Ministry of Education

Dorit Rabinyan. (Isaac Shokal)

The Jewish-Arab love story that threatened Israel’s national identity

‘All the Rivers,’ the latest book by Dorit Rabinyan, generated international headlines when it was banned from Israel’s high school curriculum for depicting a Jewish-Arab romance. On the occasion of its publication in English, +972 Magazine speaks with the author about the ban and its fallout, and about traversing boundaries. In December 2015, Israel’s Education Ministry…

By Dahlia Scheindlin May 1, 2017

Edi Edlund (left) and Abed Islam, founders of the Neve Shalom/Wahat Al Salam school. (Courtesy of Neve Shalom/Wahat Al Salam)

Surviving the ups and downs: Israel’s first Arab-Jewish school turns 30

For three decades the school at Neve Shalom/Wahat al-Salam has taught our children how to grow and become adults with a cohesive national and human identity, without fear of the other. Today, however, the future looks as uncertain as ever. (Translated from Hebrew by Rivka Einy) Atop a small mountain in the Latrun area lies the…

By Samah Salaime July 4, 2015

Young Israeli Palestinians at the Human Rights March, December 2011 (Photo; Yossi Gurvitz)

School reprimanded by Education Min. for trip to human rights march

The Ministry of Education reprimands a school for sending its pupils to the Human Rights March The Ministry of Education sent a reprimand (Hebrew) to the principal of the ‘Ar’ara high school, which sent its pupils to the Human Rights March held earlier this month. The letter sent by the ministry complained, inter alia, that…

By Yossi Gurvitz December 31, 2011

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Empty basketball court in Israel (photo: flickr/Vadim Lavrusik)

“Foreign” non-Jews barred from Israeli youth basketball league

An Israeli youth basketball league limits the number of non-Jewish “foreigners” who can join–excluding children who were born and raised in Israel. If a team goes over the cap, it is barred from district competition. Two Filipino boys play a one-on-one basketball game in South Tel Aviv, an area where many migrant workers and their…

By Mya Guarnieri Jaradat November 13, 2011

tolerance graphic thumb (Photo: flickr/srqpix)

Survey: Theater helps Israeli youth humanize Palestinians

It’s unusual to get good news about levels of tolerance toward the other, when it comes to Israelis, Palestinians and the conflict – especially youngsters. As my colleagues and I found in a large study of Israeli youth, intolerance, exclusive and discriminatory attitudes are embraced by a large and perhaps growing numbers of young folks.…

By Dahlia Scheindlin July 9, 2011

Nakba

Can Israel incorporate the Nakba? Response to Joseph Dana

by Roi Ben Yehuda Over at Tablet, Joseph Dana writes an important piece on Israel’s problematic relationship with the Nakba narrative (the expulsion/dislocation of over 750,000 Palestinians from their homes in what is now Israel) and the imperative of integrating this narrative into Israel’s public discourse. He concludes: Including the Nakba in Israeli public discourse,…

By +972 Magazine June 2, 2011