For the past 10 years, the Akko Educators’ Kibbutz has been leading Holocaust Remembrance activities in the city by offering a wide array of programs to Akko’s diverse communities of all ages. Under the banner “Rebellion of Hope,” this annual program reaches out to a wide range of Akko locals to discuss Holocaust memory in new and interesting ways with the vision of bringing the community together to do more than remember for the sake of the past, but also for the sake of the

When my daughter taught me about Passover Last week, my six-year-old daughter (Yuval) asked me how Moses managed to lead the Israelites out of Egypt all by himself. I told her that Moses wasn’t alone. No Israelite, not even Moses, could have broken out of Egypt and journeyed through the desert to the Promised Land alone. The exodus from Egypt can be seen as the first Jewish social startup. The ability to transform the dream of freedom into reality required a great deal of pow

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. The Jewish and Arab groups came together daily for joint activities so they could become friends while getting to know and learn about each other. This is an important and enriching experience for the campers