At the Arab Cultural Center on February 28, 2001, an Introductory Evening for newly-interested Palestinians and Jews was hosted by the 2-year-old Jewish-Palestinian Living Room Dialogue Group of San Francisco. Attendees were women and men who had heard of the Dialogue through friends, newspaper articles, or radio or TV broadcasts during these discouraging months of Holy Land violence. The tone of the evening was honest, accepting, and searching. There was a good quality of compassionate listening. People had heavy hearts, and at the same time were looking for creative ideas and new models for relating.