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STAND UP FOR PEACE 2

PEACE PRE SCHOOL RECEIVES CHILDREN OF PEACE GRANT

SEVEN NEW TRUSTEES JOIN CHILDREN OF PEACE BOARD

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT: AGM  JUNE 26th 2010

MAHMOUD JABARI WRITES ABOUT HOPE & OF PEACE

TWO NEW GROUPS JOIN US - THE STEERING CENTRE FOR DEMOCRACY (BETHLEHEM) & BETHELEHEM STAR CHARITABLE SOCIETY

EVENTS COMMITTEE NEWS

CROSSING QALANDIYA LAUNCH IS GREAT SUCCESS

ABRAHAM FUND, NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR THE CHILD AND WESAL RECEIVE OUR LATEST GRANTS

YASMIN LEVY - GOODWILL AMBASSADOR HOLDS INSPIRATIONAL WORKSHOP

EVENTS COMMITTEE - RICHARD CLIFFORD TELLS US ABOUT THEIR WORK

WE APPOINT A FUNDRAISER

STEINER SCHOOLS JOIN US

CROSSING QALANDIYA - WRITERS DONATE TO US

OUR WINTER APPEAL 2009-10 SCHOOLS AID  GIVING CHILDREN A CHANCE

SCHOOL BAGS FOR GAZA

ZOE HELLER & YOTAM SOLOMAN: NEW FRIENDS OF CHILDREN OF PEACE

JOIN OUR GROWING FACEBOOK GROUP

SIR DEREK JACOBI BECOMES PATRON OF CHILDREN OF PEACE

SHIRAA ORGANISATION JOINS CHILDREN OF PEACE

AFFILIATE FOCUS: THE JEZREEL VALLEY MUSIC CENTER

CORK STREET CONTEMPORARY ART OPEN PRIVATE VIEW IS GREAT SUCCESS

TRUSTEES AGREE MAJOR CHANGE FOR CHILDREN

LOOK OUT FOR OUR FACEBOOK FAN PAGE

MUSICIANS FOR PEACE TEAM UP WITH US

CORK STREET OPEN EXHIBITION - ARTISTS SHOW UP FOR
CHILDREN OF PEACE

THREE GROUPS RECEIVE OUR SMALL INTERNATIONAL GRANT

ISLA BLAIR, SIMON CALLOW, JULIAN GLOVER AND JANINE MARTIN
JOIN AS FRIENDS

NEW AFFILIATE -
MAOF SCHOOL, ISRAEL

OUR 10K LONDON RUNNERS
EXCEED PERSONAL BEST

67 WEST BANK CHILDREN BENEFIT FROM THE 2008 WINTER APPEAL

ALL THE WORLD'S A STAGE -
A GREAT SUCCESS

UNIVERSITIES AND STUDENT GROUPS SUPPORT CHILDREN OF PEACE

EXHIBITION AT LUDLOW

PALESTINIAN AMBASSADOR GIVES US
FULL SUPPORT AND JOINS AS FRIEND

 

MATT LUCAS, PHILIP GLENISTER & AMELIA QUINLAN - NEW FRIENDS

 

SAHAR SHALALLDA AND DEJITSU WASSI - RECEIVE THE ABIR ARAMIN GIRLS' EDUCATIONAL BURSARY

 

STAND UP FOR PEACE - A BRILLIANT EVENING - A FUNDRAISING TRIUMPH!

 

NEW AFFILIATE - THE PEACE PRE-SCHOOL AT THE YMCA, JERUSALEM

 

ALL THE WORLD'S A STAGE - JUNE 2009 - IS A SELL-OUT SUCCESS

 

10K LONDON RUN - SUPPORT OUR TEAM

 

CORK STREET - CONTEMPORARY ART SHOW TO RAISE FUNDS THIS AUGUST

 

THE AMERICAN FUND FOR CHARITIES CHOOSES US FOR NEW WEBSITE

 

COUNTESS OF CHICHESTER, SHEIKH MANASRAH, MANAL TIMRAZ JOIN US

 

STAND UP FOR PEACE: A NIGHT OF COMEDY ON 23RD MAY

 

OUR 2009 ABIR ARAMIN GIRLS' BURSARY FOR ISRAELI AND PALESTINIAN GIRLS

 

WESAL - GAZA SCHOOLS JOIN CHILDREN OF PEACE AS NEW AFFILIATE

 

AFFILIATE FOCUS: HAND IN HAND FOR ARAB-JEWISH EDUCATION

 

