MoBY- Museums of Bat Yam
Bat Yam Museum of Contemporary Art 6 Struma St., Bat Yam 59515
Bat Yam
إسرائيل
- Arts
MoBY [Museums of Bat Yam] is a complex of three museums, offering a wide platform for cultural research, theory, and criticism. We promote experimental approaches to art, curatorial practice and education, initiate exchanges with peer institutions, and cater to various local communities. Over the past three years, the new managing staff has set up a unique agenda of international exhibitions, public programs and academic conferences accompanied by researched catalogues and other publications.
Examples: November 2011- The exhibition "What is the Political" strives to create a polyphonic public reflection by artists and theoreticians in various fields, on the question of what is the political and how its mechanisms of representation and repertoire of images operate.
March 2011: Inter-cultural Street Art project. In cooperation with the Arab-Jewish community Center in Jaffa for Jewish and Arab kids from the neighboring cities: Bat Yam and Jaffa. The main goal of the project is to expose the children to alternative historical narratives, to initiate dialogue, to encourage tolerance, and to give the tools to express themselves through art.
Molad - the Center for the Renewal of Israeli Democracy
22 Eek Refaim
Jerusalem
إسرائيل
- Democracy and community development
MOLAD:
• initiates intellectually ambitious projects which seek to expand current discourse by articulating different approaches to understanding and reconstructing Israeli society and Israeli identity, as well as Israel’s place in the region and the world, thereby creating a comprehensive conception of Israel as a vibrant and substantive democracy integrated into the region;
• produces first rate research on current affairs and longstanding questions through quantitative and qualitative research projects, thus establishing itself as an authority on political, social and economic questions for Israeli progressives;
• produces policy commentary, analysis, and recommendations ranging from policy papers to op-eds and blogs;
• provides training in political skills and strategy for activists, consultants and politicians in order to improve progressives’ political savvy; and
• provides an ideological and physical space for the progressive community, for discussions, advice, seminars, lectures, support and strategizing.
MOLAD’s projects are based around three key themes:
Security and Strategy: It is widely recognized that Israel lacks strategic thinking outside of official agencies, and in particular the military. As such, the Israeli security discourse is dominated almost entirely by the security establishment. This has created a narrowed vision in relation to security and strategy. In light of this, MOLAD seeks to create an independent security conception of Israel and put forward new strategic directions on questions of security and foreign relations.
Citizenship and Community: One of the indispensable challenges for Israeli democracy is the creation of an inclusive framework to allow both Jewish and Arab citizens to wholeheartedly call Israel their home. This requires not only considerations on institutional, constitutional and legal affairs, but also reconsideration of civic education, ideological biases and historical sensibility. These issues are especially relevant today in light of the slew of Knesset legislation that undermines the citizenship and rights of the Palestinian minority.
Economics and Society: Although the vast majority of Israelis support progressive and social democratic approaches to socio-economic issues, the political establishment and all the major parties espouse a neo-liberal framework. This is evident in the erosion of the welfare state and the growing economic gap in Israel. The current challenge is to construct a model which will allow Israel to advance its position in the global economy while reconstructing the welfare state and combating intolerable inequalities.
MOLAD seeks to create a hub for progressive thought - a place where actors in the community can come together to share ideas and strategize about the future of the Israeli Left.
Molad would like to join the ALF network in order to benefit from funding leads and to learn about best practices adopted by civil society.
Molad: The Center for the Renewal of Democracy
20 Emek Refaim St.
Jerusalem 93105
Israel
Jerusalem
إسرائيل
- Research
Established in January 2012, Molad aims at becoming a hub for progressive thinking in Israel, drawing the most creative and innovative intellectual and social forces in the country, facilitating exchange of ideas and amplifying their impact on Israeli society and politics.
Molad’s principle undertaking of is to counter a long-lasting attenuation of political reason in Israel by proposing a unified vision of the State of Israel as a progressive democracy in the Middle East.
