Haifa – Living Diversity in Germany and Israel

“Celebrate the Differences” – Exchange “Your Story Moves! III” Completed

LivDiv — Fri, 05 Jul 2019 13:20:15 +0000

Cooperation project broadens perspectives 21 young adults from Germany met between June 17 and 23 in Cologne for the second part of their exchange program within the frame of the project “Living Diversity in Germany and Israel – Challenges and Perspectives for Education and Youth Exchange”. The program has been organized and implemented by ConAct...

Your Story Moves! II – Learning About the Other Is Learning About Ourselves

iliraaliai — Wed, 12 Dec 2018 18:25:31 +0000

Nothing can connect people like a whole week spent together, travelling around the country and sharing life stories! Young people in Germany and Israel have diverse cultural, religious and national identities. Many of them come from families with a migration story or have experienced migration themselves. Under the motto “Your Story Moves!” a group of...

Diversity Through the Camera Lense

LivDiv — Mon, 18 Jun 2018 13:15:19 +0000

Both the German and the Israeli societies grow in a wide variety of narratives, stories, identities and backgrounds. Be it a cultural one, religious, ethnic, social or gender related. These topics are tackled in various forms through literature, music, politics and more. In both countries these themes have made their way onto the big screen...

Future Perspectives – Talking About Diversity Education

LivDiv — Thu, 26 Apr 2018 13:20:33 +0000

During our professional exchange program “Identity and Cross-Cultural Encounters in a Pluralistic Society” in Haifa/Israel we had the chance to speak with two Israeli educators about how to educate diversity in a pluralistic society despite or precisely because of given societal conflicts. Watch now the two interviews with Moran Ofek, Director of the Hand in...

Educating Towards Diversity – A Video Recap of Our Professional Exchange Program in Haifa

LivDiv — Fri, 16 Mar 2018 10:32:54 +0000

“Identity and Cross-Cultural Encounters in a Pluralistic Society” – Living Diversity in Germany and Israel: The Israel Youth Exchange Authority and ConAct – Coordination Center German-Israeli Youth Exchange hosted a follow-up of 2016 professional exchange program from November 27 to December 1, 2017 in Israel. During this exchange, around 40 participants from both countries got...