Articles

• More than cheesecake!
  25 May 2015

  With Shavuot falling on a Sunday this year, the WASNS Primary School teachers prepared an experiential learning program for the Thursday preceding the holiday.
  Although Shavuot (Pentacost / Festival of Weeks) is celebrated among secular Israeli Jews nowadays mostly as an occasion for the family to get together and enjoy a dairy meal - especially cheesecakes - it is traditionally an important festival: one of the three ancient pilgrim holidays. The festival has two other associations. It (...)

• Dr. Raid Haj Yehia
  25 May 2015

  Spotlight on members: Dr. Raid Haj Yehia

• Concert for Franca Ciccolo
  24 May 2015

  A concert was organized by the Italian Friends of Neve Shalom - Wahat al-Salam, and dedicated to the memory of Franca Ciccolo, a founding member of the association, who died in 2014.

• Garden for Franca Ciccolo
  24 May 2015

  A garden for our long-time friend in Italy, Franca Ciccolo, who passed away in 2014, was inaugurated in the village.

• Commemorating Nakba Day at the Primary School
  19 May 2015

  On Wednesday, May 13th, the students and teachers of Wahat al Salam – Neve Shalom Primary School commemorated the Nakba.

• Helping a family from Gaza
  18 May 2015, by Communications and Development Office

  As part of the Humanitarian Aid Project, village member Rita Boulos has been assisting a Gazan family during their daughter’s hospital stay in Israel.

• Spring 2015 Newsletter: Latest Activities & Programs
  23 April 2015

  An update that includes reporting on our activities; and introduces our new program director.

• Dilemmas of Recognition in Asymmetric Conflicts: The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict in a Comparative Perspective MAY 4-5, 2015
  10 April 2015

  With the Inst. of Advanced Studies of Hebrew Univ. & the Walter Lebach Institute of the Univ. of Tel Aviv, the SFP has organized an int’l conference.

• Newsletter from the Primary School, Spring 2015
  7 April 2015

  Lots of interesting things happening in the Primary School this year!

• New photo album site
  1 April 2015

  We have established a new site for our photo albums, at:
  http://photos.wasns.org

• Narratives in conflict: A postcolonial interpretation of youth encounters between Jews and Palestinians from Israel
  31 March 2015, by Michal Zak

  In this article we share findings from research on encounters between Palestinian and Jewish youth from Israel. Our findings are based on narrative analysis of in-depth interviews with 100 young people who participated in structured encounter workshops during 2003–2006.

• Spring Celebration at the PSCC
  26 March 2015

  On March 21, to mark the first day of Spring, the PSCC organized a meeting for village members and people from nearby communities.

• Presentation at the House of Lords
  26 March 2015

  Noam Eliasi-Shuster:

  Neve Shalom / Wahat al-Salam (NSWaS) Second Generation Ambassador

  On the eve of the Israeli General Election, the Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon and
  the Lord Beecham held a reception with WAS-NS member Noam Eliasi-Shuster, in support of the Oasis of Peace

• Anti-racism meeting at the Nadi
  26 March 2015

  A group of students visit the youth club from Tsafit High School for a discussion on activism to raise awareness about racism

• "Honoring the Righteous" Special Event at the Museum
  18 March 2015

  On Tuesday, March 10, the event, "Honoring the Righteous" took place in the newly opened Museum.

• School for Peace 2014 Annual Report
  16 March 2015

  The School for Peace provides a 15-page overview of all of the activities that it conducted during the 2014 calendar year

• Presencing Collective Challenges Workshop in WASNS
  15 March 2015

  On March 12 the PSCC held a day long seminar to explore the competencies that can grow out of conflict areas, and how we can cultivate them in order to create an excellence in crisis resolution.

• "The Palestinian/Israeli Paradise Minutes From The Gaza Strip "
  9 March 2015

  Video produced for NCRV by freelance film maker Saskia Adriaens, Autumn 2014. 17 min, Dutch/English/Arabic, with subtitles in English

• WASNS School children planting and growing together
  3 March 2015

  At Tubishvat / Eid i-Shajarah , the holiday of the trees, and the following weeks, the Primary School children participated in several planting activities in and around the school.

• Letter from the new director of the Nadi Youth Club
  28 February 2015, by Nadine Nashef

  Nadine Nashef, 23, talks about herself and her intentions for the Nadi this year.