Articles

• Michal Zak on a meeting with grandmothers
  14 April 2020, by Michal Zak

  Michal Zak describes a women’s-only meeting conducted in the framework of International Women’s Day.

• “Fighting Back Against COVID-19 in Israel’s Bedouin Community”
  14 April 2020

  SFP graduate, writer and activist Ruth Ebenstein interviews SFP graduate Jamal Alkirnawi, founder of NGO A New Dawn in the Negev on vulnerabilities of the Bedouin communities to the Coronavirus outbreak

• “Towards a republic of Israel”
  12 April 2020

  First meeting of a group of researchers attempting to create the conceptual syntax of an Arab – Jewish partnership in Israel

• 2nd meeting of 2020 change agents course for legal professionals
  12 April 2020

  The change agents course for legal professionals hosted Joint List party chairman MK Ayman Odeh for a lively discussion – watch video (Hebrew language)

• Annual Report 2019
  8 April 2020

  An overview of the activities of the School for Peace, Primary School, Spiritual Center, Art Gallery, Youth Center, Visitors Center, Communications & Development Office

• Zoom meeting with Rosita Poloni in Bergamo
  7 April 2020, by Hezzi Schouster

  Rosita spoke to us from her home at the epicenter of the COVID-19 outbreak in Italy

• School for Peace Annual Report 2019
  3 April 2020

  In 2019 over 600 Jews and Palestinians participated in SFP programs, workshops and conferences.

• Work under the shadow of the Coronavirus
  30 March 2020

  On Friday, March 27, 2020, participants in the SFP Environmental Justice change agents course conducted an exciting and different kind of meeting.

• WASNS community in the time of the corona virus crisis
  26 March 2020, by Samah Salaime

  The Hotel and Visitors Center
  Sadly, the hotel has been forced to close due to the restrictions imposed by the Health Ministry. All of the workers have been sent home on unpaid leave. This is very painful for us, especially as many of the workers had become part of the community, even if they did not live in the village. The visitors Center is also closed to local and international visitors for the same reason.
  The Primary School
  Along with the rest of the country, the teachers of the (...)

• Int’l Rescuers Day 2020 - awards to Latrun Abbey, Bella Freund, Issa Kurdia
  17 March 2020

  Our awards committee focused this year on the heroic rescue of people in the framework of our regional conflict

• An evening to honor our grandmothers
  6 March 2020

  As one of two events for International Women’s Day, we had an evening for women only, spotlighting our grandmothers.

• Visit from American interfaith coalition
  27 February 2020

  A visit by Americans engaged in intefaith work

• Belgian group from Religions for Peace visit
  26 February 2020

  An interreligious group from Religions for Peace made a 2-day visit to the village.

• "One Land for Two Peoples" - an evening in honor of Martin Buber
  19 February 2020

  The PSCC convened a seminar on Martin Buber and his idea of a bi-national state

• Second session of the 2019-2020 Environmental Justice course
  18 February 2020

  With doubled participation, the course is truly underway!

• Hagar Edlund Exhibition
  10 February 2020, by Dyana Shaloufi-Rizek

  On Sunday Feb. 10, the Gallery opened an exhibition of the artwork of Hagar Edlund, who grew up in the community and was living here at the time of her early death in 2004.

• Acquaintance Day at the Primary School
  4 February 2020

  On Friday, January 31, parents interested in sending their children to the school came to get acquainted or to register.

• Former intern Verena Massl wins award for her thesis
  31 January 2020

  Verena won this year’s Karl Golser prize for her thesis "Growing Up in a Bubble - Bilingual Education Experienced by Jewish and Palestinian Students in Israel"

• "I was profoundly moved" - an American visitor writes
  31 January 2020

  "I was profoundly moved by the visit. The courage displayed by you and the others at Neve Shalom... represents a personal commitment and strength we are deeply touched by and admire."

• Conference launches alumni action network for architects & planners
  2 January 2020

  The School for Peace and the Arab Center for Alternative Planning convened a founding conference for a new graduates’ action network for architects and planners.