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Alliance For Middle East Peace
The Alliance for Middle East Peace (ALLMEP) is a group of over 100 leading non-governmental organizations working to foster reconciliation between Israelis and Palestinians, and between Arabs and Jews in Israel and the wider region. One of ALLMEP's proposals is an independenInternational Fund for Israeli-Palestinian Peaceto support and encourage efforts to build peace in the region.2009 ALLMEP Summit group website. ALLMEP’s initial advocacy in Washington secured dedicated funds for these organizations within the Office of Conflict Management and Mitigation of . ALLMEP later widened its plan, in order to establish an International Fund for Israeli-Palestinian Peace modeled on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Auburn Theological Seminary
Auburn Theological Seminary, located in New York City, teaches students about progressive social issues by offering workshops, providing consulting, and conducting research on faith leadership development. The seminary was established in Auburn, New York, in 1818 to prepare young ministers for the frontier. In 1939, weakened by the Great Depression, the seminary relocated from Auburn to the Union Theological Seminary's campus in New York City, although it maintained its independence from Union Theological Seminary. In 2014, it designed and moved to a new leadership development lab in The Interchurch Center in Morningside Heights, Manhattan, New York City. Auburn Theological Seminary houses a research center focused on the study of seminaries, divinity schools, and the preparation of faith leaders working for social justice. It was one of the first seminaries in the country to admit African Americans ( Moses A. Hopkins, 1877), Japanese (Naoomi Tamura, 1882) and later, female semin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jerusalem International YMCA
Jerusalem International YMCA is a YMCA branch in Jerusalem established in the early twentieth century. History In 1924, Archibald Clinton Harte, General Secretary of the International YMCA, raised the sum of one million dollars towards the construction of the building. Harte developed a vision for a permanent Y building and worked tirelessly planning every detail. For years, he cultivated donors who shared his vision of a “Sermon in Stone.” After seven years of construction, the new Jerusalem YMCA was dedicated in 1933 with the words “Here is a place whose atmosphere is peace, where political and religious jealousies can be forgotten and international unity be fostered and developed.” Harte retired to his home on the shores of Galilee, which he bequeathed to the Jerusalem International YMCA as an international conference facility. The cornerstone was laid in 1928 by Herbert Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer, Lord Plumer, the British High Commissioner for Palestine (region), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Interfaith Encounter Association
The Interfaith Encounter Association (IEA) is an Israeli-based non-profit organization founded and directed by Yehuda Stolov. Its primary purpose is to foster dialogue between different religious groups within the Holy Land (specifically Jews, Muslims, Christians, Druze and Baháʼís). This is done on a grassroots level throughout Israel and the Palestinian Territories. History Founded in the summer of 2001 nine months after the beginning of the Second Intifada the newly formed IEA set itself to the task of building and strengthening a grassroots interfaith movement for peace, justice, and sustainability in the Holy Land and in the Middle East. Envisioning a society in which the "otherness" of "the other" is not only accepted, but truly understood and respected, the IEA dedicated itself to promoting real coexistence and human peace in the Middle East through cross-cultural study and inter-religious dialogue. The IEA was launched in October 2001 with the following principles and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Interfaith Center For Sustainable Development
The Interfaith Center for Sustainable Development (ICSD), is a nonprofit organization that connects religion and ecology and mobilizes faith communities to act. Based in Jerusalem, ICSD was founded by Yonatan Neril, Rabbi Yonatan Neril in 2010. ICSD's work relates to multiple aspects of interfaith environmental engagement. First, ICSD co-organizes interfaith environmental conferences that amplify the voices of religious leaders and scientists on spirituality and ecology. Second, ICSD published and distributes Eco Bible, a commentary on the Hebrew Bible, as well as the EcoPreacher resource. Third, the Interfaith Eco Seminary Engagement Project promotes teaching of ecologically informed theological education, to spur courageous moral leadership for sustainability. Fourth, ICSD engages in the Faith Inspired Renewable Energy Project, in cooperation with faith institutions in Africa and the renewable energy platform Gigawatt Global, to deploy solar power in Africa. Fifth, ICSD co-orga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Center For Jewish-Arab Education In Israel
Center or centre may refer to: Mathematics *Center (geometry), the middle of an object * Center (algebra), used in various contexts ** Center (group theory) ** Center (ring theory) * Graph center, the set of all vertices of minimum eccentricity * Central tendency, measures of the central tendency (center) in a set of data Places United States * Centre, Alabama * Center, Colorado * Center, Georgia * Center, Indiana * Center, Warrick County, Indiana * Center, Kentucky * Center, Missouri * Center, Nebraska * Center, North Dakota * Centre County, Pennsylvania * Center, Portland, Oregon * Center, Texas * Center, Washington * Center, Outagamie County, Wisconsin * Center, Rock County, Wisconsin **Center (community), Wisconsin *Center Township (other) *Centre Township (other) *Centre Avenue (other) *Center Hill (other) Other countries * Centre region, Hainaut, Belgium * Centre Region, Burkina Faso * Centre Region (Cameroon) * Centre-Val de Loire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Givat Haviva
