A non-profit organization founded by the municipality in the early 2000s and unique of its kind, it works to promote relations between Jewish and Arab populations in Haifa and its surroundings.
Founded in 2013, the JYC choir is a unique project. Inspired by artistic projects with a social vocation, the choir brings together nearly 35 young people between the ages of 13 and 21, girls and boys, Israelis and Palestinians from Jerusalem. It is a place where to sing, where what is sung illustrates the values and vision of the choir, and where to dialogue. It is finally a community, a group of belonging in which to live through adolescence in a city torn apart by divisions and conflict. Singing is used as a vehicle for reuniting and gathering that is conducive to discussion. The choir thus attempts to create a space in which its members realize a society based on empathy and fairness.
A grassroots initiative founded in 2014 aiming to build a model of transformation and coexistence through non-violence between Palestinians from the Bethlehem and Hebron region in the Occupied Territories and Israelis from the Gush Etzion settlements. Founded on the recognition of dual identities and a dual narrative, Roots engages ordinary citizens as religious leaders of both sides, supporting and strengthening moderate voices and creating new ones.
Founded in 1998, Sapir College is the largest public college in Israel, with more than 70% coming from the Negev region. It reflects the diversity of the Israeli population.
Civil movement born during the second Intifada to counter the wave of hostility which then appeared between Jews and Arabs, it acts in particular by regularly organizing large intercommunity gatherings.
As part of their “Identity and Dialog” program, these two institutions are running a joint twinning program between Jewish and Arab schools in Galilee.
Notably through the University of Haifa Arab-Jewish Center, it aims to strengthen links between Jewish and Arab students on campus.
A truly Jerusalem institution of coexistence between its different populations, the Jerusalem International YMCA has been pursuing since the mid-1980s an integrated dialogue program involving Jewish and Arab adolescents from secondary schools in Jerusalem.
Aims to forge links between Islamic civilization and the rest of the world and to work for the knowledge and understanding of cultures and peoples.
Aims to open Jewish thought to a discourse that goes beyond identity perspectives by extracting universal wisdom from Hebrew texts and sharing it with respect for the tradition of others, in particular through courses and conferences intended for participants of all faiths and all orientations, religious or secular.
