Perhaps no city in the world evokes as much to as many people as Jerusalem. Jerusalem is at once the promise of redemption and the paradigm of intractable conflict. Historically, the city has either radiated conflict and instability throughout the region or has shone an impossible beacon of hope and reconciliation to an otherwise weary world.

The Kairos Project believes in the redemptive power of Jerusalem, despite the modern war being waged there by Israelis and Palestinians today. We believe, however, that the promise of Jerusalem as an exemplar of peaceful coexistence between the three great monotheistic religions will not be realized until the rights and viability of all of Jerusalem’s communities--Israeli and Palestinian, Jewish, Christian, and Muslim--are protected. We believe that the best way to protect the rights of all of Jerusalem’s communities is through a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, a solution that is mindful and respectful of the faith communities’ needs and concerns.

Kairos Jerusalem seeks to educate America’s faith communities about the current developments in Jerusalem specifically. Without true peace for Jerusalem, stability in the Holy Land and the region will remain elusive.

Jerusalem, however, is not a static place. The city itself is rapidly changing. These changes directly impact Jerusalem as a potential political capital for two states, Israel and Palestine, as well as the faith communities there.

Kairos Jerusalem brings the world’s top Jerusalem experts together in an unprecedented initiative to monitor real-time facts on the ground and to analyze how those facts impact the potential political resolution of the Jerusalem question as well as religious interests in and around the Holy City. Kairos Jerusalem guides Kairos leadership pilgrimages on complete tours of the Holy City, including the Old City, the Holy Basin, and Greater Jerusalem--exploring all of the communities and the full geopolitical impact of the modern Israeli-Palestinian conflict on this ancient city. Kairos Jerusalem will begin releasing later this year a monthly newsletter, urgent updates, and occasional case studies with maps, allowing people the world over to explore modern Jerusalem in all of its dimensions.

Kairos Jerusalem is lead by Israeli attorney Danny Seidemann and Palestinian professor Nazmi Jubeh, who are widely recognized as the two leading authorities on modern Jerusalem.