A Zionist among Palestinians

Acknowledgments

241 A C K N O W L E D G M E N T S This book would never have been written but for the enthusiastic encouragement of my friend Professor Michael Zuckerman. I e-mailed Mike the first chapter I wrote, and got a positive response. I then e-mailed him each chapter as I completed it, and his response would give me the strength to write the next installment. MythankstothemanyPalestiniansandIsraeliswhocreatedtheactivities described in this book, with special thanks to Dr. Veronika Cohen. Thanks to Dr. Joyce Rappaport, who edited the manuscript, and to copyeditor Merryl Sloane; to my sponsoring editor at Indiana University Press, Rebecca Jane Tolen, and to IUP staff; and to Judy Labenson, who got me on the right track after my first forty rejections. My thanks to Danny Orstav, who was always ready to help when I needed it. Thanks to my wife, Anita, who was always encouraging, and accepted the many, many hours that I spent hunched over the computer. I feel the need to acknowledge my many mistakes in our dialogues and activities. I often was filled with such self-assurance—as though I knew better than others—that I’m afraid I sometimes behaved haughtily, hurt others’ feelings, and missed using better ideas just because I had not initiated them. My special apologies to those who participated in the meeting to set up a network of dialogue groups, and to those who participated in a bus trip through East Jerusalem that I guided unforgivably. 242 Acknowledgments The adventures described in this book gave us all a chance to work together,totrytomakethislandabetterhomeforbothJewsandPalestinians . For this, I am forever grateful. ...