The Open House in Ramle - a peace education center in Ramle, Israel
 
Masa Masaar – The Journey
Masa Masaar – The Journey

The Journey is meant to open young Arabs and Jews to the experience and narrative of The Other. As a rule, the young people are exposed only to the narratives and attitudes... Continue Reading...

Nursery School
Nursery School

Nursery School The OPEN HOUSE nursery school provides a ‘head start’ program that strengthens Arab children’s identity and self-confidence. These qualities are essential for children in a minority culture as they grow and... Continue Reading...

Summer Peace Camp
Summer Peace Camp

The OPEN HOUSE Summer Peace Camp enriches the educational and recreational possibilities for Arab and Jewish children, with about 100 peace campers. Continue Reading...

Interfaith Program for the Empowerment of Women
Interfaith Program for the Empowerment of Women

Open House, in co-operation with the Kolech forum of religious Jewish women and the Interfaith Encounter Association... Continue Reading...

Music in Common
Music in Common

On the occasion of The UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 10 of Dec. 2011, we had another concert at Open House with FODfest, Friends of Daniel Pearl Festivel, also called Music in... Continue Reading...

 
2012 Day for Prayer and Action for Children (DPAC)
2012 Day for Prayer and Action for Children (DPAC) - Open House, together with the spiritual center in Neve Shalom held the event on November 18th at the “Alamaria” school in Ramle.

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Adam’s Tree
Adam’s Tree - This is the first time that such a thing has happened to our Open House community and I wish to share it with you. Adam Hijazi from Neve Shalom died this summer in a car accident together with his father Ahmad Hijazi, the...

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Summer Peace Camp 2012 Summary
Summer Peace Camp 2012 Summary - This was a truly groundbreaking year for Open House Ramle’s Summer Peace Camp. The camp was based at Neve Shalom/Wahat al-Salaam for the fifth year in a row and had 103 total campers: 43 Arab campers and, a record high, 60 Jewish campers.

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The Story of the House

OPEN HOUSE was created as a result of a unique encounter between the Arab family that lived in the house before 1948 and the Jewish family that came to inhabit it afterwards.

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Quick Links:
 
A Letter to a Deportee - by Dalia Landau
From The Jerusalem Post, January 14th, 1988.
 
The Lemon Tree - by Sandy Tolan
The book that chronicles the history of the house in Ramle.
 
Interfaith Program for the Empowerment of Women as leaders in their respective communities.