Daily Archives: 18 בFebruary 2018

Young Naamat Facilitated by Nurit Hajaj, Project and Content Director, Orly Biti, Adv., Deputy Director and Chair of Special Projects, and Ayelet Baruch-Katz, a Tel Aviv-based activist. Young Naamat provides opportunities for women to join, associate, gain skills, and act alongside other young women from varying backgrounds, employment, religions, and traditions across Israel. They are united in their belief that women can impact Israeli society, specifically the status of women. The group operates in affinity to Naamat and the Histadrut (General Organization of Workers in Israel) to promote the status of women, change social-political policies, and strive for gender equity at home, work, and society. The workshop expanded upon identities and identity politics, and was facilitated according to the method […]

Identity Dynamics

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Beit Berl Academic College Multiplicity of Identities Facilitated by Dr. Ariela Bairey ben Ishay, Director of the Group Facilitation in a Multi-Identity Society program. This workshop aimed to raise participants’ awareness of the multiple identities that are held concurrently, affecting individuals’ daily lives. Some of these are assigned at birth (e.g. nationality, gender, etc.), while others are acquired (e.g. ideology, professional identity, etc.). Any single or group of identities may move to the fore, depending on our needs or context. Thus, individuals must ask which identities help, and which hinder, when meeting other people. The workshop included theoretical knowledge that provided a background on the method’s different applications in group settings (The Other Within Us, Dan Bar-On, 1999; The Social […]

Multiplicity of Identities

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Mosaica Restorative Justice in Criminal Proceedings (Hebrew-Arabic) Facilitated by Laiki Saban, Mosaica, and Director of the Mediation and Dialogue Center in Acco Mosaica, The Center for Conflict Resolution by Agreement, functions as a community-based alternative for preventing, managing, and resolving conflicts. Mosaica encourages joint discourse and dialogue as a means for resolving conflicts between different cultural groups, while improving the quality of life for all through the use of mediation-based language and values, including: mutual respect, acceptance of the “other,” tolerance, listening, and participation. Restorative justice is a process that brings together perpetrator and victim, who together formulate a plan for healing and correcting whatever damage was inflicted. The workshop focused on the role of religion and culture when using […]

Restorative Justice in Criminal Proceedings

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The Israeli Center for Restorative Practices (ICRP) Facilitated by Dalia Tauber, Founder. The ICRP was founded in 2012 to focus on learning and developing restorative dialogue, while implementing restorative justice processes. Past activities include initiating and collecting signatures for a restorative justice treaty for Israeli society, and introducing the concept in schools and workplaces. The ICRP facilitates restorative justice in cases of sexual violence, and participated in Givat Haviva’s Roadmap for a Joint Society program, developing a model in which restorative dialogue serves as the basis for discussing and promoting joint living. The workshop presented the model’s tenets, which participants then practiced applying. The conversation forced on the model’s key questions, which focus on community-building thought and dialogue. By raising […]

Israeliness: Sharing, Thinking, and Shaping a Joint Future

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Gishurim Forum of Joint Cities Facilitated by Shai Horev (Acco), Aliza Silura (Ramla), Yaron Levin (Haifa), Noa Shalev (Lod), and Laiki Saban (Acco/Jerusalem). This workshop demonstrated the model used by the Gishurim Centers (municipal mediation centers in mixed cities: Acco, Lod, Ramla, and Haifa). The multi-faceted workshop covered conflict resolution, multi-cultural community leadership, inter-cultural community dialogue, and partnerships. Working in smaller groups, participants were presented with a case-study from one of the centers. Through questioning and investigating, participants applied the principles and model to the case study, while exploring additional options for resolution.

Forum of Joint Cities

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The Center for a Shared Society at Givat Haviva A Relational Approach to Dialogue and its Implementation in Fostering Jewish-Arab Partnerships. Facilitated by Dr. Ran Kutner, academic advisor to Givat Haviva and senior lecturer in the University of Haifa’s Peace and Conflict Management program. The Center for a Shared Society aims to create an accepting and united society, by galvanizing divided communities for collective action. This workshop presented the Relational Approach to dialogue, which originated from psychoanalysis and emphasizes the role of relationships to the human soul). This includes practicing mindfulness, to cultivate awareness of one’s body and the feelings that emerge “here and now.” These methods aim to bring the you-I relationship to the fore (Buber), while recognizing the […]

A Relational Approach to Dialogue and its Implementation in Fostering Jewish-Arab ...

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The Ministry of Education’s Counseling Psychological Services (CPS) Facilitated by Hyam Tannous and Irit Leviatan, Educational counselors and formerly regional CPS supervisors. The narrative approach enables a “life story,” which serves as a tool for developing intercultural dialogue. It aims to instill skills for listening, while fostering protected discourse on controversial topics. Thus, it is extremely relevant to Israeli society, which comprises different, tension-ridded sectors. First and foremost, by fostering dialogue that provides space for a multiplicity and diversity of opinions, with an emphasis on the personal-human story, the “other’s” narrative. The “other” is seen as strong and unique – not from a critical or judgmental point of view, but rather as emerges from the narrative. The technique for managing […]

The Narrative Approach

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Besod Siach (The Association of Dialogue between Groups in Conflict) The Tavistock Method Facilitated by Ruth Duek, a senior clinical psychologist, and Miriam Fruchtman, an organizational and educational counselor. Besod Siach (The Association of Dialogue between Groups in Conflict) works to promote dialogue among all sectors of Israeli society. The organization, which was founded in 1992 by group psychologists from the political right and left, is based on the Tavistock method, which utilizes group relations and systemic approaches. The Tavistock method examines group relations, with an emphasis on the individual and their role in the group/organization, while addressing both conscious and unconscious factors that influence the individual and group and affect their success in reaching pre-defined goals. The workshop presented […]

The Tavistock Method

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The Satir Group at the Ramle Open House The Virginia Satir Model:  Advancing Jewish-Arab Partnerships and Understanding Facilitated by Tali Aharony and Gila Cohen, clinical psychologists and family and relationship counselors. The Satir model was developed as a tool for family therapy and is centered on the belief that the individual can change (STST – Satir Transformational Systemic Therapy). The Ramle Open House, a community center for co-existence, uses this model to advance partnerships and understanding between the city’s Jewish and Arab residents. The workshop outlined the model’s tenets, which participants applied through a group exercise. Two aspects of the model are especially relevant to groups in conflict. Establishing and strengthening one’s sense of self-worth: Vital individuals are much better […]

The Virginia Satir Model: Advancing Jewish-Arab Partnerships and Understanding

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