On June 28th, not far from the walls of the old City, at the Jerusalem International Convention Center, 800 young adults, volunteers, and professionals attended the conference titled “Social responsibility: advancing the contributions and public service of young adults with disabilities.” Three ...
An Enchanted City is a ground-breaking program created by the Tower of David Museum that promotes tolerance among children from a very young age. Geared towards Jewish, Muslim and Christian kindergarten children, the program focuses on the special character of Jerusalem which makes ...
Activism 3.0: Without leaving the comfort of an air-conditioned room or even missing a day of work, hundreds of Israeli activists succeeded in connecting a Palestinian village to running water JERUSALEM - July 20, 2010 - The Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) and ...
An extension of the SAVI project run by CLICK and the Hod Hasharon municipality was opened for the general public at the Giora community center for the elderly. The SAVI project includes an inspirational handicraft learning center, as well as operating a handicraft ...
Shomera for a Better Environment has won the International Exhibition of Cleantech 2010 award for an environmental project of excellence. The award was granted for the "Greywater Recycling Initiative",an innovative, cross-sector collaboration of academia, government, business and third sector, aimed at making ...
ICAR recently produced a film "Signing in Love" in order to raise awareness of prenuptial agreements to avoid get recalcitrance. The film's purpose is to encourage couples to sign these agreements. The film is also an additional educational tool to complement our ICAR' source booklet. It isavailable on ...
In Israel today there is a trend towards extremism in the religious community and the isolation of the religious camp from the mainstream of society. Many contemporary rabbis and educators tend to ignore difficult educational issues while Halachic authorities avoid important social questions ...
Ne'emanei Torah Va'Avoda will be holding a conference on Sunday June 27th, 2010 to discuss this issue. In the last several years there has been a growing trend to separate boys and girls in religious elementary schools; sometimes as early as kindergarten. ...
Ten children from Hura, Tel Sheva and Lakiya, with a variety of disabilities are attending a weekly computer club at Beit Elalmel. Beit Elalmel located in Hura, is part of Beit Galgalim’s Bedouin Branch and now has a fully equipped computer ...
Reducing Health Disparities is not the responsibility of Health System Alone On Monday June 14, five Israeli NGOs published a unique position paper entitled "Working Today to Narrow the Gaps of Tomorrow". The paper details the serious gaps in the health of various communities in Israeli society: ...
