Please click one of the videos to your right first and read while it plays. It was first aired in 2005. The Hebrew was sung in Palestinian territories and the Arabic was sung in Israel via the radio. David Broza and Said Murad (two well-known Israeli and Palestinian musicians) wrote the song; it was performed by David Broza and Wisam Murad. Please notice the children singing in the background. If that does not work click the following: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkpwdQQcimU
When do we teach our children peace? When the bombs are dropping? When reading hateful material? While we are shooting at each other? Does learning another language help to break down barriers?
When do we teach our children peace? When the bombs are dropping? When reading hateful material? While we are shooting at each other? Does learning another language help to break down barriers?
When do we teach our children peace? When the bombs are dropping? When reading hateful material? While we are shooting at each other? Does learning another language help to break down barriers?
In trying to find recent Israeli-Palestinian articles about women and children, I found it extremely hard to find something current. There are very few articles, and I mean very few articles, written by Jewish-Israeli or Palestinians or Arab-Israelis or Palestinian-Israelis, Christian or Druze Israelis dealing with the actual daily life of what it is like to be a child or woman. That being said, every now and again, there is an article which shows the breadth of possible humanity and how we might just create peace.
One of the articles I read about deals with Arab-Israeli women, Moslem and Christian. Another article talks about the way school could be used to break down barriers by teaching non-Arab Jewish-Israeli children Arabic and Arab culture. You might ask what the two articles have in common.
They put a light on those with the least amount of clout in society – women and children. Of course, these are not just any women but widows in a culture that requires that they crawl into a hole without coming back out after their husband dies. The article, Sisters Doing It for Themselves by Ruth Eglash, mentions that even if they have children and need to work, they are supposed to sit at home with their families. JPost.com
At Widows Center, in the Arab-Israeli village of Kafr Reina, the women learn how to become independent financially, psychologically, and emotionally. By meeting and learning together, these women garner the support needed to climb out of the hole of poverty by creating jobs for themselves or going to school.
The next article was about a young woman, Arab citizen of Israel, who teaches in an Israeli secular school. Arab and Jewish Israeli children do not usually attend school together. The state of Israel funds both schools but the curriculum is not the same. The books do not have same view of history. So how can Jewish children learn and interact with Arab children? Teacher Integration for Attitude Change by Mike Prashke
“Beginning in 2004, The Abraham Fund Initiatives, in cooperation with local municipalities and the Ministry of Education and financial support from the Jewish Agency for Israel, established the infrastructure for the teaching of Arabic and Arab culture in Jewish elementary schools.” Ynetnews.com Published: 06.19.09, 09:09 Israel Activism
The program is called Cultural Bridges and was set up to help breakdown the Arab stereotypes previous taught in Israeli state Jewish schools. The program is working because the children are no longer afraid of Arabs.
There was a comment on the ynetnews.com addressing the article which brought up the fact that the Israeli Arab state schools have books which teach hatred, so why should there be such a program? Most of the comments back to this one dealt with the fact that there is no reason to teach hatred just because someone else is teaching hatred. Another point made by one of the comments was the fact that ¼ of the Knesset speaks Arabic and 3.1 million Jews (Mizrahim) in Israel speak Arabic having either come from an Arab country or their parents did. I thought this was a wonderful way to say - Arabic is one of the ways to enjoy the diversity of society.
In the first article I read, I could not find the Widows Center in Kafr Reina nor could I verify the amount of money that International Fellowship of Christians and Jews (IFCJ) was supposedly to have contributed to this center. I did find mention of IFCJ by Haaretz and the Jewish Agency; however, I could not find any mention of the Widows Center on the Jewish Agency site nor the Haaretz site. This makes me wonder how thorough the Jerusalem Post is in verifying their sources. It makes me wonder if the story is true because I originally liked this article for the being so positive regarding the role of women. I did find the Ahali Center which promotes educating Arab Israeli women to become independent. So something is happening in Reina, Israel.
