Articles

• Annual Summer Camp for Palestinian Children
  23 July 2010

  The annual summer camp for Palestinian children ended successfully; a significant event, with 40 children mostly from al-Duheisheh Refugee Camp.

• End of the Year celebration at the Youth Club
  21 June 2010, by Veronica Sartore

  On Friday, 18th June, the Youth Club (the "Nadi") celebrated the end of another year of activities.

• Health Day at the Primary School
  17 June 2010, by Veronica Sartore

  An entire day at primary school was dedicated to a series of lessons all around the topic of health, from healthy nutrition to reflexology.

• English Day at the Primary School
  16 June 2010, by Veronica Sartore

  The pupils from 2nd to 5th grade were involved in a day of activities all dedicated to practising the English language. Stage plays, power-point presentations, short films and table games: all the children from 3rd to 5th grade prepared something in English to share with the others. One of the purposes is to introduce the youngest children in an entertaining and playful way to the study of the English (...)

• Protesting the attack on the Freedom Flotilla
  31 May 2010

  Wahat al-Salam – Neve Shalom cries out in protest at the attack on the Freedom Flotilla and the killing of international human rights activists. We call for the immediate lifting of the siege on Gaza.
  Note:
  Our protest message appeared on May 31, the day of the incident. Insufficient attention was given to consistency between the various languages of the protest and it was later decided by our political committee (which is appointed by the community administration) to use the word (...)

• Nava Sonnenschein is awarded "Women of Courage" certificate
  26 April 2010

  From the US Embassy, Tel Aviv Flickr photo-stream:
  The Department of State’s Senior Policy Advisor on Global Women’s Affairs Diane Kelly presented the “Women of Courage” certificate to Deputy Director of Neve Shalom/Wahat al-Salam’s School for Peace Nava Sonnenschein in a moving ceremony in the mixed Arab-Jewish village. The certificate recognizes Dr. Sonnenschein’s courage and tireless work in advocating for social change and coexistence. Ms. Kelly described Secretary of State Clinton’s (...)

• Inauguration of the Fred Segal Friendship Library
  21 April 2010

  The Fred Segal Friendship Library was inaugurated today in Wahat al-Salam - Neve Shalom.

• Pre-school fieldtrip to Ein Rafa
  8 April 2010, by Irit Halperin

  In early March, the mid-level kindergarten (2- 4 year olds) visited Ein Rafa. The visit included joint activities and a visit to the village mosque.

• Environmental activities at the school
  March 2010, by Veronica Sartore

  This year the pupils of all grades have been involved in a series of environmental activities conducted by operators of Keren Karev

• Meeting with musicians
  14 February 2010, by Veronica Sartore

  Yael and Michael Melzer, professors at the Jerusalem Academy of Dance and Music, came to Neve Shalom Wahat al-Salam to meet the children at school

• Update from the School for Peace
  7 February 2010, by Veronica Sartore

  This report summarizes the activities conducted at the School for Peace from 2007 to 2009.

• Meeting with Abed Abdi
  1 February 2010, by Veronica Sartore

  The Palestinian artist Abed Abdi came to meet the children at school

• Building Noah’s ark
  19 January 2010, by Veronica Sartore

  The pupils of one of the two 2nd grade classes and their parents gathered at the school one afternoon to build and populate a Noah’s Ark.

• Symposium on Gaza: a year since the war, a decade of siege
  January 2010, by Veronica Sartore

  WAS-NS commemorated the Gaza War of January 2009 with a symposium that was open to the general public. The evening included speakers and a video link to Gaza.

• Update from the Pluralistic Spiritual Centre
  October 2009

  This report summarizes the activities conducted in the last 6 months at the Pluralistic Spiritual Center

• The School in 2009 - 2010
  18 September 2009, by Anwar Dawood

  The new school year opened on an optimistic note, with many new students and teachers. School principal Anwar Dawood reviews the successes of last year and the challenges ahead.

• Spotlight on teachers: Voltaire - Zoo Lab & Agriculture
  12 August 2009, by Frances Simmons

  I turn up at Voltaire’s house after work on another impossibly hot day. It takes manouevring to navigate my way over his front yard, which is in the process of anonymous works, and clamber up a stepladder to reach the front door. I knock, and a voice calls me in from the kitchen. Voltaire greets me, like he does all the volunteers who visit from time to time, with a warm welcome and sparkling eyes that betray a kindness, cracking and overwhelming a grizzly exterior to reveal someone with (...)

• The Arab – Jewish Summer Camp, 2009
  August 2009, by Frances Simmons

  This year, 140 children (half of them Jewish and half Arab) took part in the Arab - Jewish summer camp.

• Dialogue through Artistic Expression
  19 July 2009, by Diana Webster

  This summer from July 19th to August 9th four of your very own youth will be going to Boston College in Massachuetts, USA for three weeks. Artsbridge Institute, a non-profit organization founded in 2007, will host its third summer camp for about 15 Israeli and 15 Palestinian teenagers (15 to 18 year olds) to come together for the first time through facilitated dialogue sessions and collaborative art projects. This is the second time youth from the village have participated in the summer (...)

• Sixth Grade Graduation Ceremony
  5 July 2009, by Frances Simmons

  The 2008 - 2009 comes to an end and the 6th graders celebrate their graduation.