The Times about the reference to a non-existent checkpoint,
The New York Times yesterday corrected. See below for a detailed update. Today, even on the calmest days, Palestinian children often tell emotional stories of crossing the checkpoint on the bus ride in from East Jerusalem to West Jerusalem, wrote Ruth Ebenstein in her
New York Times Opinion column on a heart-warming initiative to bridge the geopolitical, religious, language and nationality gaps between Muslim and Jewish school-aged children via social and educational encounters in Jerusalem s Bible Lands Museum ( Child s Play Across the Palestinian-Israeli Divide, Feb. 14).
The column s detail about traversing the dreaded checkpoint, presumably manned by Israeli soldiers that the Palestinian children perceive as threatening and scary, as their teacher put it, juxtaposed with touching descriptions of exchanged smiles between girls who don t share a common language but learn together through art, history, religion
Childâs Play Across the Israeli-Palestinian Divide
Through years of terror and of calm, a small museum program has brought 10-year-olds from both sides together.
By Ruth Ebenstein
Ms. Ebenstein is an American-Israeli journalist, historian, public speaker and peace activist. She is writing a memoir about an Israeli-Palestinian friendship begun in a breast cancer support group.
Feb. 14, 2021
Jewish Israeli and Palestinian children work on art projects in a gallery at the Bible Lands Museum Jerusalem.Credit.Cochi Peled
Kater al-Nada scanned the other fourth graders on the theater steps in the Bible Lands Museum Jerusalem. Spotting her newfound friend Shachar, her face beamed.