The second article I was able to easily verify. The New York Times has written more than one article on the Abraham Fund such as Seeking to Promote Arab-Jewish Harmony by Herbert Hadad and the Jewish Agency has a number of articles about Cultural Bridges. As far as checking out the Israeli Ministry of Education that only popped up in Hebrew that was a big stretch for me because my Hebrew skills are sorely lacking. I did find something in English by Teach Kids Peace which listed all the things the Ministry of Education was doing but could really verify if it was true or not.
In trying to find recent Israeli-Palestinian articles about women and children, I found it extremely hard to find something current. There are very few articles, and I mean very few articles, written by Jewish-Israeli or Palestinians or Arab-Israelis or Palestinian-Israelis, Christian or Druze Israelis dealing with the actual daily life of what it is like to be a child or woman. That being said, every now and again, there is an article which shows the breadth of possible humanity and how we might just create peace.
One of the articles I read about deals with Arab-Israeli women, Moslem and Christian. Another article talks about the way school could be used to break down barriers by teaching non-Arab Jewish-Israeli children Arabic and Arab culture. You might ask what the two articles have in common.
They put a light on those with the least amount of clout in society – women and children. Of course, these are not just any women but widows in a culture that requires that they crawl into a hole without coming back out after their husband dies. The article, Sisters Doing It for Themselves by Ruth Eglash, mentions that even if they have children and need to work, they are supposed to sit at home with their families. JPost.com
At Widows Center, in the Arab-Israeli village of Kafr Reina, the women learn how to become independent financially, psychologically, and emotionally. By meeting and learning together, these women garner the support needed to climb out of the hole of poverty by creating jobs for themselves or going to school.
The next article was about a young woman, Arab citizen of Israel, who teaches in an Israeli secular school. Arab and Jewish Israeli children do not usually attend school together. The state of Israel funds both schools but the curriculum is not the same. The books do not have same view of history. So how can Jewish children learn and interact with Arab children? Teacher Integration for Attitude Change by Mike Prashke
“Beginning in 2004, The Abraham Fund Initiatives, in cooperation with local municipalities and the Ministry of Education and financial support from the Jewish Agency for Israel, established the infrastructure for the teaching of Arabic and Arab culture in Jewish elementary schools.” Ynetnews.com Published: 06.19.09, 09:09 Israel Activism
The program is called Cultural Bridges and was set up to help breakdown the Arab stereotypes previous taught in Israeli state Jewish schools. The program is working because the children are no longer afraid of Arabs.
There was a comment on the ynetnews.com addressing the article which brought up the fact that the Israeli Arab state schools have books which teach hatred, so why should there be such a program? Most of the comments back to this one dealt with the fact that there is no reason to teach hatred just because someone else is teaching hatred. Another point made by one of the comments was the fact that ¼ of the Knesset speaks Arabic and 3.1 million Jews (Mizrahim) in Israel speak Arabic having either come from an Arab country or their parents did. I thought this was a wonderful way to say - Arabic is one of the ways to enjoy the diversity of society.
In the first article I read, I could not find the Widows Center in Kafr Reina nor could I verify the amount of money that International Fellowship of Christians and Jews (IFCJ) was supposedly to have contributed to this center. I did find mention of IFCJ by Haaretz and the Jewish Agency; however, I could not find any mention of the Widows Center on the Jewish Agency site nor the Haaretz site. This makes me wonder how thorough the Jerusalem Post is in verifying their sources. It makes me wonder if the story is true because I originally liked this article for the being so positive regarding the role of women. I did find the Ahali Center which promotes educating Arab Israeli women to become independent. So something is happening in Reina, Israel.
The second article I was able to easily verify. The New York Times has written more than one article on the Abraham Fund such as Seeking to Promote Arab-Jewish Harmony by Herbert Hadad and the Jewish Agency has a number of articles about Cultural Bridges. As far as checking out the Israeli Ministry of Education that only popped up in Hebrew that was a big stretch for me because my Hebrew skills are sorely lacking. I did find something in English by Teach Kids Peace which listed all the things the Ministry of Education was doing but could really verify if it was true or not.
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