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“Le bruit ne fait pas de bien, Matanel 2018 et le bien ne fait pas de bruit.” “In fame there is no virtue, in virtue there is no fame.” Saint François de Sales The 4th Retreat Kfar Hamakabia June 21, 2018 ח' בתמוז תשע"ח www.matanel.org “One who lends money is greater than one who performs charity, and one who forms a partnership is greater than all.” Talmud Shabbat 63a “ You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.” Khalil Gibran Table of Contents Program 2 Granted to Give – A Foundation-Incubator 6 Next Main Areas of Activity 13 Matanel Empowerment 14 Matanel Experimental Initiatives in Education 19 Name: …………………………………………. Matanel Building Future Leadership 25 Mobile: ……………………………………….. The Euro-Méditerranée Institute 30 Matanel Books & Productions 35 Matanel Spirit 37 Beit Matanel 40 Short Biographies of the Speakers 42 List of Participants in the 4th Matanel Retreat 54 התכנסות מתנאל הרביעית ה21- ביוני 2018, ח' בתמוז תשע"ח כפר המכביה תכנית 08:00 – 08:30 התכנסות 12:30 – 13:15 תיקון עולם 08:30 – 09:00 ברכות היהודים והרנסנס האיטלקי ג'ואל אפללו, הרב עדין שטיינזלץ, גד בוקובזה פרופ' משה אידל, האוניברסיטה העברית, המכללה פיוטים בגן ילדים האקדמית צפת יאיר הראל, סנונית הרוח לתת 09:00 – 10:30 העצמת מתנאל פרופ' חביבה פדיה, אוניברסיטת בן גוריון של הנגב חוות קיימא: חוות בארותיים דיון כללי אירית שבח, יוני יפת רייך 13:15 – 14:30 ארוחת צהרים אוניברסיטה בעם 14:30 – 16:00 עתודת מתנאל ד"ר עדי קול, צח אקשטיין ניצן מתנאל פרח זהב: "נטועים - בין הדורות" ד"ר גדי מדור, טכנודע-דורסת עירית ראש שטרית, כל ישראל חברים שנת שרות – בינה דיון כללי אורי כרמל, מנהל תחום חברה 10:30 – 11:00 הפסקה סמינר ראשי מכינות 11:00 – 12:30 התערבות בית ספרית מתנאל יניב מזומן, מכינת מיתרים-לכיש בית ספר יסודי גואטמלה ובית הספר התיכון דיון כללי הישראלי למדעים ולאמנויות 16:00 – 16:30 הפסקה רוני אוחנה, ענת מעוז, אתי בנוביץ 16:30 – 17:30 המכון האירו-מדיטרנה כפר הנוער הערבי למנהיגות צעירה סינדיאנה חממת נשים ליוצרות קולנוע תיעודי יהודיות איתן מורן, מנכ"ל האגודה לקידום החינוך וערביות אנדרה ביאדזה, מנהלת כפר הנוער סינדיאנה סיגל יהודה תיכון דרור גליל – בית הספר למקצועות המחר "מכתוב" - חוג המתרגמים ערבית-עברית ענבל רון, מנכ"ל דרור בתי חינוך ד"ר יונתן מנדל שגרירים צעירים לבריאות ולתזונה נכונה בקונגו התכנית למנהיגות מוזיקלית פרופ' זאב דגני, מיה סביר אהוד אטון דיון כללי דיון כללי 17:30 – 18:00 "מעשה ב- 70" ד"ר עדי קול, המרכז הבינתחומי הרצליה 18:00 – 18:30 דברי סיכום ג’ואל אפללו, גד בוקובזה 2 3 The 4th Matanel Retreat June 21, 2018 Kfar Hamakabia Program 08:00 - 08:30 Gathering Jerusalem, Safed Academic College 08:30 - 09:00 Greetings • The Spirit to Give Prof. Haviva Pedaya, Ben-Gurion University of Joëlle Aflalo ,Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz & Gad Boukobza the Negev Piyyutim In Kindergartens General Disscusion Yair Harel, The Snunit Foundation 13:15 - 14:30 Lunch 09:00 - 10:30 Matanel Empowerment • Kaima Organic Farms: Kaima Be’erotayim 14:30 - 16:00 Matanel Building Future Leadership Irit Shevach, Yoni Yefet-Reich • Nitzan Matanel Dr. Gadi Mador, Technoda-Dorset • Access for All Dr. Adi Koll, Zah Eckstein • BINA Service Year (Shnat Sherut) Program Uri Carmel, Director of Social Service and • Perah Zahav: "Netu'im Bein HaDorot: Community Department Between the Generations" Irit Rosh Shitrit, Kol Israel Haverim • Ethics Seminar for Directors of Pre-Military General Disscusion Training Programs (Mechinot) Yaniv Mezuman, Mechinat Meitarim 10:30 - 11:00 Break General Disscusion 11:00 - 12:30 Matanel Experimental Initiatives In Education 16:00 - 16:30 Break • The IASA-Guatemala School Etay Benovich, Roni Ohana, Anat Maoz 16:30 - 17:30 The Euro-Mediterranee Institute • Al Sindiana Arab Youth Village for Leadership • Greenhouse Documentary Development Eitan Moran, Executive Director, Society for Program for Jewish and Arab Women Advancement of Education Filmmakers Andera Biadse, Principal, Al Sindiana Youth Sigal Yehuda Village • Maktoob - The Forum of Arabic-Hebrew • Professions of the Future High School Translators Inbal Ron, CEO, Dror Educational Centers Dr. Yonatan Mendel network • Internal Compass Ehud Ettun • JustSpirulina :Young Ambassadors for Health and Good Nutrition in the Congo General Disscusion Prof .Zeev Degani ,Maya Savir 17:30 - 18:00 “Tale of 70” Project General Disscusion Dr. Adi Koll, Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya 12:30 - 13:15 Tikkun Olam 18:00 - 18:30 Closing Remarks • The Jews and the Italian Renaissance Joëlle Aflalo & Gad Boukobza Prof. Moshe Idel, The Hebrew University of 4 5 Granted to Give About Matanel Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz’s speech When it comes to Alternatively, one could say that the Matanel Foundation acts at the Matanel Foundation Convention resources, the Matanel like a capital venture fund—that is, a fund that gets involved