NIF Arts & Justice Study Tour Making Art, Making Change

Welcome to Israel! ()

NIF Orientation and Introductions over Light Lunch

A Bridge to Islamic Culture: Visit to the Sign from Iran Exhibit at the Museum for Islamic Art and conversation with Nadim Sheiban, Museum Director

Welcome and Introduction to New Israel Fund with Rachel Liel, Executive Director in Israel and Ronit Heyd, Director of Shatil

Welcome Dinner

Jerusalem: From the East to the West On the Seam: Geopolitical tour of East Jerusalem with Eran Tzidkiyahu

Identity and Symbols: Visit to the Memory Embeded Exhibition at the Museum on the Seam and conversation with Merav Maor, Executive Director, and Raphie Etgar, Founder and Curator

Renewing the Old, Inspiring the Young: Visit the renewed Ticho House and conversion with Timna Seligman, curator of Ticho House

NIF Grantmaking: Meeting over lunch with Yuval Yavneh, Associate Director and Head of the NIF Grants Department, poet and musician Location: Anna Italian Café at Ticho House

Optional Kabbalat Shabbat Services

A Jerusalem Shabbat: Dinner at the home of chef and storyteller, Iris Saraf-Reinharts

Shabbat in Jerusalem

Guided Tour of the Old City of Jerusalem with Yisca Harani, lecturer, researcher and inter-religious activist

3000 Years and One More: An overlook of Sur Baher with Eliezer Yaari, former NIF Executive Director and a writer

Havdala and Dinner at Chen and Alon, "Israeli Bake Off" contestant

Jerusalem's Artistic Quilt

Conversation with Internationally Renowned Israeli Artist Michael Kovner in his Studio

The Israel Museum: Guided tour with Mira Lapidot, Chief Curator of the Fine Arts Wing

Jewish Culture & Values- Mizrachi Tradition versus Secularism and Orthodoxy: Meeting and lunch with Kol Israel Haverim (KIAH)

Free time in Mahane Yehuda Market

Innovation for Women Religious Artists: Visit to Studio of Her Own and conversation with founder Zippi Mizrahi

Conversation with former speaker of the Israeli , Professor Naomi Chazan, Former NIF President and Current Board Member

Art & the Conflict

A Jewish Voice Against Racism: Meeting with Dr. Gadi Gvaryahu, Chairman, Tag Meir (Light Tag) Forum

Geo-political Tour of Gush Etzion with Eran Tzidkiyahu

Hope in the Heart of the Conflict: Meeting over light lunch with Palestinians and Settlers Activists at Roots, initiative for co-existence

Between Two Worlds: Conversation with artist Porat Salomon from the Bat Ayin West Bank Settlement

The Art of a Shared Society (day trip to the North)

Crossing Borders in Contemporary Palestinian Art: Visit to Umm El-Fahem Art Gallery and conversation with Said Abu Shakra, Founder

Wadi Arah: and Arabs Working Together: Tour with Sikkuy, The Association for the Advancement of Civic Equality

Lunch with Fathi Marshood, Director of Shatil Haifa

Film for Social Change: Conversation with Doron Zabari, filmmaker of "The Silver Platter" and Itzik Shanan, Director of NIF Public Advocacy and Communications Department

Using Photography to Fight the Occupation: Dinner and discussion with Miki Kratsman, Chair of Breaking the Silence and Nadav Weiman, PR Coordinator

Many Cultures, Many Voices (Jaffa, )

Guided tour of Tel Aviv

Mizrachi Culture: Challenges and Opportunities: Visit to Achoti Gallery, Mizrachi cultural center, and panel discussion with Shula Keshet, Executive Director, and Prof. Tal Dekel, Art Historian and Board member of Achoti Location: 70 Matalon St., South Tel Aviv

Lunch and Guided tour of south Tel Aviv

The Refugee Story: Meeting with NIF Gallanter Prize-Winner Mutasim Ali, Reut Michaeli, Executive Director, and Asaf Weitzman, Director of the Legal Department of The Hotline for Refugees and Migrants

Doing Time in Holot: Meeting and Gallery Talk with Amos Schocken, publisher, Noam Gal, Curator of Photography at the Israel Museum, and Ron Amir, photographer, about the exhibition documenting thousands of Eritrean and Sudanese asylum-seekers in Israel’s Holot Detention Facility

Democracy & Justice: The Medium as the Message (Tel Aviv)

Looking towards the Future- Israel's Next Generation of Activists: Panel Discussion with Boaz Rakocz; CEO and founder, The Whistle; Raluca Ganea, Executive Director and founder, Zazim, Yael Ben-Yefet, Director, Mizrachi Democratic Rainbow; and Shmuel Shattah, Executive Director, Neemaney Torah vaAvoda

Educating for Shared Society: Visit to Elmina Theater, Multicultural Theater for children and youth, and conversation with acclaimed Israeli actor Norman Issa and his wife, playwright Gidona Raz, co-founders of the Elmina Theater

Lunch on own/ Free Time / Guided tour of Jaffa

Closing Discussion

Farewell Dinner in House # 3: - an ancient Jaffa home with our chef hosts – the Jewish and Palestinian husband and wife team who turned their home into a unique dining experience