Currently, (2017) Ron serves as Consultant for Jewish, Christian and Muslim religious leaders of the National Interreligious Leadership Initiative for Peace in the Middle East. He and his wife lived in Jordan for three years, representing Quakers, and regularly visited Israel, the West Bank and Gaza, Egypt, Syria and Lebanon. Ron has led a dozen interfaith trips to the region. In 1962-64 he worked with Rev. Jim Lawson in a black Methodist congregation in Memphis. During the Vietnam War Ron served as National Youth Secretary for the Fellowship of Reconciliation and then National Peace Education Secretary for the American Friends Service Committee. He has had op-ed articles on U.S. policy in the Middle East published in The New York Times, Los Angeles Times and in the local Everett Herald. His memoir, Crossing Boundaries in the Americas, Vietnam and the Middle East, was published in 2014.
Audio Archive
Young, Ron
Recordings
Middle East Peace: Christians, Jews and Muslims Working Together – Part 1
Presenter: Young, Ron / 1993Middle East Peace: Christians, Jews and Muslims Working Together – Part 2
Presenter: Young, Ron / 1993Middle East Peace: Christians, Jews and Muslims Working Together – Part 3
Presenter: Young, Ron / 1993Middle East Peace: Christians, Jews and Muslims Working Together – Part 4
Presenter: Young, Ron / 1993Looking Ahead Toward Arab-Israeli-Palestinian Peace: Challenge for the New President & Congress
Presenter: Young, Ron / 2008Recent Additions
Vespers October 11, 1976 with Ron Vignec – Break the Bands
Vespers October 10, 1976 with Carroll Hinderlie – All the Fullness
Vespers October 9, 1976 with David Christian – Listen to the Music
Vespers October 7, 1976 with Don Johnson – There’s a Crack in Everything
Vespers October 5, 1976 with Wes Prieb – The Steadfast Love of the Lord
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Holden wishes to express appreciation to PLU, Pacific Lutheran University, for their support of the Holden Audio Archive Project.
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