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31 doctors and paramedics from across the world joined MDA’s 9th International Emergency Services Seminar – at the end of which they will join MDA’s International Unit
31 medical staff from across Europe and North America, senior doctors, hospital directors, surgeons, emergency room managers, anesthesiologists, psychiatrists, Red Cross doctors, emergency medicine experts, rheumatologists and paramedics, all arrived in Israel to join the MDA International Seminar for doctors and paramedics, and will join MDA’s International Unit at the end of the seminar.
During the Seminar that is taking place this week (4 - 9.12.22), the doctors and paramedics from the USA, Canada, Italy, Switzerland, the Netherlands and Sweden will undergo 5 intensive days of training, including a multi-casualty incident drill, a joint drill with the Home Front Command, will visit the IDF’s medical unit, MDA’s National Operations Center and the MDA campus in Ramla. As part of the seminar, that is taking place for the first time since the Corona pandemic, the participants will hear lectures and take part in exercises in a variety of fields, and also discuss element of treatment relating to the pandemic.
The 31 participants will also volunteer on MDA ambulances and mobile intensive care units (MICUs), and at the end of the seminar will join MDA’s International Unit. The unit was established in 2007 and the members include hundreds of doctors and paramedics from different countries across the world who came to Israel to receive training with Magen David Adom – and will then be able to return to Israel and help MDA teams in case of need.
“Magen David Adom’s International Unit is one of our flagship projects, bringing together doctors and paramedics from across the world to be active in Israel’s National Rescue Organization,” said Vicki Angel, MDA’s International Unit Project Manager. “The 31 doctors arrived in Israel in order to learn from us. We are very pleased about this and thank them for their good will to help Magen David Adom and the State of Israel.”
MDA Director General Eli Bin: “It is a source of great pride for us that senior physicians, among them surgeons, experts in emergency medicine, psychiatrists, family doctors and anesthesiologists all voluntarily join us in the State of Israel from across the world and undergo training with Magen David Adom. This is of vital importance, as it means that in times of crisis they will be able to return to Israel and assist MDA teams in providing treatment on the front lines.”
Photo credit Zaki Heller / MDA Spokesperson
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Israel’s second oldest Model UN conference, Tiqvamun 2022, was held on Monday November 14 at the College of Petah Tiqva. Over 300 students from two dozen schools and cities around Israel participated in 10 committees, spent a full day discussing and trying to solve a range of challenging topics, before the awards ceremony recognizing outstanding achievements.
This year was the eighth iteration of the TIQVAMUN conference, from the first one dating back to January 2012. This was its largest one yet, with 350 students, teachers, and staff. This was also the first ever in-person Model UN in Israeli history to incorporate students from grades 4-12 in one conference. The opening ceremony included a welcome from Mrs. Rachel Amrani, Director of the Chen Young Ambassadors program; as well as introductory remarks from the mayor of Petah Tiqva, Mr. Rami Greenberg, and Mr. Nadav Greenberg, political advisor at the UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process (UNSCO). At the closing ceremony, students heard from Minister Counsellor, Antonio Millan from the Embassy of Spain, who encouraged the students to keep pursuing academic and intercultural learning opportunities.
The committees included UNDP (on inequalities and SDG 10); Arab League (instability in Iraq); Human Rights (Cancel Culture); ILO (Migrant worker rights); Legal (AIs and Privacy); SPECPOL (conflict in Mali); European Commission (Energy Crisis); UNSCO (Israeli-Palestinian negotiations), US Senate (Abortion rights) and the Humans-Aliens crisis.
Participating schools included: Branco Wesiss Mazkeret Batya; Shoham high; Hand in Hand; Atid Lod High School for Excellence and Scientific Leadership in the Community; QSCHOOLS; Shaked Darca; Al-Andalous Comprehensive School; Salesian Sisters’ School; Iksal high school; Harishonim High School, Haim Hefer elementary school; Krol elementary school; Paul Kor elementary school, along with students from dozen ten schools.
