By Mel Damski
Young Palestinians and Israelis find peace in Conway
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August 19, 2015
PEACEFUL GATHERING – Father William Treacy, center, who co-founded Camp Brotherhood at Lake McMurray near Conway, with an international contingent from Kids4Peace. – Photo by Mel Damski
A priest and a rabbi walked onto a dairy farm…
No, seriously.
It sounds like the beginning of a joke, but it is actually the genesis of an amazing journey that continues on almost 50 years later.
Father William Treacy and Rabbi Raphael Levine bought the 200-acre dairy farm with contributions and founded Camp Brotherhood at Lake McMurray near Conway. Their mission was to promote understanding and common ground between different religions and cultures.
Rabbi Levine, born in Lithuania, and Father Treacy, born in Ireland, co-hosted a television series on KOMO-TV in Seattle for years entitle...
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