How wonderful it was to celebrate Hannukah, the festival of lights, by opening our new home to friends and partners from far and wide to mark the building’s official opening. The special ceremony celebrating the building’s dedication was a milestone in the years-long project of making a permanent home for the Akko’s Educators’ Kibbutz. We were honored by the Mayor of Akko Mr. Shimon Lankri, Akko Chief Rabbi Yosef Yashar, Imam Sheikh Samir A'asi, Sefton Bergson of UJIA’s Israe

We couldn’t be more excited to have recently completed the move into our new building in the heart of Akko. In the next months we will be sending delegations to the US and UK to continue our endeavor to finalize our financial obligations in the acquisition of the building. We are thrilled to announce that we will be holding a dedication ceremony on December 3rd, which will be attended by the Mayor of Akko as well as our friends and partners from the city, from Israel, and fro

On Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day) this year we marked the 75th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto uprising. For the past six years, Dror Israel’s “Rebellion of Hope” initiative has been teaching that we remember the past for the sake of the future. We “rebel” against injustice in the world and within the Jewish people. And we insist on the “hope” of building a better society. We create living memory for the here and now. This year, “Rebellion of Hope” reached over 1,00

We were very blessed in November to host many friends and partners who came to visit Akko to see the Educators’ Kibbutz first hand. We met Julie Diamond from the Oregon Jewish Community Foundation together with Lee Gordon, the cofounder of Hand-in-Hand, at the Jam. We talked with Julie and Lee about the challenges Akko faces as a city in Israel’s periphery, the special role the Jam plays as a nightlife venue for locals, and the importance of encouraging local arts and culture

Throughout July, 100 kids from Akko – Jews and Arabs – had a blast together at our Shared Existence Day Camp. Every day, 27 newly-trained youth counselors from the city guided the campers as they cooked, danced and laughed their way through the long summer days together. This month, we were thrilled to be invited by the Akko Mayor Shimon Lankri for a special toast at City Hall to celebrate the New Year. The coordinators of each of the Educators’ Kibbutz projects in Akko and a