Yana Haj Yahia from Qschools told Diplomacy.co.il that “It was my first Mun conference, it was really a great experience. From what I've seen, attending MUN really makes you feel like a diplomat yourself. I will definitely continue to participate in MUN conferences.”
Maria Marrid from Bashaer high school added that “TiqvaMUN was one of the most amazing experiences I’ve ever experienced in my entire life. I met new amazing people that now they take such a huge part in my life, we ate, laughed ,danced, singed and had so much fun together
Avigail Ketzenstein from Shaked Darca said that TIQVAMUN “was a place where different people from different worlds who share the same interest could do the thing they loved with respect and kindness to one another.”
Omar Essam Anabusi from Al-Andalous Comprehensive School thanked the TIQVAMUN staff, noting the impact of the conference on the ability of students to communicate in English, and the importance of “involving delegates from different cultural backgrounds”.
Liam Skop, a student in the Chen Young Ambassadors program, said that he “enjoyed expanding my knowledge about the topic of equal rights, and also meeting children my age from other schools who are also interested in international relations and related topics.”
Rom Shitrit, from Paul Kor school shared that “the conference was very interesting, I learned about equal rights in different countries, and about countries I didn’t know about yet, and conflicts between different countries.”
Naomi Fellert, a 6th grade student from Haim Hefer school, who represented Indonesia in the UNDP committee on equal rights, expressed appreciation for all of the organizers of the conference, stating that the conference had been “fun and educational.”
The Krol MUN team said that they had enjoyed learning about new countries and becoming more knowledgeable about the conflict in Iraq, and looked forward to future conferences.
Mrs. Rachel Amrani, Director of the Chen Young Ambassadors school, told Diplomacy.co.il that she was “moved by the experience of seeing hundreds of students participating at TIQVAMUN”, noting that students had represented with dignity dozens of countries from around the world on a range of challenging topics, such as human rights; gender equality; environmental concerns, and regional and global conflicts.”
Photo credit Zev Stern \ Chen Young Ambassadors
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Diplomats and students from 5 religions and over 15 countries spanning 5 continents met in the Sukkat Shalom, hosted by Diplomacy.co.il together with Debate for Peace.
For the third year, Diplomacy.co.il organized Sukkat Shalom meetings with diplomats and diplomacy students from around Israel. This year the meetings were held on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, October 11-13. Participants were welcomed to the sukkah, the traditional structure built during the holiday by Jews all over the world, where they enjoyed refreshments, and learned about the holiday.
A short explanation about the sukkah was given, including the agricultural components of the holiday and its symbolic significance, including reminding people to count their blessings, and leaving the permanence of the home to engage with neighbors and the environment. The four plant species were also introduced, and all the guests got to hold and examine them. Moreover, the guests were told about the third commandment of the holiday–to rejoice and be happy on the holiday!
After the introduction, the diplomats introduced themselves and took questions from the diplomacy students, who ranged from 7th grade to university students. The participants also shared experiences about what the holiday meant to them.
In total over 50 people visited the Sukkat Shalom, with the majority visiting a sukkah for the first time. Among the participants this year were the ambassadors of Ethiopia, Finland and Kazakhstan, as well as diplomats from the embassies of Ecuador, the Philippines and Hungary, and the Jerusalem Representative of the Baha'i International Community, and students from Belarus, Brazil, France, Germany, Iran, Russia, the US and Vietnam, as well as Nablus and ten cities around Israel.
Aia Dacca, from QSchools, shared with Diplomacy.co.il that this was “a unique hosting experience in the sukkah in which I got the chance to know more about this Jewish holiday. I also got the chance to meet an ambassador and talk about the life experience of a diplomat.”
Shai Milstein Gomes, a counselor at the Givat Haviva International School, shared with Diplomacy.co.il that he believes that “through sharing cultural experiences, we open ourselves to new perspectives and new cultures. Having diplomats joining us in a Sukkah for a Jewish holiday is a heartwarming moment that successfully demonstrates international acceptance and respect for our Jewish traditions.”
