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Following the Oct. 7 attacks by Hamas, two friends in Redmond began to explore a different side of their friendship. 

Karim Bouris is of Palestinian and Lebanese descent, and his friend Jordan Schiff is of Jewish descent. In this podcast, these two Central Oregonians talk about the challenges and opportunities that the most recent conflict in Israel and Gaza have introduced for them.

Editor Nicole Vulcan chats with Bouris and Schiff on this latest edition of the Bend Don’t Break podcast.

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Two Central Oregonians, of Palestinian and Jewish descent, explore meaningful conversations following Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack

This article appears in Source Weekly December 28, 2023.

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December 28, 2023

<h1>LISTEN: Bend Don’t Break: Palestinian, Jewish friends navigate global events 🎧</h1> <p class="byline">by The Source Staff, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />December 28, 2023</p> <p> <span class="fdnDropCap">F</span>ollowing the Oct. 7 attacks by Hamas, two friends in Redmond began to explore a different side of their friendship.&nbsp; </p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full alignright alignright"><a href="https://www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/screen_shot_2023-12-28_at_4.15.33_pm.png"><img src="https://www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/screen_shot_2023-12-28_at_4.15.33_pm.png" alt="" class="wp-image-54167" /></a></figure> <p> Karim Bouris is of Palestinian and Lebanese descent, and his friend Jordan Schiff is of Jewish descent. In this podcast, these two Central Oregonians talk about the challenges and opportunities that the most recent <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/International/timeline-surprise-rocket-attack-hamas-israel/story?id=103816006" target="_blank">conflict in Israel and Gaza</a> have introduced for them.</p> <p>Editor Nicole Vulcan chats with Bouris and Schiff on this latest edition of the Bend Don't Break podcast.</p> </p> <div class="soundTags"> </div> <div class="wp-block-group newspack-embed-container align"> <div style="font-size: 10px;color: #cccccc;overflow: hidden;white-space: nowrap;font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif;font-weight: 100"><a href="https://soundcloud.com/user-779383396" title="Source Weekly - Bend, Oregon" target="_blank" style="color: #cccccc;text-decoration: none">Source Weekly - Bend, Oregon</a> · <a href="https://soundcloud.com/user-779383396/palestinian-jewish-friends-in-redmond-ore-navigate-global-events" title="Palestinian, Jewish friends in Redmond, Ore. navigate global events" target="_blank" style="color: #cccccc;text-decoration: none">Palestinian, Jewish friends in Redmond, Ore. navigate global events</a></div> </p></div> </p> <div class="wp-block-group fdn-after-article-related"> <h3 class="wp-block-heading">Related Stories</h3> </p></div> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/palestinian-jewish-friends-navigate-global-events-20392378/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com&quot;&gt;The Source - Bend, Oregon&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cropped-Untitled-design-4.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=54160&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/palestinian-jewish-friends-navigate-global-events-20392378/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bendsource.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

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