Articles

• Two peoples write from right to left: Palestinian and Israeli anthology of poems and short stories
  23 January 2012

  The School for Peace has published an anthology of Hebrew and Arabic literature.

• Holiday celebrations at the Primary School
  22 December 2011, by Lionel S.

  For the triple festivities of Hijra, Christmas and Chanukah the children of the elementary school had a joint celebration. In fact, this year each class celebrated separately in its own way.

• Summer Camp for Palestinian Children
  3 July 2011, by Reem Nashef

  A report of this year’s week-long summer camp for children from the West Bank village of Beit Sira

• Purim celebration at the Primary School
  19 March 2011

  Everyday during the week from March 13 – 17 the children of the Oasis of Peace Primary School learned about and celebrated the Jewish holiday of Purim – one of the children’s favorite holidays. The Jewish and Arab children learned about the Biblical story of Esther, and especially emphasized the giving of gifts (mishloah manot) and made special dishes for their school lunch. Each day of the week was given a certain theme: there was a pajama day, a color day, a day for fairytale characters... (...)

• A new school bus for the Primary School
  10 March 2011

  WAS-NS manager Eyas Shbeta and School Principal Anwar Dawood were invited to a ceremony at the transportation department of the Mateh Yehuda Development Company to celebrate the purchase and entry into service of the new 52-seat Mercedes school bus, for which money was raised by associations of friends of Neve Shalom - Wahat al-Salam, the Folke Bernadotte Foundation (Sweden), the DVHL, Mercedes Benz itself and other foundations and friends of the village. Speeches were made by Mateh Yehuda (...)

• Report from the Youth Club (Nadi)
  1 February 2011, by Ariela Bairey Ben Ishay

  An activity report from the youth club

• Christmas party at the PSC
  29 December 2010, by Abdessalam Najjar

  The Pluralistic Spiritual Centre held a Christmas party for the community.

• Celebration of Muslim, Jewish, Christian holidays
  26 November 2010

  Thanks to the proximity of Eid al-Adha, the Hijri or Muslim New Year, the Jewish Hanukkah holiday and Christmas, the School held a joint celebration.

• Opening of the 2010-2011 School Year
  1 September 2010

  September 1 marks the opening of the School Year in Israel, and this is so also for the Oasis of Peace School. Although the date is regular, every year this seems a small miracle.

• 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 (...)

• 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 (...)

• 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.