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Monthly Archives: April 2016

Atta’a – Helping Palestinian Residents of East Jerusalem Obtain their Rights

‘Awareness is the first step toward change,’ is the adage that guides Atta’a, the Center for Rights Realization for Palestinian residents of East Jerusalem. Atta’a was founded in 2005, and recently came under our aegis. There is much work to be done, and we’re excited to build on the hard work and network that have been put into establishing the rights center.

Over the past few months Atta’a has been busy building its infrastructure. First there was the web site (in Arabic):

Attaa screen shot

Attaa screen shot

The Facebook Page (also in Arabic) has grown to more than 1,400 likes in the past four months alone:

A few weeks ago we told you here about the brochure that they published. And more are on the way.

Cover of rights booklet

Cover of rights booklet

Many thanks to the Jerusalem Foundation for their continued support of this program.

2016-05-13T14:19:33+00:00April 12th, 2016|Attaa, Blog, Cultural Competence, Effective Activism, Identity Groups and Conflicts, Palestinians/Arabs|

New Neighborhood Tolerance Team in Talpiot!

How do you celebrate Shabbat? Tell us your Shabbat story…

Telling different Shabbat stories

Telling different Shabbat stories

This is what the newly-formed Talpiot Tolerance Team did in their opening event, which took place on Friday afternoon, April 1.

Event with Jerusalem's diversity

Event with Jerusalem’s diversity

Shabbat means different things to different people. For a short time on that Friday afternoon, Ultra-Orthodox (Chabad), Ethiopian, secular and traditional Jews all experienced together their own Kabbalat Shabbat, enjoying the traditions as well as their own interpretations.

Taking Challah before baking Challot

Traditional taking of Challah before baking Challot

Advertisements to this event were prepared in Amharic as well as Hebrew, and there was a true Jerusalem mix of people at the event.

Amharic poster

Amharic poster

The Talpiot Tolerance team is one of a growing network of Neighborhood Tolerance Teams that are being formed throughout Jerusalem. Each team is acting independently, and advancing tolerance in ways that the team members feel are most appropriate for them. There are currently teams in French Hill, Abu Tor / Al-Thuri, Katamonim, Katamon-German Colony, Baka’a, Rehavia, Nahlaot, and more are being formed each week.

Everyone's hands knead the Challah

Everyone’s hands knead the Challah

Many thanks to the UJA-Federation of New York and the Jerusalem Foundation for their support in promoting tolerance in Jerusalem.

Many forms of Challah

Many forms of Challah

Here are some more pictures from the Facebook post on the event from the Hebrew-language Jerusalem Tolerance Facebook group:

2016-04-15T11:16:48+00:00April 10th, 2016|Blog, Ethiopian Jews, Identity Groups and Conflicts, Jewish Religious Denominations, New Immigrants, Promoting Tolerance in Jerusalem, Ultra-Orthodox Jews|

MiniActive – Horticulture Therapy Course Takes a Trip

We’ve proudly shared here and here the progress that’s being made by the MiniActive women involved in the first-ever Arabic-language horticulture therapy course that we’re operating in cooperation with the David Yellin Academic College of Education.

Horticulture therapy course at Ramat Hanadiv

Horticulture therapy course at Ramat Hanadiv

As the course nears its completion, participants received an extra treat – a trip to Ramat Hanadiv, a large complex of carefully-groomed gardens located between Zichron Ya’akov and Benyamina in the north of the country.

In the gardens

In the gardens

In addition to touring around the beautiful gardens, participants had an opportunity to create their own projects.

Looking at new projects

Looking at new projects

What fun!

Creating their own designs

Creating their own designs

Many thanks to the Jerusalem Foundation for their continued support of this program. Here’s the link from the MiniActive Facebook page in Arabic:

2016-04-09T11:03:50+00:00April 8th, 2016|Blog, Effective Activism, Identity Groups and Conflicts, MiniActive, Palestinians/Arabs|

Blue Line Blues – Public Discussion about New Light Rail Line in Gilo

We’ve talked before about planning light rail lines in Gilo. There’s going to be both the Green and the Blue lines there when the project is finally finished, so there are several processes taking place at the same time.

Learning about the blue line

Learning about the blue line

The Blue Line will run from Gilo to Ramot, and meet up with the Green Line, which will also run between Gilo and Mount Scopus. On March 21, some 20 residents, staff of the Gilo Community Council, staff from the transportation master plan, and the regional planner from the Municipality came together to discuss the new line, its planning principples, and to raise different concerns. Residents received all the relevant information and asked important questions. We were there to facilitate the process and help the Gilo Community Council staff.

Light rail illustration

Light rail illustration

This was the first meeting regarding the planning of the Blue Line, after we began the process of being involved in the Green Line.The first step in the Green Line process was submitting dozens of objections and requests for changes to the existing plan. Residents will be involved in all the steps along the way, until the Green and Blue lines are actually running, some 10 years from now. We’ll be ready to help the Community Council staff help them throughout the process.

Event poster

Event poster

2016-04-09T11:00:42+00:00April 4th, 2016|Blog, Deliberative Democracy, Effective Activism, Gilo, Identity Groups and Conflicts, Jewish Religious Denominations|
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