noon\, at the meetinghouse. \nThe books selected for this meeting are: Occupied with Nonviolence by Jean Zaru and Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza by Peter Beinart. Participants may read either book or both.\nThe publishers describe the books as follows:\nJean Zaru\, the longtime activist and Quaker leader from Ramallah\, here brings home the pain and central convictions that animate Christian nonviolence and activity today. Zaru vividly paints the complex realities faced by all parties in Palestine — Jews and Muslims and Christians\, Israelis and Palestinians\, women and men. Yet even as Zaru eloquently names the common misunder- standings of the history\, present situation\, and current policies of the parties there\, she vividly articulates an alternative: a religiously motivated nonviolent path to peace and justice in the world’s most troubled region. \nIn Peter Beinart’s view\, one story dominates Jewish communal life: that of persecution and victimhood. It is a story that erases much of the nuance of Jewish religious tradition and warps our understanding of Israel and Palestine. After Gaza\, where Jewish texts\, history\, and language have been deployed to justify mass slaughter and starvation\, Beinart argues\, Jews must tell a new story. After this war\, whose horror will echo for generations\, they must do nothing less than offer a new answer to the question: What does it mean to be a Jew? \nBeinart imagines an alternate narrative\, which would draw on other nations’ efforts at moral reconstruction and a different reading of Jewish tradition. A story in which Israeli Jews have the right to equality\, not supremacy\, and in which Jewish and Palestinian safety are not mutually exclusive but intertwined. One that recognizes the danger of venerating states at the expense of human life. Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza is a provocative argument that will expand and in- form one of the defining conversations of our time. It is a book that only Peter Beinart could write: a passionate yet measured work that brings together his personal experience\, his commanding grasp of history\, his keen understanding of political and moral dilemmas\, and a clear vision for the future. \nIf you have questions or need more information\, you may email Friends@HockessinQuakerMeeting.org or talk with Nedda Moqtaderi or Mark Parker Miller\, who are the HFM contacts for the book club. \n“Peace is not only the absence of war\, but it is the absence of dire poverty and hunger. Peace is freedom from sickness and disease. It is employment and health. Peace is based on a deep sense of human equality and basic\njustice. Peace is when we have no fear to assemble\, to worship\, to work\, to speak and publish the truth\, even to the powerful. Peace is hope for our future and the future of all God’s children and all God’s world.”\n― Jean Zaru\, Occupied with Nonviolence: A Palestinian Woman Speaks \n“Palestinian support for violence goes up when Palestinian hopes of freedom go down.”\n― Peter Beinart\, Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza
URL:http://westernquarterquakers.org/event/social-justice-book-club/
LOCATION:Hockessin Meeting\, 1501 Old Wilmington Road\, Hockessin\, DE\, 19707\, United States
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SUMMARY:Western Quarterly Meeting Hosted by Newark Friends Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Gathering to be held at Kennett Friends Meeting\n125 West Sickle St – Kennett Square\nFLYER!\n9:15 AM  – welcome and morning fellowship\n9:45am – Altogether worship\n10:00am – worship continues and children go to program with storyteller Clem Bowen\n10:45am – Chris Mohr\, PYM General Secretary will speak with friends; children’s programing comintues\n12:00 – lunch\n1:00om – meeting for worship with attention to business\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/92668234836 \nKennet Meetinghouse has a chair lift to help friends go between levels. There is a ramp from the sidewalk to the front door facing the street. The entrance to the lower level has no stairs to negotiate from the parking lot. \n 
URL:http://westernquarterquakers.org/event/quarterly-meeting-hosted-by-newark-friends-meeting/
LOCATION:Kennett Friends Meeting\, 125 W. Sickle Street\, Kennett Square \, PA\, 19348\, United States
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SUMMARY:Community Rising
DESCRIPTION:Community Rising facilitated session. Sunday\, October 19th\, 3-5 pm. Kennett Friends Meeting\, 125 W. Sickle Street\, Kennett Square PA 19390. \nCommunity Rising is a monthly facilitated gathering that brings together neighbors\, leaders\, and voices from diverse walks of life to reflect on the challenges facing our nation and our local communities. Rooted in honesty and hope\, the circle creates space for people to share concerns\, listen deeply across differences\, and imagine new possibilities for renewal. Each session blends open dialogue with guided reflection\, helping participants move beyond division toward common ground. By coming together regularly\, Community Rising seeks to nurture connection\, courage\, and collective action for the common good.
URL:http://westernquarterquakers.org/event/community-rising-4/
LOCATION:Kennett Friends Meeting\, 125 W. Sickle Street\, Kennett Square \, PA\, 19348\, United States
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