Behind the Wall: Palestinians Under Occupation Paperback - 2015

About the Author Miriam Ward, RSM, a member of the Sisters of Mercy Northeast Community, was born Dorothea Irene Ward in Salem, N.Y., on January 14, 1926 and died in Burlington, Vt, on January 17, 2014. She attended school in Vermont at Proctor Elementary School, Middlebury High School, and Mount St. Mary High School (Burlington). She received a B.A. in English from Trinity College, an M.A. in theology from Providence College, and a Ph.D. in religion from the University of Ottawa. Sr. Miriam entered the Sisters of Mercy in 1943 and was professed on August 18, 1945. She taught in elementary and secondary schools staffed by the Sisters of Mercy and was an instructor of religious education in many parishes throughout Vermont. Sr. Miriam was Professor of Religious Studies and Chairperson of the Religious Studies Department at Trinity College; she was Founder and Director of the annual Biblical Institute at Trinity College from 1966 to 1990. She was a lecturer at Providence College and served as Adjunct Professor of Religious Studies at St. Michael's College in Colchester, Vt., from 1979 to 2013. During the 1970s, Sr. Miriam worked closely with Ned Hanauer, founder of Search for Justice and Equality in Palestine (SEARCH). She was a founding member of Pax Christi Burlington in 1982, and was a co-founder of the Burlington-Bethlehem-Arad Sister City Program in 1991. In 2001, she co-founded Vermonters for a Just Peace in Palestine/Israel (www.vtjp.org). Sister Miriam received an honorary citation for her "contribution to a better understanding of the Palestinian/Israeli conflict" by the Palestine Human Rights Committee, Chicago, and an honorary citation for "significant contribution to a better understanding of the Arab World" by the Association of Arab-American University Graduates. Sr. Miriam was the recipient of the Janet Rogan Peace Award by Pax Christi Burlington.