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New Approaches to Conflict Management in Israeli Society

A Konrad Adenauer Stiftung- Bar-Ilan Graduate University Course

Now in its 22nd annual cycle, this special graduate level training course combines theoretical and practical aspects of cultural approaches to conflict management challenges within Israeli society. Considered a major fixture of the Graduate Program in Conflict Management and Project for the Study of Religion, Culture and Peace at Bar-Ilan University, and run in cooperation with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation it has served as a conflict management training program with an important multiplying effect through the impact of its many graduates. Anchored in the Israeli reality of ideological and social schism it seeks to offer new approaches to finding common ground between the various cultural groups in Israeli society based on federalist thinking rooted in the Jewish political tradition. Guest speakers, prominent in their fields offer insights into the narratives and key challenges facing major sub-groups in Israeli society, along with the conceptual foundations of the course. Through intense discussion, feedback papers and simulation exercises multicultural competency is acquired by the graduate students to promote diversity within unity in Israel which is both a Jewish and multicultural society.

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Furthermore, the course has offered a public affairs impact through an on-going culminating seminar, for the past 13 years, in the mixed Jewish-Arab city of Akko. The emphasis has been on inter-religious and intercultural dialogue involving key actors such as the city's deputy mayors from both the Jewish and Arab sectors, leading Rabbis and Sheikhs, conflict management mediators and municipal officials.  

While Akko had been considered a “model” for mixed Jewish-Arab cities in Israel, the tragic and violent events of May 2021 also severely affected relations within Akko, which was originally considered largely immune to such internal violence and inter-group hostility. However owing to the dedication of the Mediation Center, other NGO’s and municipal and religious leadership the city has been making marked efforts towards social reconstruction and healing. Thus this year’s Seminar will provide a unique opportunity to participate in the process of rebuilding  Jewish-Arab relations and

partnership in the city as the students and participating faculty engage with key actors on the ground and better understand key dynamics currently taking place.   

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Foundation Office Israel
Rabbi Akiva Street 8, PO Box 1956,
9107901 Jerusalem
Israel
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Speakers

  • Muhammed Suwaed
    • Western Galilee Academic College
    • Dr. Zev Khanin
    • Bar-Ilan University
    • Dr. Janan Fellah
    • Dr. Anat Feldman
    • Achva Academic College
    • Mr. Eliezer Hayoun
    • Hebrew University of Jerusaelm
    • Prof. Asher Cohen
    • Bar-Ilan University
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