Givat Haviva () is the national education center of the Kibbutz Federation in Israel founded in 1949. It is the oldest institution in Israel promoting reconciliation between Jews and Arabs. History Givat Haviva, established in 1949, is the national education, archival, and research center of the Kibbutz Artzi Federation. Givat Haviva was awarded the UNESCO Prize for Peace Education for its longstanding work in promoting Jewish-Arab dialogue and reconciliation. The center is named for Haviva Reik, an activist in the Hashomer Hatzair movement, who made aliyah in 1939. She was one of 32 Jewish parachutists from the Palestinian Mandate who volunteered to join the British Special Operations Executive and infiltrate German-occupied Europe to work with local Jewish communities. She was sent to Slovakia as an emissary of the Haganah on a mission to aid Jews during the Slovak national uprising. Reik and other paratroopers were captured by the Germans occupying Czechoslovakia, and execu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ehvam - International Spiritual Center For Peace
The Ehvam - International Spiritual Center for Peace () also known as the Arava Spiritual Center (), which is located in the southern Arabah, Arava region in Israel, is a non-profit, non-governmental, and non-political organization founded in 2013 by Dvora Tzvieli. It is funded by donations through the "Shita Vechochma" () (Method & Wisdom) Nonprofit organization, NPO. History The ''Ehvam - International Spiritual Center for Peace'' was established in 2013 by Dvora Tzvieli, known to her students as Lama Dvora-Hella, a student of Sermey Khensur Lobsang Tharchin, Lama Sermey Rinpoche Geshe Lobsang Tarchin, whom she met in 1998. Tzvieli, a veteran of the ''Diamond Mountain Center, Diamond Mountain Retreat Center'' in Phoenix Arizona where she spent 3 years in solitary retreat in the late 2000s, has devoted her life to the study, teaching and practice of Buddhism and traditions of the Far East. Goal The main focus in the establishment of the center was to act towards sustainable pea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
EcoPeace Middle East
EcoPeace Middle East, formerly Friends of the Earth Middle East (1994–2014), is a regional environmental peacebuilding organization in the Middle East, bringing together Jordanians, Palestinians, and Israelis. Name EcoPeace was formed in 1994, bringing together Israelis, Palestinians, Egyptians, and Jordanians in the wake of the Arab-Israeli peace processes of the 1990s. After joining the international Friends of the Earth network, EcoPeace became Friends of the Earth Middle East, but in 2014 it left the network, reverting to the initial name as EcoPeace Middle East. Description The people and wildlife of the region are dependent on many of the same natural resources. Shared surface and sub-surface freshwater basins, shared seas, common flora and fauna species and a shared air-shed are some of the characteristics that necessitate regional cooperation. As a tri-lateral organization that brings together Jordanian, Palestinian and Israeli environmentalists, EcoPeace's primary o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
EcoOcean
{{Infobox organization , name = EcoOcean , logo = EcoOcean logo.png , logo_size = 250px , location = Israel , formation =2002 , founder = Weil family , type = NGO, Non-profit organization , purpose = Marine Conservation, Environmentalism , website www.ecoocean.org EcoOcean is an Israeli non-profit environmental organization that was founded in 2002, working to preserve the marine and coastal environments, by promoting marine research, education and community engagement. History EcoOcean was founded by the Weil family and a group of Israeli scientists in 2002. The organization's goal is to promote the preservation of the coastal and marine environment through research, education and broad community activities. Activities Research EcoOcean operates the R/V Mediterranean Explorer research vessel and underwater robot (ROV) that enables local and world researchers, who are often subsidized by the organization to expa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Economic Cooperation Foundation
The Economic Cooperation Foundation (ECF, ) was founded by Dr. Yair Hirschfeld (the initiator of the Oslo Peace Process), together with former Minister of Justice, Dr. Yossi Beilin at the end of 1990 as a non-profit, non-governmental track II think tank, whose objectives are to build, maintain and support Israeli-Palestinian and Israeli-Arab cooperation in the political, economic, and civil society spheres in support of creating a sustainable Permanent Status based on a two-state solution. Based in Tel-Aviv, the ECF is led today by Hirschfeld, Beilin and its Treasurer Mr. Boaz Karni. Dr. Nimrod Novik is Chairman of the ECF Executive Board. Over the years, ECF has developed a unique network of intimate relations with all the relevant players – Israel, Palestine, Egypt, Jordan, America, Europe, and others. In turn, this has enabled the ECF to create coalitions, design concepts, suggest creative solutions and build structures that have been translated into agreed-upon agendas and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Combatants For Peace
Combatants for Peace (; ) is an Israeli-Palestinian NGO and an egalitarian, bi-national, grassroots movement committed to non-violent action against the “Israeli occupation and all forms of violence” in Israel and the Palestinian territories. The movement was formed in 2006 by Palestinians and Israelis who had taken an active role in the cycle of violence, and decided to work together to promote a peaceful solution through non-violent action. The former combatants had been gathering for a year in various towns around Jerusalem after leaders from both sides decided to take action to promote peace. Originally, the activists were solely ex-combatants: the Israeli soldiers and refuseniks of the Israeli army and Palestinian fighters. Today, members of the movement include also men and women who have never played a violent role in the conflict. Combatants for Peace is the only peace group worldwide that was founded and run by ex-combatants on both sides of an active conflict. Other ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