with Jerusalem, June 2013 Foundation is not a innovative ideas and projects and supports them until they start large philanthropic entity, to grow. The seed of a large technological project develops in a Attended by the Foundation’s leaders and partners in Israel and abroad especially in comparison technological incubator, where it is transformed from being one to such major funds as person’s idea or dream to something greater, more substantial. the Rockefeller or Ford Foundations. It is a small foundation with It is then sold to a large entity with sufficient funds, such as a a limited budget, and, therefore, cannot take upon itself large- university, government, or television network, that is willing to scale projects. Jerusalem is filled with buildings whose value is expand the project further. The Foundation will be content to be estimated in the millions of dollars while their designated purpose remembered and mentioned at a later date, when the project has remains unknown, with many others now under construction; such proven its worth. undertakings are beyond the Foundation’s reach. Yet the history and technology of small states, such as those of Israel and Japan, In any event, the Matanel Foundation assists new projects mature teach us that a more modest size bears several advantages: It is to the point where they prove their worth and other entities are precisely their small dimensions that enable them to bring about willing to take on advancing the projects further. A major focus of great improvements. With this in mind, the Matanel Foundation’s the Foundation, therefore, is to find good ideas and good people. financial limitation led the Foundation to incorporate a mode of operation that is more compact, more intensive, and more creative. What does the term ‘good people’ refer to? ‘Normal people’ look for a place where they can work and earn a decent salary Indeed, the Matanel Foundation serves essentially as a catalyst and respect. People who do not follow this path are typically and, as such, is involved in accelerating processes. It does not eccentric, and these are exactly the people the Matanel possess the capacity and power to get into the thick of things, Foundation seeks and selects: people with a passion for a but it can stimulate activity. The power of a catalytic substance particular project and the ability to bring it to fruition. lies in that, while it is typically present only in small quantities, it is able, at the critical moment, to facilitate a process much Some ask: Why do philanthropic foundations aid only projects greater than itself. The catalyst is expected to remain present and that ensure the emergence of smiling children two years later? continue its catalytic activity. Why not support the poor and the downtrodden, the truly unfortunate ones? The answer lies in the difference between 6 7 tzedaka and . is a great and important ll this is true also for . There are, of course, cases g’milut chasadim Tzedaka A tzedaka enterprise, and it is written of the giver that, “His righteousness in which should be provided, and I know the people tzedaka endures forever” (Psalms 112:9). However, a person basically behind the Matanel Foundation give to charity, and they do well in gives charity to the poor to assuage his own pain: It grieves doing so. Their hearts go out to the widow who will receive a few me to know that someone is ill or in a tough situation, so I hundred Shekels for Passover, and that will warm her heart— give something to that person so I can feel calmer and better. but they won’t really solve her problems. Indeed, the Matanel According to the , there is something far nobler. The Halakha Foundation is not a tzedaka fund but, rather, a g’milut chasadim highest degree of tzedaka is loaning money to a person so that fund; that is, it takes upon itself to assist projects that have a he may rehabilitate himself. Why a loan? To spare the recipient chance of making a positive impact. Is there confidence that this the feeling of shame in receiving a gift; rather, it is a loan that he chance will be realized? Certainly not! It may be realized, but it will return when he is able to do so. may also fail. and can be compared, in a way, to Tzedaka g’milut chasadim Moreover, the Matanel Foundation has adopted a generalized (Red Star of David) and (Disaster Magen David Adom ZAKA approach to philanthropy; it does not deal with or nurture projects Victim Identification volunteer unit). transfers Magen David Adom in a specific field. The Foundation can be considered ‘color- to the cases it no longer can take care of. In any medical ZAKA blind,’ as it does not make any distinction between Sepharadi organization, the main principle is to start with a preliminary and Ashkenazi Jews, or between Ethiopian and Russian Jews.