was born and raised in Beit Sahour on the outskirts of Bethlehem. His evolving world views have been shaped by living under Israeli occupation, the education he received at universities in the Middle East, the U.S., and years of extensive travel throughout the world. After obtaining a doctorate in Zoology and Genetics from Texas Tech, he trained at the St. Jude Children Research Hospital and taught at the University of Tennessee, Duke, and then at Yale. He is author of 190 scientific papers, hundreds of articles, and several books on topics ranging from cultural heritage to human rights to biodiversity conservation to cancer. After returning to Palestine in 2008, Mazin and his wife Jessie Chang founded and run (as volunteers) the Palestine Institute for Biodiversity & Sustainability and the Palestine Museum of Natural History—both situated on the Bethlehem University campus.
Dr. Mark Braverman is a retired clinical psychologist and trauma consultant. Raised in a traditional Jewish family, he was steeped in Jewish religious observance, Bible study, the Hebrew language, and the Zionist narrative. Confronted by the reality of ethnic cleansing and ongoing colonial settlement of Palestine, Mark has devoted himself since 2006 to working for a future of dignity and peace for all the people living between the river and the sea. Mark has been closely involved in the international church movement for Palestinian rights. He spoke at the launch of the Kairos Palestine document in Bethlehem in 2009 and served on the Palestine Ecumenical Forum of the World Council of Churches. He is the author of two books and numerous journal articles and book chapters on the Kairos movement, ecumenism, post-holocaust theology, Jewish and Christian Zionism, and Christian-Jewish relations.
Join us in person at CCB’s Lothrop Auditorium or join us on Zoom or on Community Church’s YouTube channel.
Additional Massachusetts events with Professor Qumsiyeh:
Wednesday, December 4th, 7:00 pm. Decolonizing People and Nature in Palestine and Globally Frederick Douglass Unity House, UMass Dartmouth, 285 Old Westport Rd., Dartmouth, MA
Wednesday, December 4th, 1:00 pm. Where Can We Go From Here: Resistance, Solidarity and Building Community, with Mark Braverman, Executive Director, Kairos USA. First Parish In Lincoln, 4 Bedford Rd, Lincoln, MA
Thursday, December 5th, 7:00 pm. Environmental Justice and Genocide First Baptist Church JP, 633 Centre St., Jamaica Plain, MA
Friday, December 6th, 7:30 pm. Where Can We Go From Here: Resistance, Solidarity and Building Community, with Mark Braverman, Executive Director, Kairos USA Community Church of Boston JP, 565 Boylston St., Boston MA. Sponsored by the GRALTA Foundation, MAPA Ed Fund, JVP Boston, CCB
Saturday, December 7th, 2:00 pm. Where Can We Go From Here: Resistance, Solidarity and Building Community, with Mark Braverman, Executive Director, Kairos USA Bemis Hall, 15 Bedford Rd, Lincoln, MA Sponsored by the GRALTA Foundation, MAPA Ed Fund, NENJP
