“24:7” is an art initiative in Times Square. A consortium of artists, hailing from Asia, Africa, Europe, Australia, and the Americas have organized a video art takeover of a new billboard on the southwest corner of 41st St and Broadway. “24:7” tests the power of video art to engage the public meaningfully and challenges the district's historical use of the built environment, almost exclusively as an advertising medium.
Storytelling Through Film Workshop
On Friday, December 1st, a few students from the Eastern Meditteranean International School (EMIS) started their weekend participating in an intimate workshop with NYU Tisch Professor, writer, director, and producer Tzipi Trope. After a brief introduction explaining her diverse background as a filmmaker including documentaries, features films, and series, Tzipi dove into the workshop describing how nearly everything in life can be understood as storytelling
Read moreBatsheva Dance Company Performance
On November 15 EMIS students joined local schools at the Arab Jewish Community Center in Jaffa to watch the Batsheva Young Ensemble perform Kamuyot by Ohad Naharin. The performance was captivating, as the dancers sat among the audience and even had audience members stand up to join in the performance. The dancers not only demonstrated a deep connection with each physical movement, but they also made connections with the audience as they actively made eye contact and engaged with students. The intimate setting of the performance enabled the audience to have a unique viewing experience, with the dancers close enough to touch at times. Additionally, with seating on all four sides surrounding the dance floor, the dancers changed directions continually, thus allowing the audience different perspectives for each gesture and motion.
Read moreLeon Charney Diplomacy Program Placed 2nd Model U.N.
The Leon Charney Diplomacy Program at Florida Atlantic University competed in the National Model United Nations competition in Washington, D.C. The Program received four individual and six delegation awards, finishing 2nd out of 67 competing universities. Fifty-nine FAU undergraduates joined more than 1,000 college students in the annual competition where schools represent countries and students step into the shoes of diplomats to solve global problems.
Read moreAnti-Stress Workshop
On October 31st, Professor Danny Hamiel, Director of the Educational Intervention Unit of the Cohen Harris Resilience Center and the Head of the Cognitive-Behavioral Unit at the Tel Aviv Community Mental Health Center, began the anti-stress workshop delivering a lecture to teachers at the Eastern Mediterranean International School (EMIS). We invited Professor Hamiel and his staff to give a workshop to both teachers and students at EMIS to help provide the entire community with tools to better cope with stress. After the lecture, students were divided up into small groups where they shared stressors in their life and learned new tools and skills to help manage the various stresses they face.
Read moreFPA’s World Leadership Forum in New York City to receive the honor.
Jessica Malinowska, Maria Hasbun, and Alexa Menashe with FPA President Noel Lateef at the World Leadership Forum in New York City.
Three Leon Charney Diplomacy Program students have been named Sackler Fellows by the Foreign Policy Association (FPA). Alexa Menashe, Jessica Malinowska and Maria Hasbun attended the FPA’s World Leadership Forum in New York City to receive the honor.
Read moreGallery Tour | Get Inspired!
On September 26th, the Visual Arts students at EMIS went on an inspiring day trip to Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. In Tel Aviv, the students had the opportunity to visit unique exhibitions in three different galleries. First, they went to Gordon Gallery, where they saw "Pink Days/Blue Days" by Louise Bourgeois (1911-2010), one of the most prominent and influential artists of the 20th century. They then went to the Rozenfeld Gallery, where they saw a group exhibition by Israeli contemporary artists. The last stop in Tel Aviv was the RawArt Gallery, where they saw "Yod" (the tenth and smallest letter in the Hebrew alphabet) by Ishai Shapira. Before heading out to Jerusalem, the class enjoyed a nice picnic lunch.
Read moreA new Synagogue at Kishorit, a home for people with special needs
Opening of a new synagogue at Kishorit dedicated in honor of Leon Charney
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