Programs (updated July 16, 2003)
Good Neighbors’ Summer Camp:
Our
15th Annual SHEMESH Good Neighbors’ Summer Camp is underway!.Paired
Arab and Jewish counselors, almost 100 Jewish and Arab campers
and the use of both Arabic and Hebrew in camp activities make this one
of the most successful, on going Jewish-Arab programs in Israel.
Forsan Hussein during the 1997 camp
Youth Leadership Training:
Since
1996 the summer camp has been preceeded by a week-long seminar for
youth leaders. SHEMESH organizes the project within the framework of
the Network of Jewish-Arab Community Organizations. The Project
includes:
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Leadership Training Workshops in preparation for the summer camp
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Group Building Activities to develop trust , cooperation and friendships
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Exploring the Jewish-Arab conflict so all participants can recognize the hopes, fears and dreams of “the other”
SHEMESH has trained a new generation of young people to dream about a different Israel.
Our Graduates Include:
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Forsan Hussein – a graduate of Brandeis University,
recipient of the Slifka Scholarship for his involvement in SHEMESH.
Read an award winning article written
about Forsan in the Boston Globe.
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Anwar
Shabrawi – a teacher, has worked for many years as a SHEMESH counselor
and coordinator, now serves on the SHEMESH Board and still works at the
summer camp -
Itai Oren –
lives on a kibbutz Eshbal in the Galilee and continues to work for
Jewish-Arab coexistence in its Center for Joint Existance. -
Tsila Perlman
and Fadi AbuElHaj -began as SHEMESH campers. This summer they work
together as co-counselors on the music staff of the Camp.
The Jewish-Arab School at Misgav:
SHEMESH was one of the initiators of the bi-lingual Jewish-Arab School in the Misgav Region of the Galilee, sponsored by Hand in Hand.
Very few integrated Jewish-Arab schools exist in Israel. Now in its
sixth year, it has over 150 students. SHEMESH implements a weekly
“after school activities program” in collaboration with Eshbal and the
Noar HaOved veHaLomed youth movement. The school is endorsed by The
Israel Ministry of Education.
Women Meeting Women:
SHEMESH
sponsored women’s groups have given dozens of Arab and Jewish women an
opportunity to better understand each other’s culture and way of life.
Most importantly, these groups have built friendships between
individuals and families that would not otherwise have occurred.
Workshops and discussions have focused on:
One group has set this year’s goal as “peer counseling training.”
To contact us in Israel:
SHEMESH
MATA Misgav
D.N. Misgav 20179
ISRAEL
Phone: +972.4.980.0039
Fax: +972.4.980.0389
E-mail: Email us
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