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Sandy Tolan describes the
story behind The Lemon
Tree and OPEN HOUSE.


Sandy Tolan and the story behind the Lemon Tree and Open House in Ramle, Israel

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    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 Common. In...Read more »

  • Dalia speaks on TEDx JaffaDalia speaks on TEDx Jaffa

    Dalia was invited to speak in a TEDx event in Jaffa holding the title, "Desire to know the Other". The event was held on September the 7th 2011 in the beautiful setting of the East West House and...Read more »

  • Interfaith Program for the Empowerment of WomenInterfaith Program for the Empowerment of Women

    Open House, in co-operation with the Kolech forum of religious Jewish women and the Interfaith Encounter Association, Shatil and the Cramer Foundation created an educational program for women of...Read more »

  • 2011 Summer Peace Camp2011 Summer Peace Camp

    Between July 3rd and 21st, OPEN HOUSE held its annual Summer Peace Camp. As in past years, the principal venue was the mixed Jewish-Arab village of Neve Shalom/Wahat as-Salam (NS/WAS). There were...Read more »
 


Visitors

 
Visiting Groups
 
Christ Church NYC visit 6th Feb 2009 topic Hope

Hundreds of groups have visited OPEN HOUSE in Ramle or asked us to meet with them in Jerusalem. Our presentations include: The story and history of the house, our experience in peace building and perspectives on coexistence.   If you’re planning a trip to Israel and wish to meet with us, you’re welcome to , … more »

 
 
The historic visit of the Al-Khayri sisters
 
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Nuha (right) and Khanoum Al-Khayri at Open House In mid January, 1995, we were deeply moved to welcome the Al-Khayri sisters to Open House which was their home before 1948.  Nuha came from Ramallah and Khanoum all the way from Amman. They came to plant an olive tree with us in the yard. It was Tu B’Shvat, … more »

 
 
The visit of Shlomo Lahat
 
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When Mayor of Tel Aviv-Jaffa, Shlomo Lahat, came to visit Open House with members of his municipality, our very first summer camp was taking place at Open House, where the children were joyfully engaged in artistic activity around long tables. The warmth and encouragement that he gave us meant a lot to us in our … more »