Blown away by a meeting of the Ameinu Journey with counselors of the Noar Oved Velomed youth movement working in the shared existence program in the Galilee Arab village of Kfar Manda. Five young counselors - four Jews and one Arab - explained how they created youth movement activities to engage local Arab youth as well as Jewish youth from the area in shared activity. While so much was meaningful where we explored the experiences of Arabs in the movement and how progressive Zionists in Israel and North America can best work together, one statement really stands out. A Jewish counselor said of Zionism: for me as an Israeli and a Zionist, if there wouldnt be Arabs In Israel it wouldnt be the Israel I would want to live in. For her and her colleagues it was BECAUSE of Zionism that they were committed to tireless work for Shared Existence. The Ameinu group left feeling exhilarated and excited to figure out ways to have these wonderful young Israelis meet and educate North American Jewry.
Posted on: Thu, 01 Jan 2015 15:39:02 +0000
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