Greetings!
We at Givat Haviva hope you had a joyful Rosh Hashanah, and a reflective Yom Kippur as we continue through the High Holiday season.
During the High Holidays, we contemplate the ways we can better ourselves, remedy past wrongs, and repair the world, Tikkun Olam. Throughout this past year, we have witnessed conflict across the globe. With the war in Ukraine, protests in Iran, and 30 school shootings in the United States so far, this year has not been an easy one.
It is overwhelming to think of all the work that needs to be done to repair the world in the face of so much conflict.
The work we do at Givat Haviva in striving toward a shared society shows us that there is a better future ahead.
We catch glimpses of this future in the friendships between Jewish and Arab participants in our Through Others’ Eyes program, and in the bonds that Arab students form with their Jewish teachers.
In our Cross-Sector Teacher Exchange, we can see the power that kindness and humanity have over conflict. In the joint work of our Arab-Jewish municipality partnerships, we see that common goals are key to a healthy and robust community.
Shared society work is laying the foundation for a peaceful future and a healed and thriving world.
