Realistic Optimism in the Shadow of the Climate Crisis
Thoughts from the Heschel Fellows Alumni Gathering (July 11, 2021) By Orly Peled (1st Cohort, 1999-2000), Director of Shatil Campus The invitation to the 20th year celebration of the Heschel Fellows Program caught me in the midst of a personal and professional journey. Different circumstances have led me to feel that in light of the […]
A new leadership at the Heschel Center
The Heschel Center for Sustainability is excited to announce that after a long process of screening hundreds of candidates, the board has appointed two co-directors – Rony Erez and Tamara Sharon Ross. Tamara and Rony, two leading members of the Heschel Center, served last year as part of the organizations’ management team and impressed us […]
Heschel Fellows 19 Cohort Reflections
At the end of May, the 19th cohort of the Fellows program concluded. This year, most of the participants had significantly less environmental background than in previous cohorts, which represented a successful attempt of the Heschel Center to reach new populations. This year, the program focused on more experiential activities, such as tours and workshops, […]
When Sustainability and Business Collide
The interview for “Graduate Success” takes place this time with Sheana Schechterman, Director of the Department of Sustainability at Dizengoff Center, a graduate of the 13th Cohort, and conducted by Galia Cukierman. Sheana holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology and a master’s degree in sociology and anthropology from Hebrew University. She also has extensive experience […]
Heschel Fellows Program 18th Cohort Ends with Plans for Social Change
For almost the entire length of its eighteen year existence, the Heschel Sustainability Fellows program has met on Wednesdays. The last Wednesday of the Heschel Fellows year is always a bittersweet event. Sweet to look back on a year of learning, of accomplishments, of friendships formed; bitter, or at least melancholy, over that year being […]
On the Front Lines in the Protest Against Violence Against Women
Participants in this year’s Heschel Sustainability Fellowship (19th cohort), Lena Chiyadari and Anat Nir, tell of their involvement in the nationwide protest against violence against women that shook the country this past month: “On Tuesday, the 4th of December, at 5 p.m., we stood in the city square, a small group of women, with signs […]
Innovative Combination of Art, Environment and Multicultural Coexistence
Our beloved alumna, Rania Akel, environmental artist, teacher, and community activist extraordinaire, has started an amazing new project. Located in the town of Kufr Kara, and called the “Swallow’s Nest Center,” it will be a center for arts, culture and the environment, that will that will host local and international artists and groups, and be […]
Think Globally Run for Office Locally
By Meira Hanson, with the assistance of Dr. Irit Rotem. In municipalities across Israel election day looked like Heschel Alumni day. 13 Heschel Alumni ran in the elections on October 30: their agendas were diverse but all of them were driven by, unsurprisingly, from the will to lead change. The local arena is no stranger […]
A Heschel Fellows Program Alumna’s Start-up Develops Sustainable Innovation
In the beginning of January, the Heschel Center’s alumni came together for an evening with Professor Dani Rabinowitz from Tel Aviv university and discuss concerning trends with regards social dimensions of climate change. The evening also included presentations of four prominent alumni from 2017-2018 cohort (18). The impressive presentations were conducted by several alumni who […]
Food, Climate Change and Nutritional Security – Breaking out of the Vicious Cycle
Dr. Dorit Adler – The Israeli Forum for Sustainable Nutrition Head Dietician for the National Council for Nutritional Security The Israeli Forum for Sustainable Nutrition In the last few weeks we have been experiencing one of the most significant heat waves of the past few years. Waves of wildfires, world-breaking records of high temperatures, and […]
2018 Upscaling Hackathon Grows Social, Environmental and Economic Initiatives
The Hackathon is a race against time (usually a 36-hours event) which brings together a group of people from diverse backgrounds to work on producing a solutions to specific challenges. On February 7-8 the first Upscaling Hackathon was hosted by the Heschel Center and the Towns Association for Environmental Quality in Sakhnin. The challenge that […]
The Heschel Center Celebrates Learning with a Two-Day Seminar and a Community Gathering
During the first week of September the Heschel Center hosted an alumni gathering that included a two day seminar for in-depth learning in which 40 graduates of Heschel programs participated, and an Alumni reunion that took place in the evening with over 90 participants. The seminar was organized to support the fellows’ expressed interest in […]