CORK STREET - CONTEMPORARY ART SHOW TO RAISE FUNDS THIS AUGUST

 

CHILDREN OF PEACE WINS FULL

SUPPORT FROM

THE PRESIDENT OF FRANCE

 

BRITISH ACTRESS SAMANTHA MORTON JOINS CHILDREN OF PEACE AS A FRIEND

 

"ANGEL OF MOSTAR" SALLY BECKER BECOMES GOODWILL AMBASSADOR TO CHILDREN OF PEACE

 

KING’S ACADEMY, JORDAN TO BE KEY PARTNER OF CHILDREN OF PEACE

 

ISRAELI AND PALESTINIAN RACING DRIVERS RACE FOR PEACE

 

HELPING THE CHILDREN - SAINT JOHN

OF JERUSALEM EYE HOSPITAL GROUP

 

AFFILIATE FOCUS – HANNAH WEITZER LOOKS AT THE WORK OF WINDOWS

CORINNE BAILEY RAE GIVES STRONG SUPPORT TO CHILDREN OF PEACE

JEWISH SIXTH FORMERS CHOOSE CHILDREN OF PEACE AS THEIR 2009 CHARITY

BORIS JOHNSON - THE MAYOR OF LONDON GIVES HIS SUPPORT FOR OUR WORK

CHILDREN OF PEACE SETS UP NEW FACEBOOK PAGE

AMERICAN DONORS CAN NOW GET TAX BREAKS IF YOU GIVE TO CHILDREN OF PEACE

2009 - THE UNITED NATIONS YEAR OF THE CHILD

GORDON BROWN SENDS PERSONAL MESSAGE OF SUPPORT

HELENA BONHAM CARTER
TIM BURTON
AND SOPHIE ELLIS BEXTOR
JOIN AS FRIENDS  

GOODWILL AMBASSADORS MANSOOR & VALERIE IJAZ ON
WHY THEY ENDORSE OUR WORK  

LATEST LONDON EVENT A SUCCESS

VICE-PRESIDENT
JOE BIDEN SUPPORTS
CHILDREN OF PEACE

DONATIONS TO FIVE REGIONAL PARTNERS

BURLESQUE DINNER GALA

INTERNATIONAL STAR YASMIN LEVY BECOMES GOODWILL AMBASSADOR

 HADASSAH UK JOINS US

THREE LEADING ACADEMICS
JOIN AS FRIENDS

TEAM CHILDREN OF PEACE TRIUMPH

GAZA AID SHIPMENT REACHES THE CHILDREN

AMERICAN SENATOR JOSEPH BIDEN SUPPORTS US

HOUSE OF GRACE JOINS CHILDREN OF PEACE

HEREFORD CREAM TEA DELIGHTS

10K TEAM RAISES MONEY FOR CHILDREN OF PEACE

ETI CASTRO AND SAMACH ZAHOUT

JEFF GOLDBLUM MEETS SIR DEREK JACOBI IN LONDON

FOUR NEW PREFERRED PARTNERS

CHILD BEGGARS IN ISRAEL

BASSAM ARAMIN BECOMES CHILDREN OF PEACE GOODWILL AMBASSADOR

DOMINIC MARTIN BECOMES SPORTS COORDINATOR - MADELEINE McGIVERN OUR VOLUNTEERS COORDINATOR

JULIA SAWALHA JOINS CHILDREN OF PEACE AS A FRIEND

MESSAGE FROM TONY BLAIR
March 2008

EMMA THOMPSON, GREG WISE, IMELDA STAUNTON AND JIM CARTER BECOME FRIENDS OF THE CHARITY March 2008

BRITISH ARTIST HOLDS CHARITY NIGHT March 2008

RICHARD CLIFFORD ELECTED TRUSTEE

ABIR ARAMIN 2008 SCHOLARSHIP

GAZA EMERGENCY APPEAL SENDS AID December 2007

HEREFORD FOOTBALL CLUB SUPPORT December 2007

SOCCER SCHOOLS UPDATE

STARS OF STAGE AND SCREEN ATTEND THE FIRST LONDON EVENT November 2007

OUR GAZA FRIENDS CALL ON CHILDREN OF PEACE TO HELP October 2007

CHILDREN OF PEACE SUPPORTS ONEVOICE DAY OF PEACE
October 2007

MIDDLE EAST DELEGATION REPORTS TO DISTINGUISHED GUESTS April 2007

CHILDREN OF PEACE SOCCER TEAM WIN WORLD CUP! March 2007

CHILDREN OF PEACE DELELGATION MEETS 13 ISRAELI AND PALESTINIAN GROUPS March 2007

CHILDREN OF PEACE REMEMBERS ABIR ARAMIN January 2007

BIG LOTTERY FUND AWARDS FIRST INTERNATIONAL GRANT TO CHILDREN OF PEACE December 2006

CHILDREN OF PEACE ENJOYS A SUCCESSFUL LAUNCH Nov. 2006

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OCTOBER 2008...

