living diversity

"Identity Is Not Something We Talk About At School..." – An Interview With Berfin Kolcak, Participant In "Your Story Moves!" From Germany

Berfin is a dialog moderator and alumna of the project “Dialog at School”, Master student in political sciences and currently residing for an exchange semester in Australia. Have you always been interested in such an exchange or did the program come to you? I have always been interested in participating in such an exchange, especially…

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"Emotions Are Missing When We Learn About History..." – An Interview With Aysel Bozkurt, Participant In "Your Story Moves!"

Migration stories in the German-Israeli Youth Exchange – an interview with Aysel Bozkurt, participant in the exchange program “Your Story Moves!” from Germany, teacher and Master graduate in Education of Life Planning, Ethics and Religion. How did you decide to take part in the project “Your Story Moves!”? I learned about it through the partner…

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'Plan Together – Experience Exchange!' Practical Guidebook for German-Israeli Youth Exchange Has Been Released

As part of the new Practical Guidebook for German-Israeli Youth Exchange, Volume II (Methods for diversity-conscious education and encounters) now invites experts in German-Israeli exchange and educational work to consciously choose methodological approaches for their exchange projects that address the diversity of the individual and collective background of young people from both countries. It combines…

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Your Story Moves! II – Learning About the Other Is Learning About Ourselves

Nothing can connect people like a whole week spent together, travelling around the country and sharing life stories! Young people in Germany and Israel have diverse cultural, religious and national identities. Many of them come from families with a migration story or have experienced migration themselves.  Under the motto “Your Story Moves!” a group of…

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“Highlighting a Range of Inner-Israeli Perspectives …” – Young Forum (Ruhr) of the German-Israeli Association

Jonas Heidebrecht, a trainee teacher in art and philosophy, is a founding member of the Young Forum – Ruhr. As part of the German-Israeli Association (Deutsch-Israelische Gesellschaft, DIG), it is committed to strengthening relations between both countries. Jonas took part in two professional seminars of our “Living Diversity” project. We spoke with him for our…

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