This week the Israeli Foreign Ministry, together with Israeli singers, artists, Olympic athletes, diplomats and politicians, launched a special photo exhibition, “Unordinary February”, to mark Israel’s Disability Awareness Month.
The Upside Down exhibition — or “Hafuch'' in Hebrew — features famous Israelis doing handstands or posing next to their colleagues alongside children with disabilities at iconic sites in Israel. in the exhibition a unique picture of foreign minister Eli Cohen together with workers from his ministry with disabilities is included
The Foreign Ministry teamed up with Alumot Or (Rays of Light), the Center for Jewish Impact, along with the AlumotOr Foundation and Haredim LaKetsev to launch the exhibition. The project is the brainchild of Ambassador Dan Oryan, the director of the ministry’s Balkan Department and a certified gymnastics coach.
“We have created one language that is understood by everyone, and connects everyone together,” said Mickey Hayat, CEO of Haredim LeKetzev, which strives to create unity in Israeli society through capoeira.
As Israel’s envoy to North Macedonia, Oryan initiated a series of events around children with disabilities. He invited special sous-chefs to help cook at Israel’s Independence Day celebration, and flew in special needs youth to participate in the March of the Living to commemorate Macedonian Jews Murdered during the Holocaust.
“Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs attaches great importance to the issues of inclusion and securing the rights of people with disabilities,” Oryan said at the opening on friday
They were joined by Olympic gymnasts Linoy Ashram, Neta Rivkin, Artyom Dolgopyat, Nicole Zeligman, and Alex Shatilov, as well Ambassador Dan Oryan himself, in participating in the pictures.
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Photos by Silvia Graciela Golan
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:Steven Aiello
