Beit-HaGefen Arab Jewish Culture Center explained

Beit Ha'Gefen Arab Jewish Cultural Center
Type:Non-profit
Founded Date:1963
Location Country:Israel
Focus:Promote Arab-Jewish Shared Society

Beit Ha'Gefen — The Arab-Jewish Cultural Center in Haifa is a multi-cultural organization that aims to bring together Arabs and Jews and promote coexistence and tolerance.[1]

Organisation

Beit Ha'Gefen — The Arab-Jewish Cultural Center organizes and promotes interfaith social and cultural events.[2] The center was established in 1963 by Haifa mayor Abba Hushi. Activities of the center include guided tours around Haifa, themed on coexistence, conferences and different cultural events. Center maintains Arab Language theatre, which is oldest such theatre in Israel[3] Beit Ha'Gefen is an organiser of two major cultural events in Haifa: Holiday of Holidays in December, which is celebration of Ramadan, Christmas and Hanukka together and Arab Theater month in summer. Holiday of Holidays was first celebrated in December 1994, when all three Jewish, Muslim and Christian holidays happened at the same time. The main venue of this fortnight event is Wadi Nisnas neighbourhood, on outskirt of which Beit Ha'Gefen is located.[4] Until the Oslo Agreement, center activities were mostly local and after concluding the agreement, Beit Ha'Gefen started international activities, including establishing ties with similar organisations in Jordan, Morocco and Palestine. The center is also engaged in the interfaith movement, providing a platform for regular meeting between representatives of three major monotheistic religions.[5] Every two years, Beit Ha'Gefen organizes an interfaith conference, with participation of Muslim, Christian, Jewish, Baháʼí and Druze clerics and religious authorities.[6] Beit Ha'Gefen has six departments: the Culture department, Contemporary Art Gallery, El Karama Theater, Visitor Center, Dialog and Program Center and The Clore Library and Cultural Center for children.[7]

Art Gallery

Beit Ha'Gefen also operates a contemporary Art Gallery that hosts multiple exhibitions per year that are related to tolerance and coexistence.[8] In December 2018, Beit-HaGefen Art Gallery inaugurated a new interactive gallery wing - "The Third Space" [9]

Notable exhibitions

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Beit Hagefen Arab Jewish Center . iataskforce.org . 2017-10-30.
  2. Web site: Beit HaGefen Cultural Centre . Lonely Planet . 2017-10-30.
  3. Web site: Arabic Theater at Beit Ha'Gefen . haifafoundation.org . 2017-10-30.
  4. Web site: Two week festival named the 'Holiday of Holidays' . Jerusalem Post . 2017-10-30.
  5. Web site: Beit-Hagefen - Arab Jewish Center . Adar . Yael . 2017-10-30.
  6. Book: Gavron, Daniel . Holy Land Mosaic: Stories of Cooperation and Coexistence Between Israelis and Palestinians . Rowman & Littlefield . 2008 . 9780742540132 . 172.
  7. Web site: Beit Hagefen Arab Jewish Cultural Center . Anna Lindh Foundation . 2017-10-30.
  8. Web site: A cultural center with a gallery designed to forge creative partnerships between Haifa’s Jewish and Arab populations . timeout.com . 2017-10-30.
  9. Web site: The Third Space - A new place for art and education . 2018-12-07.
  10. Web site: Homage to Lutfia, my sister in Yarmouk refugee camp . 2017-10-30.
  11. Web site: The Beyond Within . 2017-11-01.
  12. Web site: Inbetween . stanford.edu . 2017-10-30.
  13. Web site: Picture Peace exhibition for the peace . 2017-11-01 . 2017-09-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170908181719/http://haifahaifa.co.il/picture-peace/ . dead .
  14. Web site: Journal View – A Journal Photography Exhibition . 2017-10-30.
  15. Web site: A solo exhibition by artist Guy Briller brings a range of multifaceted works to Haifa’s Beit HaGefen Gallery . Loss . Tanya . 2015-03-29 . timeout.co.il . 2017-11-01.
  16. Web site: Depth of field - Beit HaGefen Art Gallery and the Photography department Bezalel . bezalel.ac.il . 2017-10-30.
  17. Web site: Ghost Dance . 2017-11-01.

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