Mr. David Freeman, the Jerusalem Representative of the Baha'i International Community, said “Thank you for hosting us in your sukkah today! It was a real pleasure to spend time together.”
Vanaya Madera from the embassy of the Philippines added “thank you for inviting us to the sukkah. It was an immersive experience of the Jewish tradition and religion. We hope to have more mutually beneficial opportunities in the future.”
Diplomacy.co.il thanks all of the participants, and wishes all those celebrating a Happy Sukkot holiday.
Steven Aiello
Founder--DebateforPeace
Photos by Silvia G. Golan
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Yeshiva University Hosted Yesterday Sold-Out Ishay Ribo Concert to Celebrate Sukkot, Israel, and its students
Yeshiva University hosted Yesterday the YU Isru Chag Concert, starring Ishay Ribo, at the International Convention Center (Binyanei Hauma) in Jerusalem.
More than 3,000 people attended the sold-out concert and were visibly moved by Ishay Ribo’s ability to distill the poetry and holiness of Judaism into song.
Many of those who attended were YU students studying in Israel and some of the thousands of YU alumni who have made Aliyah, as well as other Israelis eager to enjoy the music and experience this unique cultural event.
The sold-out concert solidified YU’s role as the flagship Jewish University, able to unite Jews from the U.S. and Israel in an evening of joy, unity , and song, bringing an exuberant and moving end to the holiday of Sukkot.
YU has launched numerous educational, cultural, and business initiatives in Israel and the concert spotlighted the dynamic partnership between the University and Israel.
Photo credit: Jared Bernstein
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Exceptional Czech – Slovak exhibition of geometric abstraction will be presented in Jerusalem until the end of this year
Opening of the Czech – Slovak exhibition ‘ACID HAUS’ presenting two top-class geometric abstract artists – Ján Vasilko and Karel Štedrý attracted more than a hundred visitors.
On Thursday, September 1st, 2022, the Slovak Institute in Jerusalem hosted an opening of the Czech – Slovak exhibition of abstract art titled ‘ACID HAUS,’ presenting the established painters Ján Vasilko and Karel Štedrý.
Ján Vasilko (*1979) is a graduate of the contemporary art studio of doc. Adam Szentpétery at the Faculty of Arts of the Technical University in Košice. One of the most successful Slovak contemporary painters and a winner of many awards currently has his largest exhibition to date in the Eastern Slovakia Gallery in Košice.
Karel Štedrý (*1985) is a leading representative of the young generation of Czech painters. He is a graduate of the painting studio of Stanislav Diviš at the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague. In 2010 he received the ARSkontakt prize for young visual artists. His work is characterized by the blending of apparent opposites – on one hand, that of architecture and classical modernism, and on the other hand of pop culture like graffiti, hip-hop, break-dance, and computer games.
Vladimír Beskid, curator of the exhibition: “This exhibition brings together two artists of the same generation, leading representatives of geometric abstraction in Slovakia and the Czech Republic, in an intense dialogue. In both cases, we can see a certain evaluation of the language of architecture and the visuality of modern art. Both painters are characterized by visual rhythm, order, and systematic composition. In defining the geometric abstract framework and the organized form of lines and surfaces, we find a vigorous dose of playfulness, variability, and dynamism in the visual language.”
Jakub Urik, the director of the Slovak Institute in Jerusalem: “I am glad that this exhibition was a success. I wanted to do an exhibition in Jerusalem, in cooperation with our Czech colleagues, especially because many Slovaks and Czechs living in Israel today remember their homes in Czechoslovakia. And also, because I know the works of both artists and I like the way they both perfectly complement each other in the form and color in their works. After I got the approval from the curator Vladimír Beskid and our Czech colleagues, we got straight to work.”
All those who could not attend the opening can still visit the exhibition at the Slovak Institute in
Jerusalem until January 5th, 2023.
Photos: Slovak institute Jerusalem.
