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The Comings and Goings of JULY 2010
Bnei Brith Youth Organization members Florida, Chicago and other cities across
The month of July kicked off with a very lively group of young folks coming from Already in the country for 10 days the BBYO group (pictured above) heard a talk on the topic of Jewish-Arab relations in "It's good to know that there are teens like us who want to meet and try and figure out a better way to live together than their parents," commented one of the group. "I know we were here only a couple of hours but I have learned so much in this short time. I never really thought about much of what was discussed, like for instance the shape and size of the State of Israel – the map is great, thanks for giving us these," said one as they headed for the parking lot.
SEVENTY TEENS FROM
On the first Sunday of the month we welcomed 66 teenagers from And in the afternoon … THE BETH SHOLOM B’NAI ISRAEL SYNAGOGUE is situated in “This has been an extremely revealing experience and truly inspiring to learn that there are Jews and Arabs who continue to work together and believe a more positive future awaits,” commented one of the congregants as they returned to their bus and continue with their journey to Kfar Blum.
WELCOMING GUESTS TO CAMPUS AND REGIONAL TOUR WITH INTERNATIONAL DEPARTMENT
Canadian father and son Tom and Matthew Tomasov (12) cousins of Givat Haviva secretary Ronit Bental in Barta’a with Allam Abu Abeadand and Ronit and in the second photo: Greg, Ellen and Lennie Feldheim from Tennessee, the brother and parents of Givat Haviva director of development, Jodi Canaan out and about on the Green Line and security fence near the Palestinian village of Zabuba in the Jezreel Valley SEE ARTICLE: ALL IN THE FAMILY …
Left: Orit Meoded leading her group ‘up the garden path’ in Givat Haviva, middle picture shows Lydia explaining to BBYO about Haviva Reik near the Peace Tree on the central lawn and left, young people after talk coming forward to field more questions of the speaker
BBYO – Ninety teenage North Americans on Israel Tour with itinerary drawn up by TLALIM came to Givat Haviva after spending a week in the Galilee and Golan areas and on their way to the Both groups were made up of youngsters from all over the “We certainly have a great deal to learn and this has been an excellent introduction to this sector of Israeli society,” commented one of the American youth councilors to TEACHERS FROM
A group of teachers from One of the teachers had visited Givat Haviva ten years ago when participating in an Israeli-German youth exchange program and remembered well the International Department organized seminar from a decade ago, then led by Lydia Aisenberg as was the present teacher’s visit and tour. “This has been an important experience for us – to know that there are dedicated people, Jewish and Arab, who come together to educate about co-existence is a hopeful sign for those who look at everything through the eyes of the media far away,” concluded one of the teachers.
ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY TEENS from BBYO VISIT GIVAT HAVIVA THE SAME DAY
All together now! BBYO teens pose for a photo during a break in their seminar at Givat Haviva. One hundred and twenty teens from aged 15 to 18 years of age, hailing from all over North America, met with Lydia and David Miron who explained about the projects of Givat Haviva and background information with regard the Arab citizens of Israel, borders, divides and Armistice Lines and answered a multitude of questions from the inquisitive and active youngsters. Broken up in to four groups, three of the BBYO youth groups had spent time in Vienna, Prague and Slovakia prior to coming to Israel and one group also spent time in Poland. A pleasure to work with as were the previous BBYO groups sent to the International Department at Givat Haviva by tour operators TLALIM who arranged their itinerary.
PROFESSOR JONATHAN GOLDEN & YEHEZKEL LANDAU
Inon Tagner, Marketing Director of the Intensive Arabic Semester pictured with Professor Jonathan Golden of Preparing for a visit to
SEE ARTICLE: AMERICAN ACADEMICS EXPRESS SUPPORT FOR THE INTENSIVE ARABIC SEMESTER
Dr. David Mendelsohn, who has recently returned from a year living and working in
SEE ARTICLE: OH LORDY – DAVID’S BACK
MARKI LEVY, TANIA BAIBICH and husband JOSEHENRIQUE FARIA -
Marki Levy (General Director of the Kibbutz Movement) in pale blue shirt with his guests from Brazil, Jose Henrique Faria and wife Professor Tania Baibich, a former member of Hashomer Hatzair in Brazil and at the time, Marki her madrich (youth leader) and right: in the Givat Haviva Art Center with 83 year-old Mitzi Alper from Kibbutz Barkai, a former North American member of Hashomer Hatzair
SEE ARTICLE: A BLAST FROM THE PAST FOR TANIA …
Families from the
We are on the map at Givat Haviva!
