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ABRAHAM FUND
IN ISRAEL, COEXISTENCE
IS THE ONLY ALTERNATIVE
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Israeli Jewish And Arab Women To Speak On Coexistence
he Abraham Fund
National Coordinator of the
9:00 a.m. to 2:15 p.m. at the Adat
will host a series
Kindergarten Program at the Kerev
Shalom Synagogue. Making a spe-
of conferences this
Foundation and former Director of
cial appearance, the Consul General
fall throughout the
the Integrated Kindergarten at the
of Israel to the United States,
U.S. on the topic
Jerusalem International YMCA;
Colette Avital, will speak on "Israel
of "Women and
Maysoon Nasser of the Insann
and Its Arab Minority."
Coexistence: Building Bridges for
Society for Applied Research and
Other conferences will be
the Future." The conferences will
Educational Services; and Aida
held in Boston; Fort Lauderdale,
feature Jewish and Arab women
Touma Soliman, Co-Director of the
Fla.; New Orleans; West Hartford,
speakers from Israel, including liana
Association of Women Against
Conn; and New York City. •
Felsenthal, a doctoral candidate at
Hebrew University's School of
Violence.
The Detroit conference will
Education; Josie Mendelson,
take place on October 19th from
Jewish Arab Coexistence Begins With The Young
corn preschoolers to university students, more than 10,000 participants taking
part in projects supported by The Abraham Fund last year represented Israel's
oungest populations.
In a country where approximately 60 percent of the population is
under the age. of 30, it is not surprising that a comparable proportion of
Abraham Fund supported projects are targeted at youth. Working with young
people is one of the most critical aspects of coexistence work," said Alan B. Slifka.
President and Co-founder of The Abraham Fund.
In Israel, Givat Haviva's Children Teaching Children program — an
Abraham Fund grant recipient for the past three years — pairs Jewish and Arab classes
from schools everywhere in Israel and, through structured encounters, allows both
teachers and students to discover neighboring yet foreign worlds. "These children are the
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Israeli Arab and Jewish teens, members
of the Children Teaching Children pro-
gram, joined students at an ethnically
mixed New York City junior high school
to learn how different cultural, ethnic
and religious groups can work together
to resolve conflict and build meaningful
relationships
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