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University Leadership Training Program for Ethiopian-Israeli Women (ULTP) commences this year’s Bar/Bat Mitzvah program for disadvantaged youth

January 8, 2016 by Raquel Lazar-Paley Leave a Comment

The Group Bar/Bat Mitzvah Program, created last year by ULTP participant Aviva Tedesa, is a special program for boys and girls from disadvantaged families in Western Haifa. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Disadvantaged Children and Youth, Ethiopian-Israelis, Leo Baeck Community Center

Holiday of Holidays Celebration for Leo Baeck’s Jewish and Arab Afterschool Centers

December 27, 2015 by Raquel Lazar-Paley Leave a Comment

On Monday, December 21, 2015, Leo Baeck’s two afterschool centers for Arab and Jewish children-at-risk (Ma’adoniot) came together for an especially festive joint holiday celebration! [Read more…]

Filed Under: Afterschool Centers for Children-at-Risk, Arab-Jewish Shared Existence, Disadvantaged Children and Youth

Leo Baeck Hosts Erin Gruwell, Innovative U.S. Teacher and Professional Developer

December 6, 2015 by Leo Baeck Leave a Comment

On December 1, 2015, Haifa educators enjoyed a previewing of a documentary film about the Freedom Writer Project followed by an inspiring presentation by Erin Gruwell, the innovative U.S. teacher on whose experiences the film was based.  [Read more…]

Filed Under: Disadvantaged Children and Youth, Leo Baeck Schools, Youth Programming

Garage Sale Happening at Leo Baeck High School

November 25, 2015 by Leo Baeck Leave a Comment

A Garage Sale, organized by Leo Baeck High School students, took place on November 25, 2015, in the school lobby.  [Read more…]

Filed Under: Disadvantaged Children and Youth, Leo Baeck High School

Minister of Education Naftali Bennett Visits YEDA School in Kiryat Bialik

November 8, 2015 by Joan Ghitis Leave a Comment

Mr. Naftali Bennett, Israel’s Minister of Education, visited the YEDA-Leo Baeck, Kiryat Bialik School on October 22, 2015.  Joining Mr. Bennett was the Mayor of Kiryat Bialik, the municipality’s Superintendent of Schools, and the Haifa District Director of Education, among others. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Disadvantaged Children and Youth, Leo Baeck Schools

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Sukkah of Peace

Last night, clergy from all religions and denominations, and dozens of Arab and Jewish activists, including of course from the Wadi-Jamal/Ein Hayam neighborhood, gathered together in the in the Peace Sukkah at the Leo Baeck Education Center. The religious leaders brought a message of peace, … [Read More...]

A Summer Creating Community: A Look Into the Leo Baeck Arab-Jewish Summer Camp (WRJ Blog)

By Rabbi Oshrat Morag … [Read More...]

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