It is impossible to describe what it is to lose a child. Your whole life is totally changed forever. It’s not that I’m not the same person I was. I’m the same person with a lot of pain.” These words were written by Robi Damelin, an Israeli woman whose son was killed by a sniper while he was fulfilling his reserve duty. Sadly, many Israelis can identify with Damelin’s experience. But not so many have done what she has, which is join the Parents Circle—Families Forum, a group of bereaved Israelis and Palestinians who aim to promote “long-term reconciliation through dialogue and mutual understanding.”

Now Parents Circle—Families Forum has gotten together with No Longer Empty, another nonprofit group that encourages the use of empty New York City storefronts for arts programming, to mount an exhibition of editorial cartoons. The exhibition is called “Cartoons in Conflict: Editorial Cartoonists Explore the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict.” Forty cartoonists from countries all over the world, including Pulitzer-Prize winners Pat Oliphant and Jim Morin, have donated drawings, and more than half of them are on display at 6 West 26th St. All 40 can be seen in a catalogue and some are in a calendar, which is available for $20. The traveling exhibit has already visited Israel, Spain, and Italy.

It is impossible to describe what it is to lose a child. Your whole life is totally changed forever. It’s not that I’m not the same person I was. I’m the same person with a lot of pain.” These words were written by Robi Damelin, an Israeli woman whose son was killed by a sniper while he was fulfilling his reserve duty. Sadly, many Israelis can identify with Damelin’s experience. But not so many have done what she has, which is join the Parents Circle—Families Forum, a group of bereaved Israelis and Palestinians who aim to promote “long-term reconciliation through dialogue and mutual understanding.”

Now Parents Circle—Families Forum has gotten together with No Longer Empty, another nonprofit group that encourages the use of empty New York City storefronts for arts programming, to mount an exhibition of editorial cartoons. The exhibition is called “Cartoons in Conflict: Editorial Cartoonists Explore the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict.” Forty cartoonists from countries all over the world, including Pulitzer-Prize winners Pat Oliphant and Jim Morin, have donated drawings, and more than half of them are on display at 6 West 26th St. All 40 can be seen in a catalogue and some are in a calendar, which is available for $20. The traveling exhibit has already visited Israel, Spain, and Italy.