Molad focuses on generating new content, sharp ideas, and incisive analysis, all with a view to a strategic and conceptual realignment of existing and emerging forces within Israel’s progressive community. Molad strives to influence views, positions, and decision-making in and about Israel.
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Through sharing ideas and research and taking part in discussions.
To facilitate contact and exchange with like-minded institutions in the Middle East and Europe.
MOoNA - A Space for Change
Shorashim
Shorashim 2016400
إسرائيل
- Youth and education
MOoNA serves as a physical and virtual space for the promotion of technological growth and social cohesion in Israel's northern periphery. Addressing a void in two major obstacles to growth in the Galilee – lack of technological education and a thriving Hi Tech industry, MOoNA considers the strengthening of education, entrepreneurship and innovation in space, science and technology as the most sustainable way to seed regional development among the region's Jewish and Arab residents. In order to achieve these goals, the MOoNA Science and Technology Lab is launched this November 2014 in the Arab village of Maj'd Al-Krum. It will offer various tech-oriented trainings, workshops and courses with the aim of developing the local residents' future skills, supporting entrepreneurship opportunities and creating new jobs and educational opportunities.
Through its joint activities MOoNA supports the development of shared citizenship that is promoted vastly in multi-sector ventures that engage the private sector/Hi-tech industry, local municipalities in the Galilee, civil society organizations and academia in Israel. These activities take place in MOoNA 's lab. MOoNA Lab was set up in 2014 in the Arab town of Majd Al-Krum. The lab serves as a “home” for regional technological, scientific and space-related programs, studies and innovative ventures. It also serves as a focal point for cross-sector collaborations between the Jewish and Arab communities of the Galilee.
MOoNA can contribute to the network in Israel by enhancing ethnic and cultural understanding, ameliorating social tensions through Israeli-Arab cooperation. In the course of the recent war between Israel and Hamas, tensions among Arab youth and Israeli police forces in Northern Arab Cities, Jerusalem and the West Bank as well as violent attacks of right wing Israeli youth towards Arab citizens have shown that there is a rising propensity for violence in Israeli and Palestinian society. After a terrorist rammed his car into a light rail train station end of October in Jerusalem and following restrictive measurements by the Israeli security forces, clashes erupted once again between Palestinians and the Israeli police. Following a week-end of heightened turmoil Palestinian President Abbas urged the US for intervention before the violence spirals out of control (Haaretz, 27th October 2014). Both the Israeli and Palestinian public have lost hope for real prospects of peace. As Arab and Jewish youth have very little occasions to get to know each other, it is of vital importance to facilitate shared spaces where they can meet, get acquainted with each other, work on joint projects and overcome social divide.
MOoNA is interested in being a part of a group of organizations that will act together for conflict resolution between different communities in Israel, and promote democratic values through Actual work on the ground. We hope to include more organizations in our programs. This will help us in providing concrete contribution to conflict transformation.
Morashtenu “Our Heritage”: The Charter for Democracy
34 Derech HaHagana
Tel Aviv 6772137
إسرائيل
- Democracy and community development
- Heritage
- Human rights
- International/Cultural relations
- Media
- Youth and education
Our mission is to promote democracy, pluralism, and tolerance within the RSC and between our community and other sectors of Israeli society. We are the only organization in the RSC focusing on these goals. We provide a voice for, and access to, our community for other organizations, bridging obstacles of language and culture. We have taken on a mediating function, enabling integration, advancement of rights and encouraging participation. Most organizations focus on one topic and reach out to a variety of people; we focus on one group and cover a variety of topics all relating to tolerance and social justice. This allows us to target specific needs in a culturally sensitive manner. In 2012 we began a pilot campaign to focus on issues of racism and prejudice in the RSC, and our efforts to this effect have begun to show.
