Campers and their parents gathered for a festive closing ceremony of Leo Baeck Education Center’s 28th annual Arab-Jewish Summer Camp, held on Friday, August 17, 2018, with the participation of honored guests from the U.S. Embassy in Israel, Omer Benziony, Cultural Program Specialist, and Jennifer Klarman, Deputy Cultural Attaché. [Read more…]
Celebrate with us at 80th anniversary concert in London on September 25th, 2018
Dear friends in the UK and those who may be visiting the UK during the Tishrei Jewish New Year holidays, you are invited to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the founding of the Leo Baeck Education Center with us at a festive concert in London on Tuesday, September 25, 2018, hosted by Alyth Synagogue, and featuring the multi-faith Peace Drums Youth Band. For more details and to purchase tickets see the page below and link: bit.ly/LBECPeaceDrums2018. [Read more…]
28th Annual Arab-Jewish Summer Camp Off to a Good Start
Day 1 of the Leo Baeck Community Center’s week-long Arab-Jewish Summer Camp, now in its 28th year, began on Sunday, August 12th with full enrollment of 45 Jewish and 45 Arab campers aged 6-11. [Read more…]
Rabbi Ofek Meir speaks at the rally in Tel Aviv to an audience of 100,000 in favor of Israel being a Jewish Democratic state
Below is the text of a speech made by Rabbi Ofek Meir, Managing Director of the Reform Movement’s Leo Baeck Education and Community Center in Haifa, at the protest rally against the Nation-State Law on Saturday evening, August 4, 2018, in Tel Aviv’s Rabin Square. [Read more…]
Greetings from Rabbi Ofek Meir, Managing Director of the Leo Baeck Education Center
Dear Friends,
As the new Managing Director of the Leo Baeck Education Center, I would like to share with you the following delightful item about Samia Diab, the Director of the Leo Baeck Community Center in Haifa, Israel, and the first Arab Muslim woman to head a Jewish Community Center in Israel. Samia was interviewed on December 28, 2017, on the “Trending” program of i24 NEWS, an international television channel that broadcasts news about Israel throughout the world. [Read more…]
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