NEVE SHALOM, ISRAEL—The music blared in Arabic as a knot of women twirled slowly around the bride-to-be. Well-dressed onlookers, some in traditional Muslim head scarves, clapped and swayed. On this ...

Masha Gessen’s article brought much needed attention to the ideals of the coöperative Palestinian/Jewish village of Wahat al-Salam/Neve Shalom (“A Semblance of Peace,” June 17th). In 1996, a colleague ...