MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
Vigrass, Virginia
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Descriptive Summary
Record Group: Section A - Correspondence
Dates of materials: 1963, 1967
Volume: 6 item(s); 11 pg(s)
Scope and Content
Virginia Vigrass describes the challenges of teaching in a foreign country and the difficulties faced by the Palestinians. Merton expresses his sympathies for Arab Christians and Muslims suffering humanitarian crises; however, he worries about statements of hatred made against Jews and threats of the destruction of Israel. At the same time, he claims not to believe in Zionism nor that the United States should use Israel as a way to exert its influence over the Arab world.
Biography
Virginia Vigrass was a volunteer teacher at the Quakers' Friends Girls School in Ramallah, Jordan (currently in the West Bank of the Palestinian Territories). She was originally from Cleveland, Ohio, and had been in Ramallah for a year.
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