Welsh Walkers in Wadi Ara
By Lydia Aisenberg
May 7, 2008
After living in Israel for over 30 years, British born radiographer Angela Ben-Gur returned to her native South Wales. Settling in Newport near the Welsh capital Cardiff, the hospital radiographer and avid hiker soon joined a local...
[more]
Writings on the Wall
By Lydia Aisenberg
May 5, 2008
The walls of the entrance to the Givat Haviva Arts Center and Peace Gallery are covered with scores of mounted postcards. The postcards, known as Drishat Shalom (Greetings for Peace), are changed every few months being as there are...
[more]
The Comings and Goings of April 2008
By Hilit Ben-Zvi, Uri Barel and Lydia Aisenberg
May 1, 2008
Yet another Passover passes us. As April draws to a close – and most of us still avoiding the weighing scales – our thoughts are on summer activities and the anticipated intensive seminar schedule for groups from overseas...
[more]
South African Unity on a Barta'a Roof
By Lydia Aisenberg
April 23, 2008
Palestinians and Arab Israeli citizens living and working in the divided Wadi Ara village of Barta’a are more than used to seeing groups from many countries traipsing past their stalls and shops. Unlike many Arab villages and...
[more]
The Comings and Goings of March 2008
By The International Department
April 14, 2008
Spring is in the air – and so are huge quantities of pollen!
The over-the-top high temperatures, hazy days and cold nights of March are now behind us. Passover is around the corner and summer just down the seasonal...
[more]
The Comings and Goings of February 2008
By International Department staff
April 3, 2008
The director of Givat Haviva’s International Department Hilit Ben-Zvi and logistics director Uri Barel industriously worked for over four months to create an exciting new program offering the opportunity for overseas students...
[more]
Face to Face: Givat Haviva and America
By Lydia Aisenberg
April 1, 2008
After a month of traveling in the United States and Canada speaking about Israel in general and Givat Haviva in particular, I have been struggling to decide just how and exactly what should be written in a summary of what became an...
[more]
MASA To The East
March 24, 2008
- Always wished you were multi-lingual?
- Thinking about a career needing Arabic?
- Ever dreamed of what it would feel like to live in a place where Jews and Muslims compose...
[more]
Decision of the Attorney General on Closure of the Investigation of the October 2000 Events: A Statement by Givat Haviva
February 12, 2008
Givat Haviva and the Jewish-Arab Center for Peace view with much concern the decision of the Attorney General, Mr. Meni Mazouz, to end the investigation of police officers who were involved in the killing of thirteen Israeli Arab...
[more]
The Comings and Goings of January 2008
By Lydia Aisenberg
January 31, 2008
As the trees shed their leaves and heavy storms alternated with warm sunny days, we bade farewell to 2007 and welcomed with open arms 2008 – together with a rush of groups of young people from North America, Britain, Argentina,...
[more]