James Chapel, Union Theological Seminary – 12 November 2024 Good afternoon, I would like to start by acknowledging the land where we are standing today.  This land is Manhata, which means ‘land of hills’ in the Algonquian language of Unami, spoken by the Lenni-Lenape people. I pay my respects to the

Divinity I write to you from Union Theological Seminary, in New York, where I have commenced a Master of Divinity. I am on the ‘Ministerial Leadership’ track, which leads to a small gate, and a narrow road. Ordination is the process through which one is invested ‘with ministerial or priestly

Unsettling events by John Na’em Snobar – July edition ‘State of Israel, Gaza, and the West Bank’ vs Palestine  Most recently, nearly 200,000 Palestinian civilians were killed by the State of Israel, and many more are maimed, or starving. This genocide, which commenced in 1948, resulted in the retaliation

Rotary Club of Booragoon Western Australia  28 May 2024 JOHN NA’EM SNOBAR Thank you to Booragoon Rotary Club President Peter Best, and to John Feary for inviting me to speak here today.  I wish to  acknowledge the indigenous people of the land on which we gather today, the Beeliar

Since my last newsletter, more diplomats and public officials have resigned from their roles, citing their inability to continue to support a system which  is responsible for the genocide of the Palestinian people. These include US State Department Arabic spokeswoman Hala Rharrit, Jewish-American US Interior Department political appointee  Lilly Greenberg,

My new newsletter is called ‘Unsettling Events’. It focuses on a number of pressing politically and spiritually relevant events, namely decolonisation. The name of the newsletter comes from the description of my the appointment of the first Palestinian Bishop of Jerusalem in the Anglican Church, my grandfather Bishop Faik Ibrahim

My grandfather, Bishop Faik Ibrahim Haddad, was the first Palestinian Anglican Bishop of Jerusalem. From him, I learnt my sense of service and duty, always seeking to apply myself to do what is good, and just.  My love of community led me to serve Australia for nearly 20 years at