Watch Video Clip From Arava Institute at Kibbutz Ketura in Southern Israel

May 30, 2020 | Projects | 0 comments

Meet the Palestinians, Israelis and Jordanians working together to tackle climate change, water scarcity, sustainable agriculture and renewable energy.  People who are building trust and advancing cross-border co-operation in the face of the on-going conflict in...

Mohammed Amin MBE asks ‘How should British Muslims and Jews engage with Israel and Palestine?’

May 28, 2020 | Blog | 0 comments

Mohammed Amin MBE is Co-Chair of the Muslim Jewish Forum of Greater Manchester. He is writing in a personal capacity. Understandably, Britain’s Muslims and Jews generally start from different perspectives. For most British Jews, with memories of the Holocaust, and of...

The Anteater and the Jaguar by Rayek R. Rizek

May 28, 2020 | Book Review | 0 comments

Read review of Rayek’s spell-binding book about the joys and the pains of living in a unique village in Israel where Arabs and Jews live side by side. Many books have been written about the Oasis of Peace –  the unique village in Israel where Jews and...

Mohammad Fahili, Director Sir Charles Clore Jewish-Arab Community Centre

May 27, 2020 | Stories of the Stars | 0 comments

I have heard Mohammad Fahili’ story  – known as Fahili – four times now and each time fresh details emerge that that make me realise this man is a star. 1948 was a chaotic time. Fahili’s family was one of five families living in a village on the Syrian...

Zoomed Passover Celebration Interfaith Encounter Association

May 6, 2020 | Projects | 0 comments

During the intermediate days of Passover, the Interfaith Encounter Association held an Interfaith Passover Celebration on Zoom, which consisted of a demonstration of a Jewish traditional Passover Seder with interfaith guests and insights. After brief introductions,...

The Impact of Zionism and Israel on Anglo-Jewry’s Identity 1948-1982

Apr 28, 2020 | Book Review | 0 comments

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Dyana Shalloufi Rizek, Founder and Curator Oasis Art Gallery

Apr 27, 2020 | Interview | 1 comment

Why did you decide to create the Peace Art Gallery? From the beginning it was very important for me to organise meetings between Palestinians and Jews from Israel.  My method was getting people together to make and talk about art and when they are ready to talk...

Rayek R. Rizek, Author of the Anteater and the Jaguar

Apr 22, 2020 | Interview | 0 comments

I first met Rayek many years ago when he was the Mayor of the community at Wahat-al-Salam-Neve Shalom (WaSNS) – a unique village in Israel where Israeli Palestinian Arabs and Jewish people live in a shared, equal society. Rayek has lived at WaSNS 36 years and...

The Power of Dialogue between Israelis and Palestinians

Apr 15, 2020 | Book Review | 0 comments

by NAVA SONNENSCHEIN       ‘The Power of Dialogue’ places the Israeli/Palestinian conflict squarely on the table. For many years Israeli Arab Palestinians and Israeli Jewish people have met in the School for Peace (SFP) at Wahat al...

Bilingual Business Initiative Standing Together

Apr 15, 2020 | Projects | 0 comments

Standing Together, a grantee of the New Israel Fund launched a new bilingual campaign for businesses in Israel. Dozens of Jewish and Arab businesses, mainly cafes and restaurants around the country, have already joined the campaign and been awarded the “bilingual...