MERCHAVIM, the Institute for the Advancement of Shared Citizenship in
Israel, works to equip young Israelis of all backgrounds to build a
shared future by learning about their fellow citizens, appreciating the
diversity of Israeli society and working together to make their
classrooms, schools and communities, fairer – for the benefit of all.
Uniquely,
our approach has been developed by and for Israelis of all backgrounds,
in full cooperation with Israel’s Ministry of Education and prestigious
funding partners. A growing range of programs provides creative,
age-appropriate activities from kindergarten to 12th grade, based on Merchavim's Shared Citizenship Model and built around five core concepts: identity, access, fairness, limits of agreement and active shared citizenship.
20.05.2009 MERCHAVIM in partnrership with The Walter Lebach
Institute for Jewish-Arab Coexistence through Education at Tel Aviv University organized a conference on 20 May: "Strategies to promote diversity in
teachers-room to improve in-group relationships- case study: integration of Arab
teachers in Jewish schools in Israel". The conference was held at Tel-AvivUniversityand discussed the theoretical, practical and policy aspects of
this issue. Guest academics from Canada
and the Netherlands participated in the conference.
13.05.2009 The final meeting of the "Heritage
studies in a diverse society" teacher-training. Participants include Jewish, Muslim, Christian, and Druze secondary school
teachers from across the Northern School District.
The training program makes first-time use of MERCHAVIM’s experimental new
"Life Cycle and Year Cycle" education packs. These include teacher
guides and booklets for students in both Hebrew and Arabic.
16.04.2009Mike Prashker lectured on the "Shared
citizenship model" to “IsraCorps” education staff, as a starting point for
cooperation between the two organizations.
IsraCorps was established in 2004 in order to create a significant change in
Israeli society using the framework of a yearlong volunteering service by young
high school graduates from various backgrounds within Israeli society – Jews,
Arabs, orthodox and secular. “IsraCorps” sees MERCHAVIM’s “shared citizenship”
model as an important conceptual framework for its activities.
This site's graphic characters are the "heros" of MERCHAVIM's "Lets Talk" communicative Arabic program. Programe development management – Tzevet Didacti Ltd. Artist – Daniella Boger – Horowitz.
