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Great progress is being made on the construction of the new Library and Multimedia Resource Center at Bright Stars of Bethlehem supported Dar al-Kalima University. Working right on schedule, [...]

This article is authored by Susan Shinn Turner and originally appeared on The Salisbury Post. Don’t expect Dr. Mitri Raheb to paint a rosy picture of the current situation in Bethlehem. Raheb, [...]

Bright Stars of Bethlehem President Rev. Dr. Mitri Raheb and Board Member Suzanne Watts Henderson are the authors of the new book, The Cross in Contexts: Suffering and Redemption in Palestine, [...]

Press release contact: Beth Nelson Chase, beth@brightstarsbethlehem.org or 815-315-0682 Bright Stars of Bethlehem President, Rev. Dr. Mitri Raheb, has removed his name from consideration to be [...]

Two weeks ago President Jimmy Carter invited twelve Palestinian civil society leaders to meet with him at the Carter Center in Atlanta to discuss ideas about how to break the deadlock in the [...]

November 29, 2016 – Join in the Giving Tuesday movement and celebrate this Advent season of light with a gift, doubled in value up to $8,000, to support our shared mission at Bright Stars [...]

November 15, 2016 — During this special time, people of all faiths are invited to join with others who live daily with challenges and oppression we cannot begin to fathom, Palestinian [...]

October 26, 2016 – Last month Bright Stars of Bethlehem held it’s 5th annual “Room for Hope” event. The evening featured authentic food from Bethlehem, stories from Bright [...]

October 1, 2016 – Over the weekend Bright Stars of Bethlehem President Mitri Raheb traveled to First Church of Christ in Redding, CT to speak about his work in the Holy Land. The trip was [...]

September 7, 2016 – For Lynn Harrington, painting and the arts have always been in her blood. Since she was a teenager she has been drawn to painting. Now a retired Episcopalian priest, [...]