Educational Briefings

The Task Force hosts monthly educational conference calls. These calls are an opportunity to learn about current events in Israel from Israeli Jewish and Arab experts; to keep abreast of emerging trends and to ask questions. Past conference calls are available on this page.

  1. 12/14 Call: Equal Opportunities through Education at the Technion with Philanthropist Patsy Landa and Professor Daoud Bshouty

    Mrs. Patsy Landa, the Landa Fund for Equal Opportunities through Education, and Professor Daoud Bshouty, Department of Mathematics, Technion, and Academic Head of the Landa Project at the Technion

    Educational Conference Call Briefing

    December 14, 2011
  2. 9/14: Former Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Arens on the Importance of Israeli Arab Issues

    Mr. Moshe Arens, Former Minister of Defense and Former Minister of Foreign Affairs

    Educational Conference Call Briefing

     

    September 14, 2011
  3. 6/27: Israel's Prime Minister's Office and the Lautman Fund on New Investments for Druze and Bedouin in the North

    Mr. Hashem Hussein, Minorities Field Manager in the Supervision and Monitoring Department in the Prime Minister's Office
    Ms. Yael Neeman, Executive Director, The Lautman Fund

    Educational Conference Call Briefing

    June 27, 2011
  4. 2/24: Special Update on the Implementation of the Government’s Five-Year Development Plan for the Arab Sector

    Mr. Aiman Saif, General Director of the Authority for the Economic Development of the Arab Sector in the Prime Minister's Office

    Educational Conference Call Briefing

    February 24, 2011
  5. 1/27 Challenges and Opportunities: Higher Education for Israeli Arabs

    Dr. Raed Mualem, Senior Vice President, Nazareth Academic Institute and Dr. Shany Payes, Director, Peace Center and Head of Peace Studies, Nazareth Academic Institute.

    Educational Conference Call Briefing

    January 27, 2011
  6. 5/26 Socio-Economic Gaps b/w Israeli Arabs and Jews and the OECD with Min. Avishay Braverman

    Minister Avishay Braverman

    Educational Conference Call Briefing

    May 26, 2010
  7. 4/21 Call with Investors: 1st Israeli Gov. Plan for Private Investment in Israeli Arab Busineses

    Habib Hazzan and Jimmy Levy

    Educational Conference Call Briefing

    April 21, 2010
  8. 1/28 Sikkuy's 2008 Equality Index: the Most Updated Data on Socio-Economic Gaps Between Arabs and Jews in Israel

    Ali Haider and Ron Gerlitz , Co-Executive Directors of Sikkuy

    Educational Conference Call Briefing

    January 28, 2010
  9. Bringing the High Tech Industry into the Arab Communities as a Means of Advancing Equal Opportunities in Israel

    Ms. Noga Kap, Managing Director at BRM Group & Tsofen Board Member, and Mr. Muhammad Zahalqa, Co-CEO of Agile Technologies & Tsofen Board Member

    Educational Conference Call Briefings

    December 14, 2009
  10. Challenges in Bilingual Education and the Quest for Peace in the South of Israel

    Dr. Akiva Leibowitz, Co-Chair and founding member of Hagar, and Safa Abu-Rabia, Faculty Member of the Mandel Center for Leadership in the Negev & active mother at Hagar

    Educational Conference Call Briefings

    November 23, 2009
  11. Jewish-Arab Youth Dialogue – Lessons and Challenges

    Farhat Agbaria and Ro'ee Peled, educators at the Givat Haviva Institute

    Educational Conference Call Briefings

    October 26, 2009
  12. The Authority for the Economic Development of the Minority Sectors in the Prime Minister's Office - Achievements to Date and Plans for the Future

    Ayman Seif, General Director of the Authority for the Economic Development of the Minority Sectors in the Prime Minister's Office

    Educational Conference Call Briefings

    August 10, 2009
  13. Equality in Employment? The Challenges of Integrating Arab Academics into the Israeli Job Market

    Irit Tamir, CEO of Kav Mashva, Employers Coalition for Equality for Arab University Graduates

    Educational Conference Call Briefings

    July 13, 2009
  14. Jewish-Arab relations in Israel's south - Six Months after the Gaza Operation

    Vivian Silver and Amal Elsana Alh'jooj, Co-Executive Directors of Negev Institute for Strategies of Peace and Development (NISPED)

    Educational Conference Call Briefings

    June 22, 2009
  15. A Critical View of a Complex Identity - Being an Arab-Israeli-Muslim woman teacher of English literature at the Al Qassami Academic College of Education in Baqa El Gharbiya, Israel

    Dr. Dalia Fadila, Dean of Students and Assistant to the President in the Al-Qasemi Academic College of Education in Baqa El Gharbiya

