Nora Ellerbrock is a project coordinator for Youth Network Lambda, working with LGBTIQ* youth in Germany. They took part in the professional exchanges as well as in the conference of the project “Living Diversity”. We talked with them about their work, the institution Lambda and their experience with our project “Living Diversity”. Nora, what was…
Bilateral seminar to discuss and plan pilot projects Young people in Germany and Israel have diverse cultural, religious and national identities. Many of them come from families with a history of migration. It often happens that young people have experienced immigration to Israel or Germany themselves. How do we further develop German-Israeli youth exchange to…
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“Identity and Cross-Cultural Encounters in a Pluralistic Society” – Living Diversity in Germany and Israel: The Israel Youth Exchange Authority and ConAct – Coordination Center German-Israeli Youth Exchange hosted a follow-up of 2016 professional exchange program from November 27 to December 1, 2017 in Israel. During this exchange, around 40 participants from both countries got…
Read more Educating Towards Diversity – A Video Recap of Our Professional Exchange Program in Haifa
The diversity in German-Israeli youth exchange is steadily increasing: Young people from Germany and Israel are increasingly bringing together a variety of personal stories, different cultural identities and national affiliations. An open and reflected approach of this diversity should be consciously included also in the educational work of German-Israeli youth encounters. As part of the…
Read more “Living Diversity in Youth Exchange” – Testing of Methods in Mainz Enriches Educators
German-Israeli Professional Exchange Program Young people from Israel and Germany share the quest for identity in increasingly diversified and pluralistic societies. Youth educators from both countries daily face the challenges of how to encourage a more diverse and equal youth representation in their fields of work. Haifa as a “mixed city” is an exceptional place…
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