Teaching Israeli Jewish and Arab Youth to
live in partnership
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Peace Child Israel was co-founded in 1988 by David Gordon and Yael Drouyannoff to teach coexistence using
theater and the arts. We educate for democratic values, tolerance and mutual respect. Arab and Jewish teens work
with counterparts from around the country to create original dramas about coexistence. The plays, in Arabic and Hebrew,
are performed for family, friends and the public at-large. Mission
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Our Goals |
Our goals: education for
democracy, pluralism and tolerance in Israel
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Through the medium of theatre and the
arts, we teach compassionate listening, critical thinking and non-violent communication. Workshop participants get
experience in dialogue and conflict resolution. They address issues of identity, stereotypes, mutual respect, equality
in a democratic society, as well as cultural similarities and differences. Role playing, reverse role-playing,
collage, movement and improvisation are among the numerous tools used to facilitate learning by doing.
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Habima affirms cooperation with PCI |
Peace
Child Israel has a working relationship with Habima, the Israeli national theater -
see:
Habima National Theater
affirms cooperation with PCI and
Video:Habima National
Theatre Hosts PCI |
Artistic Advisory Board
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In 2008, Peace Child Israel
created an Honorary Artistic Advisory board, including prominent Israeli entertainers and artists. Click for details of
Artistic Advisory Board.
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The PEACE CHILD SONG
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The song "We Brought Peace Upon Us", which once "belonged" to Peace
Child Israel exclusively, as its anthem, was given a new arrangement, at the initiative of its composer, Shlomo Gronich
and presented at as a gift to a country in severe pain in the autumn of 2000.
In 2005, we are celebrating the Fifth
anniversary of the song and the
Volunteers for Peace Group that created it. We are proud to present the
history of the group, and a video of
5 Years - Peace Child Song.
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Based on Arabic and Hebrew texts written by the teenagers from the Peace Child Israel millennium year workshops, the song
"We have brought peace upon ourselves" was composed in February 2000 by Shlomo Gronich, in consultation with
Mikhail Marun, oud. Israel Prize winner Ehud Manor and Mr. Magid Abu Rokun transformed the text into
lyrics for the anthem which was first performed with all the "graduating" teenagers of the 1999-2000 workshops on July
2, 2000.
Song: words
and music- click here
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