Archive for January, 2010

Knesset Tackles Environmental Catastrophe in Beit Hakerem Valley

January 19th
On January 12, 2010 the Knesset Committee for Health and the Environment held a discussion on the environmental catastrophe present in the Beit Hakerem Valley in the Central Galilee. The Committee, headed by Knesset Member Dov Khenin, demanded that the environmental ministry present an intra-governmental emergency plan to the committee within three months that [...]


SHATIL launches high-profile Negev leadership initiative

January 19th 2010
In an effort to focus Negev leaders on the development of this severely neglected region in Israel, SHATIL last week launched the Negev Forum for Multi-sector Leadership. More than 40 of the region’s most influential community leaders gathered last week in Beersheva to kick off the initiative. Forum members will form ‘think-and-do tanks’ [...]


SHATIL and Ministry of Education Launch Russian language Learning Disabilities Booklet

January 5th 2010
SHATIL is proud to announce the publication of a new Russian-language booklet, the first of its kind: Learning Disabilities: Information for Parents. The subtitle on the 33-page booklet: How I can Help my Child or First Aid for Children with Learning Disabilities.

Too many immigrant children with learning disabilities are not diagnosed, fall through [...]


SHATIL Confronts Racism in and toward Israel’s Russian-Speaking Community

January 5th 2010
Stopping the cycle of racism both from and toward Israel’s community of immigrants from the Former Soviet Union (FSU) was the goal of a groundbreaking conference organized by SHATIL in collaboration with six immigrant organizations called, The Other: Between Racism and Tolerance in Israel’s Russian Speaking Community. Held at the Hebrew University on [...]