Articles

• International Peace Day
  30 September 2016

  On September 21, in honor of the day, the Palestinian and Jewish children engaged in music, art and sports activities.

• Launch of the 2016- 2017 School Year
  29 September 2016

  As the new school year began, parents, village members, and special guests from Latrun abbey joined in welcoming a new batch of happy first graders.

• Report following the Global Peacebuilder Summit
  15 September 2016

  Nava Sonnenschein describes her strong impressions from the summit, which brought together peace builders from more than 30 conflict zones around the world.

• Projects by graduates of the SFP Literature Course
  12 September 2016

  The opening of the school year brings the beginning of many activities planned by teachers who have completed the literature teacher training course, “Two people write from right to left”

• Shared Cities Course: Tour in Nazareth and Northern Towns
  11 September 2016

  SFP Shared Cities Change Agents Course participants toured cities in northern Israel. The group met with Joint List representatives of the Upper Nazareth city council.

• From Palestine to Wahat al Salam-Neve Shalom - Summer 2016
  10 September 2016

  On Thursday, August 25 we were privileged to host a group of 35 children, their mothers and 3 fathers, from the village of Bil’in, Ramallah district, for a day of fun.

• Change Agents Course Tour of Jerusalem
  8 September 2016

  Participants in the Change Agents Course for Up-and-Coming Politicians conducted a study tour in Jerusalem.

• Leadership in mixed cities: women’s presence in the public sphere
  2 August 2016

  On Friday July 29, a meeting took place in the framework of the change agents course for activists in mixed cities.

• Leadership in mixed cities: women’s presence in the public sphere
  31 July 2016

  On Friday July 29, a meeting took place in the framework of the change agents course for activists in mixed cities.

• Teacher Training for Literature Teachers
  31 July 2016

  The SFP conducted a teacher in-service training session for 42 literature teachers on the subject of teaching Palestinian poetry in the Jewish classroom.

• WAS-NS Kids in Artsbridge 3-Week Leadership Program
  25 July 2016

  A group of young people from the village are taking part in a leadership training through arts program of the Artsbridge Instittute in Massachussetts.

• Jews, Arabs planning memorial for forgotten heroes of genocides
  16 July 2016

  Article in Ha’Aretz newspaper (English)

• "Spirituality as Peace Work" - article
  5 July 2016

  "How do people in a conflict zone deal with violence, with the feeling of powerlessness, guilt, hatred, and pain? What role does religion play in such a situation?"
  Annalena Groppe spent some time in the village more than two years ago as part of her research for her BA thesis. Now, she has written an article based on her thesis. She explores the concept of spirituality as it is defined by the persons in the village she interviewed, and how they see this as relating to traditional (...)

• Iftar meals at the spiritual center
  4 July 2016

  This Ramadan, as in all recent years, the community held a series of weekly potluck Iftar Jamaie meals at the PSCC, i.e. evening communal meals to mark the breaking of the daytime fast.

• Party for the end of the School Year
  3 July 2016

  On Wednesday, 29th June the final celebration of the end of the year took place in the Primary School of Wahat al Salam - Neve Shalom.

• Building bridges with messages of peace
  27 June 2016, by Verena Massl

  An Italian Organisation and children of the Primary School of Neve Shalom - Wahat al Salam exchange drawings with messages of hope for peace.

• Israel’s channel 1 features Circassians event
  26 June 2016

  Israel’s Channel 1 weekly news journal "רואים עולם" featured the earlier reported event for the Circassians, an interview with Prof. Yair Auron and a recounting of their story.

• Lecture: How to use education as a means for advancing equality
  9 June 2016

  The principal of the Ort Sciences school in Lydda spoke to participants in the SFP mixed cities change agent course

• Leaders in environmental justice learn about energy and water injustice in S. Hebron Hills.
  7 June 2016

  Members of the SFP’s change agents course for environmentalists visit the S. Hebron Hills and learn how villagers are affected by environmental injustice.

• Update from Carmella (School Principal)
  6 June 2016

  Carmella talks about the last 3 months of school: a period marked by "the national days" as well as our very own "Peace Holiday"