Articles

• Touching Peace
  3 May 2005

  In the framework: “Peace Begins Here” - a series of meetings for peace and social change activists - we conducted a workshop facilitated by two two teachers from Plum Village – the meditation centre of the Vietnamese Zen master and peace activist Thich Nhat Hanh.

• Radical social views in the traditional Passover Hagadah
  18 April 2005

  A week before the Passover holiday, Doumia Sakinah arranged a study evening in the framework of the series, “Tradition, culture, society and commentary”

• Feminist voices in Islam and in Judaism
  24 February 2005, by Raida Aiashe-Hatib

  Doumia - Sakinah hosted a discussion on the position of women in Islam and Judaism

• Medical treatment day in Jorat al-Shama’a Village
  30 January 2005

  The Humanitarian Assistant project team conduct a medical treatment day in Jorat al-Shama’a village.

• Introducing the Parents’ Circle / Families Forum
  24 January 2005

  As the first meeting in a series of study days initiated by the Spiritual Centre in coordination with the Parents’ Circle / Families Forum of Israeli and Palestinian bereaved families supporting peace, reconciliation and tolerance, Doumia Sakinah invited members of the Forum to describe their work.

• The Primary School in 2004-2005
  12 November 2004

  The NSWAS Primary School continues in its efforts to provide a mature comprehensive binational education framework for children of the Village and some 30 communities in the surrounding area.

• The Junior High 2004-2005 School Year
  31 October 2004

  September 1 brought a new school year – only the second in the Junior High’s existence. The efforts of staff, parents and students had paid off. The successes of the previous year encouraged many new students to join. Some are graduates of the NSWAS primary school, while others are completely new to the system.
  Most of last year’s seventh grade students continued on to eighth grade, where there are 16 students this year (three of them new to the system). Another 25 students enrolled in the (...)

• Primary School Report for the 2003 - 2004 Scholastic Year (PDF format: 187 kb)
  1 September 2004, by Daniela Kitain
• Summer Camp 2004
  23 August 2004, by Daniela Kitain

  The children’s framework of NSWAS is not immune from the political and financial turmoil affecting our region. So it was no surprise that conducting our traditional “Brotherhood Summer-Camp” (“Kaytanat Ach’va – Muhayam Uchwa”) would bring challenges too. It took a greater effort this year to organize, and to find children to join. Jewish parents, in particular, seemed to prefer other activities for their children this summer.
  Finding the necessary financial support was harder too. We were (...)

• Summer update on Humanitarian Assistance
  3 August 2004, by Michal Zak

  It has been a while since our last report, and we have some good news on a number of projects, which we want to share with you.
  Helping Children who need medical care
  Helping children who need special medical care that cannot be obtained in Palestinian hospitals has become a major part of our work. Every time we meet, each member of the committee comes with a pile of faxes that carry the appeals of parents who are desperate to help their children. It is only natural that we hear of the (...)

• Last day of school
  2 July 2004

  Photos from the end-of-school-year events

• Doumia Sakinah Update
  4 June 2004, by Dorit Shippin

  Recent and planned activities of the Pluralistic Spiritual Centre

• Children of the school celebrate three holidays
  23 May 2004

  As in recent years, we celebrated a tri-religious event, and this year focussed upon the Jewish holiday of “Shavu’ot”, the Muslim “Mawlad el-Nabi” and the Christian “Pentecost” (“el Ansara” in Arabic). The latter also was combined with a celebration of Ascension Day (“es-Su’ud”). The event took place on a warm and lovely spring evening. The school and its surroundings were adorned with symbols of the three holidays, scriptural quotations, and artwork. It gave an opportunity for children, parents (...)

• Religion, Social Identity and Education (Conference)
  February 2004

  Conference
  Neve Shalom Wahat al-Salam and The Global Network of Religions for Children invite you to a conference on: Religion, Social Identity and Education Among Arabs and Jews in Israel
  Questions and challenges of religious identity facing educators in a multi-cultural society
  Neve Shalom Wahat al-Salam
  February 25 – 26, ‏2004
  Sponsored by the Arigatou Foundation
  Program
  Wednesday, Feb. 25th
  13:00: Registration 13:45: Introduction
  Castro Daoud, Secretary of Neve Shalom (...)

• Preparations for Id al-Adha
  30 January 2004

  As every year, the children in the school and kindergarten celebrated the Moslem Festival of the Sacrifice, which commemorates the Quranic story of Ibrahim and his son Ishmael.

• The encounter is also for teachers
  26 January 2004

  January 11: The second of three encounters for the staff and management of the Primary School and pre-school framework of Neve Shalom – Wahat al-Salam took place over the weekend. The two-and-a-half day encounter was conducted at conference facilities in Jerusalem and sponsored by the Arigatou Foundation, Japan.
  The NSWAS school, like most others, is a place where the pressures of the school day make for frenetic activity among teachers and management alike. There is little time for (...)

• New developments in the HAP program
  13 January 2004, by Michal Zak

  HAP needs your help: See below on how to help provide kits for volunteer ambulance crews.
  January 2004: In a recent committee meeting, we shared information on the latest developments with our ongoing projects and decided upon some ones. Medical equipment for clinics
  The most ambitious of our ongoing projects is the provision of medical equipment to clinics in three Ramallah district towns and villages, namely Naalin, Media and Budrus. In preparation, we met with the Naalin’s mayor (...)

• Eitan Haber visits the primary school
  12 January 2004, by Daniela Kitain

  Eitan Haber - who was personal advisor to the late PM Yitzhak Rabin - visited our primary school in December. Favourably impressed, Mr. Haber promised to help in seeking support for the school in Israel and abroad.

• December 2003 - preparing for Hannuka and Christmas
  12 January 2004, by Daniela Kitain

  The primary school children preparing for the celebration of Christmas and Hannuka. Thanks to Philipp Burckhardt for the photos.

• Formation years of the Educational System
  31 December 2003, by Ety Edlund

  Ety Edlund recounts the establishment and first years of the kindergarten and primary school in the 1980s and 90s.