    Educational Conference Call Briefings

    May 11, 2009
  16. Analysis of Election Trends in the Arab sector and the Image of Israeli-Arabs in Israel's Mainstream Press

    Yoav Stern, reporter on Arab Affairs for Haaretz Newspaper

    Educational Conference Call Briefings

    March 16, 2009
  17. Higher Education Challenges encountered by Bedouin Women in Israel

    Dr. Sarab Abu-Rabia-Queder, lecturer at Ben Gurion University and the first female Bedouin PhD recipient in Israel

    Educational Conference Call Briefings

    February 9, 2009
  18. Current State of Civil Society and Jewish-Arab Relations in Israel

    Yarona Ben-Shalom Richardson and Sultan Abu-Obaid, Directors, SHATIL Negev office

    Educational Conference Call Briefings

    January 22, 2009
  19. 10 Years of Reflection on Arab-Jewish relations in Israel: Changes, advances and retreats from the perspectives of the Israeli government, Israeli Jewish public, Israeli Arab public and the American Jewish public

    Shalom (Shuli) Dichter, Co-Executive Director, The Association for the Advancement of Civic Equality

    Educational Conference Call Briefings

    December 12, 2008
  20. Environment Knows No Borders: Environmental Activism as a Bridge Between Jewish and Arab Communities in Israel

    Sigal Yaniv Feller, Director of Green Environment Fund and Badria Biromi Kadalft, Director of LINK for the Environment

    Educational Conference Call Briefings

    November 10, 2008
  21. Druze Integration: Individual Success and Community's Struggle - What is Really Happening Underneath the Beautiful Villages on the Mountaintops of the Carmel and the Galilee?

    Ambassador Reda Mansour - Israel's Consul General to the Southeastern United States

    Educational Conference Call Briefings

    October 7, 2008
  22. The Role of the Past in the Present: Jewish-Arab dialogue at the Center for Humanistic Education

    Haneen Elias and David Netzer - Educators, Center for Humanistic Education at Beit Lohamei Haghetaot (Ghetto Fighters Museum)

    Educational Conference Call Briefings

    September 8, 2008
  23. Challenges and Strategies for Effective Shared Citizenship Education for Israeli Students, Jewish and Arab, in the context of Separate School Streams

    Mike Prashker - Founder & Director, MERCHAVIM - The Institute for the Advancement of Shared Citizenship in Israel

    Educational Conference Call Briefings

    July 14, 2008
  24. Insight Into Legal Issues Faced by the Arab Community in Israel

    Yousef Jabareen - Founder & Director, The Arab Center for Law and Policy

    Educational Conference Call Briefings

    June 11, 2008
  25. Equal Access to Rights and Services in the Bedouin Community

    Sari Revkin - Executive Director, YEDID - The Association for Community Empowerment and Rawia Aboorabia - Attorney At Law

    Educational Conference Call Briefings

    May 12, 2008
  26. Overview of People with Disabilities in Israeli Arab Society: An Opportunity for Social Change

    Avital Sandler-Loeff - Director, JDC-Israel's "Masira" (Journey) Program for Advancing the Status of People with Disabilities in Arab Society in Israel

    Educational Conference Call Briefings

    April 14, 2008
  27. Organizational Development and Professional Issues Faced by Arab NGOs in Israel

    Ghaida Rinaiwi-Zoabi - Certified Organizational Development Consultant, The National Committee for the Arab Local Authorities in Israel

    Educational Conference Call Briefings

    February 11, 2008
  28. Impacting the Public Agenda in Israel by Promoting Social Change Issues in the Media

    Laura Hawa - Media Specialist, Agenda

    Educational Conference Call Briefings

    January 14, 2008
  29. Growing Trends of Volunteerism and Empowerment of Women in the Bedouin Community

    Amal Elsana Alh'jooj - Director, AJEEC – Arab Jewish Center for Equality, Empowerment & Cooperation

    Educational Conference Call Briefings

    December 10, 2007
  30. The Status of Arab Women in Israel

    Aida Touma Suliman - Co-Founder & General Director, Women Against Violence

    Educational Conference Call Briefings

    November 14, 2007
  31. The Status, Challenges and Effects of Early Childhood Education in Israeli Arab Communities

    Nabila Espanioly - Director, Al-Tufula Center

    Educational Conference Call Briefings

    October 8, 2007
  32. Israeli Arabs: The Sharpening Dilemma of National Identity

    Dr. Elie Rekhess – Director, Konrad Adenauer Program on Jewish-Arab Cooperation in Israel

    Educational Conference Call Briefings

    September 10, 2007
  33. The Israeli Arab Population: Factors that Influence Adequacy and Equality in Service Provision

    Dr. Jack Habib - Director, Myers-JDC-Brookdale Institute

    Educational Conference Call Briefings

    August 13, 2007

 

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