Kicking racism and violence out of the football grounds, is a project introduced in Israel about 15 years ago, in keeping with similar projects in other countries and especially in England. It was supported by UEFA, the Union of European…
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Ulfat Haider has been active in the area of Jntercultural relations since she was quite young. She grew up in a family that stressed values of equality among peoples and of course intergender equality. From an early age, Ulfat has…
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Recently, I met Heli Gilad, an amazing woman, who in addition to her involvement in promoting contacts between women, has been chosen to be the curator of a very special exhibition. This is an exhibition of works by artists from…
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Did you know that the game of Ultimate Frisbees is being played by a team of young women in Israel? To find out about the team, I spoke to Yael Nahum, the national team’s coach who told me about the…
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Imagine a pastoral place like this picture. Here I was almost a month.I would like to begin with this story at 2:00 AM on 1/7/17, trying to sleep on a basic bed in a wooden cabin. The bed next to…
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Hackathon brings together professionals in various fields to plan a project on a specific subject determined by the time allotted to it at the outset. The term “Hackathon” is derived from the word “hack” used relating to innovative programming and…
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I want to tell you about my contacts with Shimon Peres while he was President of the State of Israel. I became involved in a program of dialogue between Israeli Jewish and Israeli Arab youth which has become a befitting…
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A surprising recipe was concocted when the Executive Chef of Roomers Restaurant in Frankfurt, Germany, proposed visiting Israel to meet Israeli chefs – both Jewish and Arab, to learn from them the “recipe” for promoting values of tolerance and solidarity…
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In 2004, Paul Mor, a musician originally from England, suggested to the headmaster of the Democratic school in Ramat Hashron, to teach children in his school to play the ukulele. At the same time he persuaded the headmaster of the…
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Senior members of the Israel Scout Movement who had spent their pre-army year working with youth in various places marked the end of their service by joining the “Desert Troop” on a visit to a number of immigrant towns in…
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