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A Public Record of the Forum’s Work
Stay up to date with our latest activities, public engagements, and media coverage. This page highlights key events, community initiatives, speaking engagements, partnerships, and news features that showcase our ongoing work and impact.
The Launch of Within Your Gates
Videos
7 September 2026
Within Your Gates: The Forum for the Universal Vocation of Jerusalem — Launch Event
Notre Dame Jerusalem & the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem
The full recording of the launch event, held at Notre Dame Jerusalem’s Tantur campus on 7 September 2026. Dr. Gabriel Mitchell and Dr. Daniel Schwake open the evening; Professor Sari Nusseibeh and Professor Karma Ben Johanan take part in the panel discussion; Alessandra Buzzetti puts questions to H.B. Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa.
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In the Press
8 September 2026
Margaret Karram on the ‘Within Your Gates’ Forum
Focolare Movement
Margaret Karram, President of the Focolare Movement and a member of the Board of Promoters, reflects on the launch of Within Your Gates and on the twenty-four years she spent living in Jerusalem. She speaks about the Forum as a space where religious leaders, scholars and civic actors can meet across their communities.
In the Press
8 September 2026
Il card. Pizzaballa lancia centro studi sulla “Gerusalemme di tutti”
AsiaNews - Giorgio Bernardelli
Writing for AsiaNews, Giorgio Bernardelli reports on the launch of Within Your Gates at Notre Dame Jerusalem, describing the Forum as a study center for a Jerusalem that belongs to everyone, and setting it against the present difficulty of speaking about the city’s shared future.
In the Press
7 September 2026
‘Within Your Gates’ forum explores Jerusalem’s vocation to reconciliation and peace
Vatican News
Vatican News covers the formal launch of the Forum by Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, and sets out the research it will pursue: the theological significance of Jerusalem, the city’s universal vocation, the language of conflict and reconciliation, and questions of agency under constraint.
Announcements
1 September 2026
“Within Your Gates” Forum Launches in Jerusalem on September 7
Within Your Gates
The Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem will formally launch Within Your Gates on 7 September 2026. The Forum is an interdisciplinary research initiative developed in partnership with the University of Notre Dame’s academic center in Jerusalem.
Videos
6 August 2026
The Scout/Jerusalem Talks — Special Episode: Philosophy in a Palestinian Context
Notre Dame Jerusalem
In this cross-posted episode of Jerusalem Talks and The Scout, we are joined by hosts Avraham Burg, Sari Nusseibeh, and Daniel Schwake as they delve into Sari’s new book, The Scout, or Philosophy and Us. The book is one of the first ever philosophy books written in Palestinian Arabic and explores the application of the philosophical method, particularly in the context of Palestinians. Recorded in front of a live audience during a workshop on the language of conflict, the group’s conversation asks not only how the book came to be but also why Daniel and Sari felt it was so important to convert it into an Arabic-language podcast series. Along the way, hear from Sari as he discusses his own philosophical journey and the benefits philosophy provides to each of us and, specifically, to the Palestinian community.