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. Also by this author Get Commonweal's latest, delivered twice weekly. Email address Published in the 2004-11-19 issue: View Contents Most Recent Interregnum Report By The Editors May 2, 2025 Burning Down the Days By Paul Baumann May 2, 2025 Francis the Teacher By David Cloutier May 1, 2025