Articles

• The School for Peace opens 4 courses in universities and colleges
  11 November 2019

  Courses open at Tel Avi., Ben-Gurion, Haifa universities and Ruppin College

• A tour in East Jerusalem-Al-Quds for the architects and planners group
  3 November 2019

  Members of the course for architects and planners tour East Jerusalem/Al-Quds

• Fragrance of the South
  1 November 2019, by Dyana Shaloufi-Rizek

  Khader Hassan Oshah Exhibition at the art gallery

• A visit by Baroness Deech; and about her upcoming lecture
  17 October 2019

  On Sept. 27, Baroness Deech visited. She will be giving the 10th annual Philip Rueff lecture this November in Bloomsbury.

• Michael Sfard addresses SFP course for human rights lawyers
  16 October 2019

  Well-known human rights lawyer gives presentations in the framework of our change agents course

• Unitarian Universalist Church of Arlington, Virginia visit
  14 October 2019

  On Monday, October 14, a group from the United States, all members of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Arlington, Central East Region visited the village.
  Rita Boulos welcomed and introduced them to the village, its objectives, and the core values that provide the courage to confront the harsh realities of our region. They visited the primary school and the spiritual center. At the art gallery they met with its curator Dyana Shaloufi Rizek. They concluded their visit with a light meal (...)

• Yesh Din visit
  3 October 2019

  15 Israeli and Palestinian human rights activists from the human rights organization paid us a visit.

• Shabab Exhibition
  1 October 2019, by Dyana Shaloufi-Rizek

  Young artists expressing themselves through art with various methods, materials and tools.

• "Artists Hosting Artists" workshop in Nazareth
  30 September 2019, by Dyana Shaloufi-Rizek

  On August 7 we held an Artist Hosting Artists workshop in Nazareth for 20 Jewish and Palestinian participants and 3 other visitors.

• Visit by German development workers
  26 September 2019

  Sept 20: a group of Ramallah-based German development workers visited WAS-NS and remains of nearby ruined Palestinian villages destroyed in the 1967 war.

• Newsletter of the Educational Institutions, September 2019
  16 September 2019

  Opening words (by Development Director Samah Salaime)
  I am delighted to send you the newsletter of the Wahat al-Salam – Neve Shalom educational institutions.
  The summer months were full of activity and change. We completed a successful year and opened the school year with a number of children who are completely new to our system.
  The School for Peace has new programs and challenges; the Pluralistic Spiritual Community Center is blossoming with weekly and monthly activity; the Nadi Youth (...)

• The Opening of the 2019-2020 school year
  16 September 2019

  The new year opened with more children than ever before, new teachers, and the exciting launch of our new curricula.

• Change agents course for Israeli & Palestinian mental health workers concluded
  16 September 2019

  June 22 2019: with a final workshop and ceremony, the SFP successfully completed an 18-month change agents course for mental health professionals

• Recent film screenings at the Spiritual Centre
  16 September 2019

  In Spring and Summer of 2019, the PSCC organized 3 screenings of significant local cinema, each in the presence of the director.

• Interview with Samah Salaime on her appointment to the board of Hebrew U.
  10 September 2019

  Samah is the first Arab women to serve on the University board. Here she tells about her goals

• Visit of German Ambassador, H.E. Dr. Susanne Wasum-Rainer
  4 August 2019

  Her successful visit in April set the stage for continuing warm contacts and cooperation.

• School for Peace completes change agents course for leaders in shared cities
  29 June 2019

  On June 28-29 we held the final meeting for the Arab - Jewish Shared Cities Leadership Course. The participants initiated a number of significant projects

• Elenora’s graduation
  28 June 2019

  The end of the school year was very special. Thirty-five years have passed since the school’s first class. Tom Edlund was the school’s first graduate. His mom, Ety, was the school’s co-founder, together with the late Abdessalam Najjar, (Allah yerhamo).
  Today, Elenora, Ety’s granddaughter and Tom’s daughter graduated from school. 35 years and three generations of peace education - very (...)

• Samah’s speech to graduates of the Open University
  20 June 2019

  Samah Salaime (acting director of the WASNS educational institutions & development director) was keynote speaker at the University’s graduation ceremony)

• Ramadan Nights
  8 June 2019

  This year we held three Iftar meals, breaking the fast, during the month of Ramadan.