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Arab-Jewish Summer Camp 2018 Concludes Successful 28th Annual Session

August 20, 2018 by Cecilia Harel Leave a Comment

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…]

Filed Under: Arab Jewish Summer Camp, Arab-Jewish Shared Existence, Leo Baeck Community Center, Uncategorized

Greetings from Rabbi Ofek Meir, Managing Director of the Leo Baeck Education Center

January 1, 2018 by Cecilia Harel 1 Comment

Dear Friends,

        Samia Diab

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…]

Filed Under: Arab-Jewish Shared Existence, Leo Baeck Community Center

A Festive Holiday Season at the Clore Center in Ein Hayam, Haifa

December 23, 2017 by Cecilia Harel Leave a Comment

On December 20, 2017, the Leo Baeck Community Center and the Haifa Municipality held an event for Jewish and Arab children from the western neighborhoods of Haifa at the Clore Center in the multicultural Ein Hayam neighborhood to celebrate the holiday season.

[Read more…]

Filed Under: Arab-Jewish Shared Existence, Clore Shared Existence Center, Family Events, Leo Baeck Community Center

Leo Baeck receives its first USAID Conflict Mitigation and Management Grant

September 29, 2016 by Raquel Lazar-Paley Leave a Comment

big-flag-1Leo Baeck is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a CMM (Conflict Mitigation and Management) grant from USAID and the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv.  [Read more…]

Filed Under: Arab Jewish Summer Camp, Arab-Jewish Shared Existence, International Exchange, Leo Baeck Community Center, Youth Programming

Senior Citizen Sing-Along at Leo Baeck

September 1, 2016 by Raquel Lazar-Paley Leave a Comment

More than 250 senior citizens came to Leo Baeck on August 31st for the Community Center’s “Singing in the Neighborhood” program. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Jewish Life, Leo Baeck Community Center, Senior Citizens

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Is Democracy a Value in the Jewish State

Conversation with: MK Merav Michaeli Member of Knesset Rabbi Ofek Meir, Headmaster & CEO of the Leo Baeck Education Center Four inspiring and thoughtful Leo Baeck High School Students (Shahar Zacharia, Ma’ayan Sher, Tamar Widmann and Noam Manaker Morag) To watch - CLICK HERE … [Read More...]

Facing challenges 25 years after Rabin’s assassination, and today, with COVID-19

By Rabbi Ofek Meir This year, as an educator, I have a heightened sense of responsibility because we are living in times of crisis and difficulty. Our world fell apart in one fell swoop with the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. In confronting this, crisis, I believe that education plays an … [Read More...]

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