We own and operate the new "un-branded" Russian news website Relevantinfo, with over 10,000 unique viewers each month. It provides a platform for open discourse. First rate journalists and bloggers participate, and we work to represent all sides. In the area of Israeli/Palestinian Relations, we conduct Public lectures in Russian, direct encounters between Russian-speaking Israelis and Russian-speaking Palestinians; field trips to the West Bank, and media address.
We provide training for Russian speaking journalists and bloggers emphasizing human rights and democratic values. By offering professional training and encounters with minority groups, we create an environment in which these journalists learn to think critically about personal prejudice, the needs of others, and how to use their skills for social change. We Monitor the Russian-language Media and produce The Annual Report on Racist expressions in the Russian-language Media for the Coalition against Racism in Israel, of which we are a leading member.
We are the only Russian social change organization operating in Israel with the goal of addressing prejudice in the Russian speaking community. The RSC is a large and important community in Israeli society, making up 15% of the population, but thus far has remained isolated and been left out of the peace process. We have noted within the community a strong desire to learn more about Palestinians and Arab citizens of Israel, but there is a lack of access to information due to language barriers and media bias. We provide the necessary connections between the Russian speaking community and the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, as well as with other communities throughout Israel. We can help social change organizations to reach this important target audience.
A great deal of our work focuses on bringing social change organizations to the Russian speaking community. The ALF Network will be an important asset in achieving this goal. Through establishing stronger connections with more social change organizations throughout Israel, we will be better able to form connections between social change organizations and the Russian speaking community, thus bringing the RSC out of isolation and into the peace process.
Mosaica Center for Inter-Religious Cooperation
154 Derech Beit Lehem
Jerusalem 91533
إسرائيل
- Religion
Mosaica's vision is founded on the premise that effective dialogue between Jews and Muslims is only possible under conditions of mutual trust in the realm of religion. This derives from the understanding that today's conflict in the Middle East is based not only upon territory but on culture, ethnicity and religion, which are at the roots of the conflict and the key to its resolution.
Objectives:
To widen the inter-religious coalition of religious leaders in the region and the circles of inter-religious diplomacy established at the Alexandria Summit, amongst others, by creating a cadre of religious leaders who will serve as prominent agents for dialogue and change between and within the different religious communities.
To deepen the inter-religious dialogue between Jews and Muslims in the Middle East through educational programs and dialogue sessions, and by training facilitators to implement such programs.
To establish a cadre of learned religious leaders who would disseminate moderate interpretations of religious sources used by extremist factors. This would provide legitimacy and religious validity to the recognition of the Jewish people and the State of Israel instead of standing in the way of dialogue. These leaders would take vigorous steps, among widespread populations, to publicize their interpretations in the written and electronic media, in academic publications, mosque sermons, educational institutions, community centers and elsewhere.
To establish a joint inter-religious forum to confront regional and worldwide occurrences of anti-Semitism and Islamophobia.
To develop and implement a new model of conflict management and resolution within the framework of inter-religious dialogue, the multi-dimensional model.
To produce and disseminate comprehensive and reliable knowledge to the general public, academicians, educators and policy makers.
Our leading programs:
The Jerusalem Inter-religious Educational Leadership Program (JELP) – building a net of more than 30 schools in East and West Jerusalem
Rabbis and Imams Program (MANDAT): The first coalition of religious leaders which will work systematically on an on-going basis to reduce tension between Jews, Muslims and Christians in the Middle East
Women between East and West,” whose goal is to create cooperation in the field of tourism between Jewish, Muslim and Christian women from East and West Jerusalem
Inter-Religious Encounters in the 21st Century: Turning from 9/11 to the Obama Era: Discussions with the Public, which comprises a series of panel discussions accompanied by films. This program will provides an on-going public stage for moderate voices in the debate between the Muslim and the Western worlds and will explore the effect of this debate on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and vice versa.
Mount Zion Fountain
Batei Mahase St 1
Jerusalem 78418
إسرائيل
- Religion
I am an Interfaith Multi-Religious Peacebuilding Activist with a unifying voice for the Holy Land and our World.
