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Dear Friends and Supporters,
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March 15th marked 2 years since the beginning of the violence in Syria. In the last few months, the National Security team at the Reut Institute has been working on and analyzing the repercussions of the events in Syria on the region and on Israel specifically. The team recently visited the Syrian refugee camp in Jordan in order to learn firsthand about the inherent threats and opportunities for Israel in the new reality that is taking shape in the region.
*The entrance to the Al Zatri refugee camp in Jordan. The camp is overflowing with refugees that continue to stream in from Syria. |
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Tsfat wins the National Educational Award
Tsfat's school system was awarded the National Education Award. This follows a series of national and regional prizes awarded to Tsfat schools in recent years including a regional prize to its education system. Gideon Saar, Israel's Education Minister, called Tsfat's mayor, Ilan Shochat, to personally inform him and congratulate him on this accomplishment.
According to Shochat, Tsfat is in the midst of an ongoing process to 'leapfrog' the city in partnership with Reut, and with education as its top priority. This included restructuring the education system, and recruiting education teams. Results quickly followed.
The panel awarded the city for a number of different reasons such as Tsfat prioritizing education above all other city needs and promoting excellence through tourism development and new faculties. Shochat's team theerefore implemented an operational action plan aimed at realizing the vision to leapfrog the city, valuing diversity, and striving for student excellence and the fulfillment of their potential. Additionally, Shochat sought to promote excellence through two main engines: the Faculty of Medicine and the Environment and tourism development around the ethos of Jewish spirituality and the Old City as an example of an internationally recognized heritage asset. Within the educational frameworks Faculties promote excellence through scholarship programs and programs for outstanding students.
Shochat ended his acceptance speech by thanking faculty, staff, and the panel of judges, and commenting that there is much work ahead.
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In his State of the Union address, Barak Obama spoke about the self-manufacturing revolution and 3d printing as this generation’s technological revolution and called for the creation of a system of institutions to research the subject. At Reut, we are continuing to actively pursue and promote the creation of a system of communal technological spaces while simultaneously laying the groundwork to open additional locations in various places around the country. In the coming months, we expect to open XLN Haifa and XLN Bat Yam.
We are very excited to announce that we have finalized the first step of our competition for designs of technological products that will serve individuals with special needs and disabilities. Soon, we will start printing and judging the products.
During the upcoming Pesach holiday, the XLN network led by the XLN Haifa team is showcasing our work in a unique demonstration as part of the Pesach festivities at the Madatech in Haifa. All are invited!
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Recently, Reut’s Founder and President Gidi Grinstein and Reut’s CEO Roy Keidar attended AIPAC’s annual Policy Conference in Washington D.C. Roy was there as part of Reut’s project and strategy regarding the Israeli Diaspora, working with the Jewish Agency, and Gidi presented in several sessions which included Small nation in Stormy Waters: on Israel’s national security challenges in an era of extreme instability. Additionally, Gidi was a member of a panel in a session entitled, Vital Goal: Cultivating Israeli American Activism through AIPAC.
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In recent weeks, the Reut Institute said goodbye to three staff members.
Noa Ecker-Amrani worked at Reut as part of the ISRAEL15 team and focused on the socio-economic leapfrogging and development of the geographic periphery of Israel.
Additionally, we said good bye to Anat Horowitz-Harel who was a crucial part of our Socio-Economic taskforce and worked actively as part of our Tsfat team. Today, Anat is working as the head of research and development at the Open Landscape Institute, an institute working to promote the protection of land resources and open spaces in Israel and the region as part of the Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel.
Most recently, Jeremy Fisher who was a member of the Tikkun Olam team moved to Uganda where he will be working for IDinsight which brings works to bring the fundamental concepts of Tikkun Olam to life and serve the citizens of Uganda.
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