Presbyterians For Middle East Peace

A high point of the 2010 Los Angeles Interfaith Leadership Mission to Israel was attending a concert in Jaffa featuring a Jewish-Arab girls choir. It’s often easy to forget that peacemaking is a grassroots activity performed by ordinary people, and when people come together, they find that what they share in common as human beings far exceeds their differences.

The Los Angeles Interfaith Leadership Mission was beautifully organized and ably led by Rabbi Mark Diamond, Executive Vice President of the Board of Rabbis of Southern California, and Jonathan Freund, Director of Educational & Interreligious Programs, through the Interreligious Action Center of the Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles. The Jewish, Christian, and Muslim faith traditions were represented in the group, providing a truly unique perspective on a land sacred to all three faiths.

In addition to the choir concert, the group learned about two other grassroots peacemaking efforts, both of which are depicted in the photographs on this website: the Givat Haviva Jewish-Arab Center for Peace, and the Ono Academic college Law School program for religious leaders. To learn more about these inspiring projects, click on the “read more” icon below the photographs.

If you would like to learn more about interfaith trips, or trips to the Holy Land with Christian groups, please contact us at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , and we will provide you with information on upcoming trips.