My Dearest Enemy Q+A via Zoom on Friday, Dec 4 as part of the 14th annual The Other Israel Film Festival. Founded in 2007, presents high-quality cinema that inspires conversation and takes an in-depth look into Israeli and Palestinian societies and underrepresented populations in Israel.
Read moreMy New Studio - Updates from Jaime Musso on the "Human of EMIS"
I will start interviewing the students of the ‘Humans of EMIS’ next week, which makes me feel both excited and a little anxious, as I hope everything will work out well. However, I believe all students that we picked have amazing stories to tell, which means the final result will certainly be interesting and insightful!
Read moreUS 2020 Presidential Elections - Thoughts by Jaime Musso
On November 7th, after 4 long days of vote tallying and rising tensions, Joe Biden was finally declared the winner of the 2020 election and the 46th president of the United States. Overall, avoiding a second term of Trump was a great success, but Biden's victory margin was still much narrower than polls had suggested and one would have expected after the uncountable scandals and disasters of the Trump administration. The fight for issues that are important to my generation, such as living in a more racially just and inclusive society and urgently acting against climate change, is still long and full of challenges.
Read moreEncouragement Workshop for South Sudanese Refugees
Ambassador Naka Kerba’s Project in Collaboration with the Women from “Helping Hand” in Tel-Aviv (מסיל"ה ראשי תיבות: מרכז סיוע ומידע לקהילה הזרה)
Read moreNew projects in collaboration with EMIS | By Jaime Musso
Overall, both projects were received with enthusiasm by the EMIS community, making us positive and excited to support and collaborate with the students who actively engage with the mission of EMIS and of the Charney Center.
Read moreInterview with EMIS alumni on the recent clashes between Armenia and Azerbaijan – By Jaime Musso
Left Jaime Musso, Right Aspram
Our Ambassador and CRC-EMIS relation coordinator Jaime Musso conducted an interview with Aspram, an EMIS alumni of the class of 2020 from Nagorno Karabakh, who shared her thoughts regarding the recent clashes between Armenia and Azerbaijan and some personal experiences.
Read moreCFND Online Panel: Routes of Ruths: Women Pursuers of Justice
The Charney Forum for New Diplomacy & the Forum for Gender, Law and Policy hosted an inspiring online conversation about Biblical Ruth, Ruth Gavison, Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
Read moreIs this peace (on the Abraham Accords)? By Peter Jones
Peter Jones at Charney Resolution Center Annual Peace Talk Simulation with the EMIS students
While open relations with the UAE and Bahrain are welcome for Israel, these two countries are not the main prize. Such a breakthrough with Saudi Arabia would really signal the end of the Arab boycott of Israel. As always, the real losers in all this are the Palestinians. With very few cards to play, they had hoped that the façade of “Arab Unity” would prevail and at least deny Israel formal relations with the remaining states of the Arab world (beyond Egypt and Jordan) until they had achieved their state.
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