Neve Shalom/Wahat al-Salam

10th Recipient, 1993, Israel

Neve Shalom/Wahat al-Salam is a joint community ofJews and Palestinians in Israel that has held up the ideal of peaceful coexistence since its establishment in 1972. Its School for Peace offers young Jews and Arabs reconciliation workshops. “We can try in a modest way,…. to do something that may prepare, through education, the emergence of a new generation, in which selfishness and narrow-mindedness will be replaced by love and openness.” From the acceptance speech by Father Bruno Hussar, founder of. Neve Shalom / Wahat al-Salam

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The brochure for the 10th presentation ceremony