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Church involvement in social and political issues and activism, including civil rights, protests, and war work. Also, social and political reformers connected to the church. See the following related collections: Civil rights, protests, and social reformers; Wars. Featured image: Religious with Rosa Parks, 1963.

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Title:
Israeli farmers protest government agriculture policies.
Description:
A group of Israeli farmers demonstrate outside the Knesset in Jerusalem, holding signs that read: "There Is No Nation Without Its Farmers" and "Dairy, Orchard, Chicken Coop -- Going Out of Business."
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Mishkan ha-Keneset (Jerusalem)
Topics:
Agriculture--Israel., Agriculture and politics--Israel., Farmers--Israel.
Geographic subjects:
Israel.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:150012
Title:
Advisory Council on Church and Society statement on Israel and Palestine, 1974.
Description:
The 183rd United Presbyterian Church General Assembly (1971) recommended that the Council on Church and Society prepare background material and recommendations on the Middle East question for consideration at the 184th General Assembly (1972). The Council subsequently created a Middle East Task Force to undertake the study and provide the Council a report that was to include a quality background paper that reviews the history of the conflict, clearly delineates the positions of the parties, highlights realistic possibilities for a durable settlement, and provides a Christian theological frame of reference. Includes correspondence from Dean H. Lewis, Director of the Advisory Council on Church and Society to Ben Weir about the report.
Creator:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Advisory Council on Church and Society. (author)
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Advisory Council on Church and Society., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Syria Mission., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Program Agency., Weir, Ben, 1923-2016.
Topics:
Arab-Israeli conflict., Presbyterian Church--Missions--Syria., Presbyterian Church--Missions--Lebanon., Missionaries--Syria., Missionaries--Lebanon.
Geographic subjects:
Palestine., Israel.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:138147
Title:
Interviews on the Palestinian question, tape 1, 1964.
Description:
Interviews with Arab Christian Palestinian refugees in East Jerusalem, recorded May 8, 1964, in Jerusalem. Includes Najib Khoury, secretary for the Anglican Archbishop of Jerusalem; Herbert Schwartz, director of the Mennonite Central Committee in Jordan; William Alonzo, clerk, Bank of the Middle East. Notes indicate interviews are "radio programs for John Groller." Groller was director of the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Division of Radio and Television.
Creator:
Carmichael, H. Kenn (Herbert Kenneth), 1908- (interviewer)
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Division of Radio and Television.
Topics:
Jewish-Arab relations., Refugees, Palestinian Arab--Interviews.
Geographic subjects:
Arab countries--History--20th century., Israel., Jordan., Palestine.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:116526
Title:
Interviews on the Palestinian question, 1964, part 2.
Description:
Interviews with Arab Christian Palestinian refugees in East Jerusalem, recorded May 8, 1964, in Jerusalem. Includes Najib Khoury, secretary for the Anglican Archbishop of Jerusalem; Herbert Schwartz, director of the Mennonite Central Committee in Jordan; William Alonzo, clerk, Bank of the Middle East. Notes indicate interviews are "radio programs for John Groller." Groller was director of the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Division of Radio and Television.
Creator:
Carmichael, H. Kenn (Herbert Kenneth), 1908- (interviewer)
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Division of Radio and Television.
Topics:
Jewish-Arab relations., Refugees, Palestinian Arab--Interviews.
Geographic subjects:
Palestine., Arab countries--History--20th century., Israel., Jordan.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:116495
Title:
Yasser Arafat's compound.
Description:
[Yasser Arafat's compound, Ramallah, October 2002.]
Subject names:
Arafat, Yasir, 1929-2004--Homes and haunts., Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Worldwide Ministries Division. Office of the Coordinator for Middle East and Asia Minor--Archives.
Topics:
Al-Aqsa Intifada, 2000-, Arab-Israeli conflict--21st century.
Geographic subjects:
Israel., Palestine.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:8397
Title:
Yasser Arafat's compound.
Description:
[Yasser Arafat's compound, Ramallah, October 2002.]
Subject names:
Arafat, Yasir, 1929-2004--Homes and haunts., Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Worldwide Ministries Division. Office of the Coordinator for Middle East and Asia Minor--Archives.
Topics:
Al-Aqsa Intifada, 2000-, Arab-Israeli conflict--21st century.
Geographic subjects:
Israel., Palestine.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:8330
Title:
Checkpoint.
Description:
[Checkpoint.]
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Worldwide Ministries Division. Office of the Coordinator for Middle East and Asia Minor--Archives.
Topics:
Al-Aqsa Intifada, 2000-, Arab-Israeli conflict--21st century.
Geographic subjects:
Israel., Palestine.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:8310
Title:
Yasser Arafat's compound.
Description:
[Yasser Arafat's compound, Ramallah, October 2002.]
Subject names:
Arafat, Yasir, 1929-2004--Homes and haunts., Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Worldwide Ministries Division. Office of the Coordinator for Middle East and Asia Minor--Archives.
Topics:
Al-Aqsa Intifada, 2000-, Arab-Israeli conflict--21st century.
Geographic subjects:
Israel., Palestine.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:8291
Title:
Yasser Arafat's compound.
Description:
[Yasser Arafat's compound, Ramallah, October 2002.]
Subject names:
Arafat, Yasir, 1929-2004--Homes and haunts., Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Worldwide Ministries Division. Office of the Coordinator for Middle East and Asia Minor--Archives.
Topics:
Al-Aqsa Intifada, 2000-, Arab-Israeli conflict--21st century.
Geographic subjects:
Israel., Palestine.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:8272

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