My Interfaith Multi-Religious Peacebuilding vision is to see the restoration of the Mount Zion Fountain and Nea Church giant vaulted subterranean water reservoir for the purpose of creating a functioning mass Mikveh and Baptismal bath system for Interfaith Multi-Religious Spiritual Cleansing for Jerusalem, Israel, and all pilgrims visiting the Holy Land.
For GOD is Holy and he wants his creation to be Holy too! Pilgrims will enter the mass spiritual bath through going straight down a staircase into the bath and exit a separate but now spiral staircase symbolizing your ascension in life and renewed Holiness with GOD.
Through my advocacy work I provide connections and resources to help understand the functionality, historical existence and importance of restoring the Mount Zion Fountain in connection to the Nea Church giant vaulted subterranean water reservoir in Gan HaTekumah, ‘Garden of Redemption’ park in Jerusalem.
The story of Holy Water and the fountain are the story of humanity, a shared ancestry from Adam and Eve to the seed of Abraham to today. Mount Zion Fountain is a revelation of the Holy Land and is as true as water flowing naturally downhill from the highest point which will, in turn, open the curtain to the house of God. Exploring the lost orthodoxy of the Well Spring of Life and the blessing of the renewal of life from the Mount Zion Fountain is healing and unifying—and perhaps a divine solution to peace in the Holy Land rooted in spiritual cleansing.
Followers of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam are often divided, but the singular, most common characteristic shared amongst world religions is the ritual use of Holy Water and its association to the divine. In that sense, my contribution is to serve as a bridge across the often-raging river of disagreement between those who value both spirituality and unity through the Spiritual Cleansing of Holy Water.
In a divided World, water can unite us!
To join in the Dialogue Between Cultures!
Mr. Moshe Rothenberg
40 Jericho Road
Beer Sheva 8477643
إسرائيل
- Democracy and community development
We seek to bring people together-Arab and Jewish-who historically have been divided against each other
Through music and education, we seek to heal the rupture of communities
Concert for Peace: Thursday, May 19th, 16:00 Turkish Railroad, Be'er Sheva
By dialogue with like-minded people and bringing human values to the educational system
In order to work with others who seek community and ultimately a peaceful solution to troublesome situations
Ms.
35 Washington Avenue
Tel Aviv
إسرائيل
- Media
Social TV (ISTV) is an independent, non-profit media organization that engages the Israeli and international public through thought-provoking, critical video articles on complex social issues across Israel and Palestine. We disrupt the status quo by producing and distributing video articles that offer the public an up-close, unseen view of social phenomena that the Israeli mainstream media refuses to cover.
Social TV has three employees, several freelancers, and volunteers.
We are generously supported by several international Foundations and Organizations in the fields of human rights and media, and work in tandem with other human-rights organizations in Israel/Palestine. Our annual budget is in the area of £234,000.
Social TV exists as both a stage and microphone for those most affected by issues of poverty, the occupation, militarism, and more. Our hard-hitting video articles facilitate discourse on the intersection of various systems of oppression and the unjust social order that thrives within Israel. Social TV is proud to mobilize everyday people into activists and change makers.
We reframe complex social phenomena of Israel and Palestine into accessible video articles--providing critical analyses as opposed to one-sided narratives perpetuated by Israeli mainstream media.
Our team of activists believe that alternative media is a tool of progressive struggle--necessary for awakening public consciousness and radical social change. We mobilize everyday people into activists and change-makers. In 2020, our video articles reached 4,000,000 exposures and 25,000 direct interactions with viewers.
Our main focus is on democratic values and human rights, the Occupied Palestinian Territories, poverty and food insecurity, and other social issues in Israel/Palestine.
In the coming year of activity (2022) we intend to deal with four core issues: Militarism in Israeli society; Poverty, hunger, and food insecurity in Israel; Hope Hub: Rewriting a Jewish/Palestinian Narrative in Shared Cities Through Media; and a sequence of current articles on core issues.