Europe

One German’s Response to What My Nation Did in World War II

Two weeks after I first moved from Germany to Los Angeles in 2002 to study theology, a fellow seminarian asked…

A Quaker’s Quest in Poland

Poland wouldn’t have been my first choice as a tourist destination. I had too many troubling memories going back to…

Torture and Impunity

Will government-sponsored torture remain a shocking anomaly in U.S. public life? Or will it become an accepted precedent, one of…

Quaker Relief during the Spanish Civil War

One gray morning in early February, a small group of Friends was finding its way to an encounter with 70…

The God Within: A Jewish Refugee’s Path to Quakers Perspective

According to Quakers, God is present in everyone. I first learned the great truth of this saying in a time…