Families from the Among the folks from Monmouth was Marjorie Wold, Chair of Adult Education and Cantor Gabrielle Clissold and their families. The group was accompanied by Israeli tour guide Mark Dekelbaum. Topics across a wide board were discussed and hopefully this is only the beginning of a connection with the Monmouth congregation.
OPERATION GROUNDSWELL Students from the
From left to right: Ritche Essue, Rich Whalley, Shannon McCready, Zach Lyon, Kate Stokes, Eyal Rosenblum and Nathan Harvey on tour of Wadi Ara
Seven North American students participating in an innovative 5-week program of studies and work with the Jalaheen Bedouin community near Ro’ee Peled, co-director of FACE TO FACE, a veteran program bringing thousands of Jewish and Arab teens together every year, discussed with the visiting students the ins and outs of the encounter program working with high-schools and Hilit Ben-Zvi, director of the International Department, told them about the Intensive Arabic Semester project. OPERATION GROUNDSWELL participants last year helped to build a mud brick school for the children of the Jalaheen tribe and this year the present group are running a summer camp for those children in the building constructed by their colleagues. A board member of OPERATION GROUNDSWELL, Eyal Rosenblum is also a member of Hashomer Hatzair, studied at the Kibbutz Hazorea Ulpan four years ago and has visited Givat Haviva a number of times in the past the last time as a madrich with a Yedid Plus group of Hashomer. “It was really important for me to have the group visit Givat Haviva and particularly to see Wadi Ara and Barta’a as this is such a very special region,” he remarked.
http://www.operationgroundswell.com
OFFICIAL OPENING OF THE THIRD INTENSIVE ARABIC SEMESTER
The third term of Intensive Arabic Semester students introducing themselves to Givat Haviva staff members and vice versa
A new term of the Intensive Arabic Semester kicked off on July 15th with students from the Following a visit to a few of the centers at Givat Haviva the students were taken on a tour of the region, receiving a taste of things to come in the fascinating region known as Wadi Ara and the Dotan Valley basin.
Intensive Arabic Students of the July – December, 2010 intake pictured in the Dotan Valley on their first forage in the Dotan Valley, Barta’a and Reichan checkpoint.
REFORM SYNAGOGUE YOUTH from
Forty-five of the 120 British teens on Israel Tour for three and a half weeks with RSY-Netzer gather for a group photo at the Katzir observation platform on the Amir mountain range, a large swath of the All 3 groups of RSY-Netzer spent a day on a seminar at Givat Haviva and as always proved to be up beat, interested and a pleasure to work with. Givat Haviva’s International Department and RSY-Netzer and other British youth movements have been working closely for many years giving their summer Israel Tour participants an insight to Jewish-Arab relations and learning specifically about the Wadi Ara region communities.
The majority of the RSY-Netzer groups were from
RSY-NETZER 3 participants Caroline Avery from Macclesfield, madricha Hannah Brada a Londoner studying history and German at Manchester University, Gavin Rapaport from Manchester and Jade Felber from Leeds – the only northerners in their group of over 40 British Reform youth movement members, and second phot: tour guide Boaz Gothelf and group member Daniel Harrington in the village of Barta’a. And on the same day …
ALEXANDER MUSS HIGH-SCHOOL IN
BBYO staff Renee Sharon (left) and Judith Rosenberg (right) BBYO Area Executive Director from The groups were accompanied by David Mitchell, Dean of Education, Alexander Muss Institute for Israel Education. Renee Sharon spent time as a volunteer last year at Kibbutz Hazorea and participated in a seminar organized by the International Department and was instrumental in having Givat Haviva on the BBYO itinerary. Thanks Renee and hope to see you again soon.
YEMINE ORDE YOUTH together with students from
Twenty-five youngsters from the For already a number of years
LOOK WHO WAS HERE LAST YEAR …
Checking out the notice board on the left is Devante Blount from Baltimore and Michal Tsionov, youth councilor who also worked with last years BRITISH YOUTH BY THE SCORE … NOAM MASORTI YOUTH from No less than 5 groups of NOAM MASORTI YOUTH, with 36 youngsters in each and a small band of Israeli and British madrichim, and LIBERAL JEWISH YOUTH, also came for seminars in the latter part of July making it a bumper British summer together with RSY and also a group of Union of Jewish Students new staff members who will take up their new roles as field workers in the UK in the new academic year. IT HAS BEEN A LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONG, VERY HECTIC BUT VERY REWARDING MONTH FOR THE INTERNATIONAL DEPARTMENT and more groups to come in August. L’hitraot from the staff, Hilit Ben Zvi, Uri Barel &
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