שיתוף פעולה בין OnePlace - ערבים בישראל, מרכז מידע באינטרנט, לבין המרכז היהודי-ערבי באוניברסיטת חיפה

 בימים אלה יוצאים דובי שורץ, מייסד ועורך ראשי של מרכז המידע האינטרנטי OnePlace, ופרופ' יצחק וייסמן, מנהל המרכז היהודי-ערבי באוניברסיטת חיפה, במיזם חדש. מטרתו של שיתוף הפעולה בין שני הגופים ליצור אתר של ידע שוטף ועדכני שישמש למקבלי ההחלטות, לחוקרים באקדמיה, לעיתונאים ולציבור הרחב בנושא החברה הערבית ויחסי יהודים-ערבים במדינת ישראל. במסגרת שיתוף הפעולה ילוו חוקרי המרכז היהודי-ערבי בארגון מחקרים, כנסים וימי עיון, ישמשו כיועצי תוכן למרכז המידע האינטרנטי OnePlace ויפרסמו בו מפרי מחקריהם.

Afternoons with IPCRI: economic and political change in Palestine

Join us for a public discussion and open question on Economic and Political Change in Palestine: transition from a donation based economy to an independent economy.

The event is hosted by The Jewish-Arab Center in Haifa University, June 17, 2013 17:00pm-19:00 pm.

Haifa University, exact location to be informed later on.

Delegation of faculty from Richmond University

On 23rd May 2013 a delegation of faculty from Richmond University, Virginia visited JAC. The delegation heard from Prof. Itzchak Weismann, head of JAC, about the political situation in Israel in the wake of the recent elections and about its implications on Jewish-Arab relations in the country. In the following discussion the members asked about the place of the Arab minority in the university and the institutions’ policy toward promoting Arab faculty and student programs. Prof. Weismann stressed the need to balance between the promotion of minorities and the requirements of free competition and excellence.

Round Table Project

Background about the program

Jewish and Arab students meet on a roundtable and discuses issues related to students life in the campus.

The first meeting was held on April 30. Participants,students all study in the department of political science in Haifa University, discussed the political activity and freedom of speech in the campus and came up with several recommendation from the meeting:

1. The project should be made open to all students in campus.

2. Meetings should include more female students because they were underrepresented this meeting.

3. All political groups in the university should arrange a meeting with the president and try to define a scope for political activites in the campus which will allow more freedom of speech in order to enable discussion bewteen different groups, Jewish and Arab alike.

First meeting in the Students Meet program

The first meeting of the Students Meet program took place on April 29. This mini-seminar has been organized by the student cells Ofek and Hadash under the auspices of JAC and is open to all students in the university. At the first meeting Prof. Itzchak Weismann, head of JAC discussed with the students the meaning of coexistence and related concepts such as shared life and shared spaces. The students referred to the need for more shared activities of Jews and Arabs in the university and in Israel at large.