New York Teacher Studies at Givat Haviva
November 29, 2008
Rachel Sussman, a Middle School history teacher in New York City at the Manhatten School, received a grant to explore multicultural education in Israel. One of the many places Rachel Sussman visited while in Israel over the summer...
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From Yale to Former Yugoslavia
November 20, 2008
Yale University student Jeremy Avins remembers vividly his visit to Givat Haviva and tour of the region in 2005.
“I still remember being on a bus and how you pointed out that we can drive into the West Bank without...
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Lydia's International Email Bag at Givat Haviva
By Lydia Aisenberg
November 18, 2008
In October 2008 the large youth choir known as "No Limits", from Kastellaun, Germany, toured Israel, giving concerts and sightseeing. They also spent some time touring Wadi Ara and Barta’a village with Givat Haviva's...
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The Comings and Goings of October 2008
By Lydia Aisenberg
November 3, 2008
The holiday period is now behind us, the first rains have fallen - washing away the accumulated coating of summer dust – and as winter approaches so does another busy season for the International Department staff at Givat Haviva.
The Arab Language Institute
October 29, 2008
Although both parents of teacher Galit Kellner speak Arabic, they didn’t exactly encourage their daughter when she told them she wanted to study and later teach the language.
"I am the eldest of five and my parents...
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Peace and Co-Existence: Projects in Israel
By Elizabeth Stewart
October 29, 2008
In a recent meeting with Muslims, Jews and members of other non-Christian faiths, the Pope urged all religions to unite against terrorism and resolve conflicts peacefully “in a world threatened by sinister and indiscriminate...
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The Comings and Goings of September 2008
By Lydia Aisenberg
October 7, 2008
Pomegranate trees heavy with bright red and juicy fruit and majestic, tall and flower laden stalks of squills everywhere are Mother Nature’s colorful heralds of the autumn season – and with it, Rosh Hashana, Yom Kippur...
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Teens on Israel Orientation at Givat Haviva
By Lydia Aisenberg
September 30, 2008
Almost 200 teens from Britain and North America about to start their gap year in Israel recently spent three days in Givat Haviva.
The teens - from the Federation of Zionist Youth of Britain and Ireland, and their America...
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US Archivist Visits Givat Haviva's Peace Library
By Lydia Aisenberg
September 17, 2008
Professor Allen Weinstein who heads the United States National Archives and Records Administration, recently visited the Sarah and Yaacov Eshel Peace Library at Givat Haviva.
Just a short time ago the Canadian State Librarian...
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American Academics Focus on Givat Haviva
By Lydia Aysenberg
August 29, 2008
Eight academics on a Fulbright-Hays program in Israel spent a few hours on campus at Givat Haviva as guests of the Jewish-Arab Center for Peace and the International Department.
The Fulbright-Hays Seminars Abroad project...
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