Julius Purcell is Spain correspondent for the Tablet of London. He lived in Jerusalem in the late 1990s, working as a reporter for the Jerusalem Times, a Palestinian weekly. Get Commonweal’s latest, delivered twice weekly. Email address Published in the 2004-11-19 issue: View Contents Recommended for you Christian Radical By Arvin Alaigh October 1, 2026 Pulling the Brake By Eugene McCarraher September 28, 2026 Clerics Without Clericalism By Timothy Kirchoff October 1, 2026
