Givat Haviva Educational Foundation Accepted as Member of Prestigious Jewish Charities of America
August 15, 2007
Jewish Charities of America (JCA) is an independent fund drive that assembles, certifies, and represents national and international IRS-recognized 501(c)(3) Jewish charities in workplace fund drives and provides for their productive...
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Taglit-Birthright in Givat Haviva and Wadi Ara
By Lydia Aisenberg
August 15, 2007
Sheldon Adelson, an American billionaire who this year contributed $30 million toward the Taglit-Birthright program bringing unaffiliated Jewish students and young professionals to Israel, has doubled his contribution to the project...
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President of Austrian National Council Visits Givat Haviva
July 19, 2007
Givat Haviva was the final port of call for the President of the National Council of the Republic of Austria, Barbara Prammer, during a recent and very busy official visit to Israel.
Elected Speaker of the Austrian National...
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Soccer for Peace at Givat Haviva
July 16, 2007
The bright yellow shirts – adorned with a dove straddling a soccer ball – worn by fifty young Jewish and Arab boys wrapping up a five-day stay at Givat Haviva are visible from quite a distance, making them a group...
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PeaceInsight – A New Project by the Center for Peace
July 5, 2007
Peace in Sight is a joint initiative of the “PeaceInsight” Organization in Sussex, England, the Jewish-Arab Center for Peace at Givat Haviva, and “PCAS” Organization of Ramallah.
At the base of the...
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Peaceful Ecumenical Accompaniers
By Lydia Aisenberg
June 15, 2007
Wearing identical beige vests sporting a design on their backs depicting a large cross and dove whose feet seem to double up as barbed wire, a group of around 20 Europeans, Scandinavians and South Africans wend their way across...
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'Reconciliation Rum': On Capitol Hill Visit, Groups Emphasize People-to-People Peacemaking
By Gabe Ross, Washington Jewish Week
March 22, 2007
Just one day after the American Israel Public Affairs Committee lobbied Capitol Hill lawmakers about the growing security threats facing Israel, another group came to Congress with a different agenda.
The Alliance for...
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Israel Ministry of Education Officially Adopts Givat Haviva’s Face-to-Face Program for Coexistence
February 8, 2007
Israel’s Ministry of Education has officially recognized Givat Haviva’s Face-to-Face Program as their main effort in field of education for co-existence between Jewish and Arab students.
Recognizing the power...
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Givat Haviva Brings Tufts University to the Village of Jatt
By Lydia Aisenber
January 31, 2007
Visitors are not unusual in the home of Amir Gara in the Muslim Arab village of Jatt. At the same time, however, 40 Jewish American university students a-knocking at the Gara home is not exactly a daily occurrence. Such was the case,...
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Americans Told to 'Wake Up' to Plight of Israeli Arabs
By Michal Lando, The Jerusalem Post
January 25, 2007
The greatest challenge that Israel faces, next to the conflict with the Palestinians, is how to approach the Arab minority within Israel, according to a panel held this week in New York. Given America's civil rights history,...
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