Community Building for 1000 Jews & Muslims, 09-10
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Summary
Bringing together neighboring school communities of Jews & Muslims, first time in their lives, for on-going deep and positive interaction. Citizens are empowered to actively shape their society.
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Project Needs and Beneficiaries
This project addresses the Jewish-Muslim coexistence challenge in the Galilee. The existing ignorance of 'the other', enabling prejudices and fears, makes conflicts possible. Participants from neighboring communities, engaged in on-going deep and positive interaction self-educate to replace negative attitudes by mutul understanding, respect and trust. The group develops into a "mini-community" modeling the desired inter-communal relations, growing gradually to include the larger communities.
Activities
We bring together educators, students and parents, from Jewish and Muslim schools, for exchange around issues of their religious traditions. This ensures safe, deep and positive interaction, creating strong bonds between Jewish and Muslim communities
Funding Information
Total Funding Received to Date: $8,317
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $6,083
Total Funding Goal: $14,400
Additional Documentation
This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).
Resources
- Project's External Homepage (http://www.interfaith-encounter.org/)
- Reports of past activities (http://www.interfaith-encounter.org/eventsrep.htm)
- IEA Recieves Prize for Humanity (http://immortalchaplains.org/ICF_Newsletter_Color_Spring_2006.pdf)
- Global Dialogue interview with Yehuda Stolov (http://www.globaldialoguecenter.com/events/stolov.shtml)
- JustVision interview with Yehuda Stolov (http://www.justvision.org/profile/yehuda_stolov.php)
Why this Project is Important
Potential Long Term Impact
The project creates an ongoing joint community of 1,000 Jews and Muslims. Thanks to working through schools they include people from all parts of society. This group works to generate the transformation of 70,000 people of their larger communities.
Project Message
Coming back to my family sharing my new connection, I found myself talking emotionally…we managed to educate our children and ourselves…we succeed more and more to bring hearts together.
- Ms. Najeeba Sirhan, Muslim Schoolmaster, Project's co-initiator with Ms. Osnat Aram
Who is Running This Project
Contact
Dr. Yehuda Stolov
Executive Director
12/34 Ha'arazim Street
P.O.Box 3814
Jerusalem, 91037
Israel
1197226510520
Email:
Project Sponsor
Organization
Interfaith Encounter Association (IEA)
12/34 Ha'arazim Street P.O.Box 3814
Jerusalem,
Israel
91037
Israel
+972-2-6510520
http://www.interfaith-encounter.org
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Where this Project is Located
Country
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Israel
and can also be found under 
Education.
For more information about Israel, read the Human Development Report on Israel or the Wikipedia entry for Israel.
When this Project was Updated
Last Updated
This project was last updated on November 6, 2009.
Date Added to GlobalGiving
This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on August 15, 2006
Latest Update from the Field
3 Hanukah encounters
By Dr. Yehuda Stolov - Executive Director, September 25, 2009 04:27 PM
More than 20 educators, and the two principles, of the two schools – Kalanit and A-Sallam – joined this encounter.
They set together in small groups and planned the themes they will implement with their age-groups during the year. In the end of the day they set dates and themes.
Joint activity - 2
On December 16th 2008, 6th graders of both schools met in Kalanit School in Karmiel to learn about Hanukah. 70 of A-Sallam students were hosted by Kalanit students.
They heard from the teachers explanations about Hanukah, its customs, how it is celebrated and why. There was also open time for questions around the theme.
The Muslim students greeted the Jewish students from Karmiel. They also asked why don't we have a similar Holiday? They got the explanation from the religion teacher that every religion has its own customs and tradition and for example Jews do not have the Holiday of the Sacrifice.
The students ate doughnuts together and created greetings cards.
Arab-Jewish Hanukah - 3
The encounter took place on December 17th in Karmiel.
The teachers from A-Sallam joined their friends from Kalanit in their homes for lighting Hanukah candles and heard explanations about the meaning of the Holiday.
In the end we all came together for a summarizing session at the school and we heard a lot of compliments about the visits and the new things they learned about Hanukah.
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