 

GRAB YOUR TICKETS FOR A SPECTACULAR BURLESQUE DINNER GALA IN THE WEST END AND HELP RAISE MONEY FOR CHILDREN OF PEACE!

 

Busting For Peace Charity Dinner Gala

Thursday, October 9th, 7.00pm - 3.00am

 

This burlesque dinner gala is to be hosted by top West End cabaret and cocktail bar Volupté on Thursday, October 9th, to raise money for Children of Peace.

 

The Gala will feature a full burlesque and vaudeville cabaret show, headlined by some of the UK's best-loved talent, with various surprises speckled throughout the night. £10 from each ticket sold will be donated to Children of Peace, as well as £1 for every cocktail bought throughout the evening.

 

Volupté are gearing up to produce one of the best events of the year, so book your table early and join us in the bid to promote Children of Peace's wonderful cause.

 

Hosted by the ‘Dark Prince of Cabaret’ Mr Dusty Limits, guests will be entertained throughout dinner by burlesque artiste and classically trained pianist Chrys Columbine, circus star Mamzelle Fifi, contact juggler genius Stewart Pemberton and the Burlesque 'n' Blues entourage, all performing with the fabulous Pete Saunders Trio. Plus live music from 10.00pm, courtesy of Ta Mere – expect everything from chanson française, gipsy swing, jive, Russian and Balkan traditionals and bluegrass.

 

 

Event details:

Thursday, October 9th, 7pm-3am.

Dinner Gala tickets: £75 in advance by calling 020 7831 1622.

The tickets include a three-course meal, glass of champagne, show, and DJ and dancing till 3.00am.

 

Volupté,

9 Norwich Street,

London EC4A 1EJ

(nearest tube Chancery Lane - Central Line)

 

 

 

 

 

INTERNATIONAL STAR YASMIN LEVY BECOMES GOODWILL AMBASSADOR TO CHILDREN OF PEACE

Israeli singing star Yasmin Levy has agreed to become a Goodwill Ambassador to Children of Peace. Yasmin's music is acclaimed worldwide and her deep, spiritual and moving style of singing preserves and revives the most beautiful songs from the Ladino/Judeo-Spanish heritage, mixing it with Andalucian Flamenco.

 

Chairman and Founder of Children of Peace, Richard Martin says:

 

"We are so pleased that Yasmin has agreed to take on this important role. If anyone symbolises hope for the future for the children of the region, then it has to be Yasmin - who represents the pinnacle of cultural heritage and its very meaning in the melting pot of the Middle East."

 

Yasmin Levy will commit to leading two music workshops a year for Palestinian and Israeli children together.

 

Yasmin says:

 

"As someone who grew up in the melting pot which is Jerusalem, I have long harboured concerns about the fate of all children caught up in this terrible conflict.

 

When I first heard about Children of Peace, I was so happy to discover that an organisation had been created whose sole purpose is to care for the next generation; for those who will be the future of our region; and to try to ensure these young minds are distracted from the reality of conflict, danger, tension and hate. I feel it is my duty, together with others of my generation, to help these children from both sides grow up in the knowledge that there are many who believe as I do, that it is possible for different peoples to live together in co- existence.

 

We Israelis and Palestinians have much in common, and if we would only unite our minds and our resources, we could turn this battleground into one of the most beautiful places on Earth. I am happy to become a Goodwill Ambassador for Children of Peace and look forward to spending time with children from all backgrounds in helping them dream real dreams of one day having a career making music all over the World."

 

 

SIR MARTIN GILBERT

PROFESSOR SARAH BROWN

DOCTOR RONI BERGER

 

Children of Peace greatly values the support of leading academics and scholars worldwide who adhere to our principles of conflict resolution, the protection of all children in Israel and Palestine and the notions of peaceful co-existence and cooperation between all the communities in the region. We are keen to build close links with academics who value open debate, argument, discourse and dialogue and who recognise the fact that in all conflicts everyone is a victim - particularly the children.

 

We welcome innovative projects, educational programmes and current research on child mental and physical issues in this conflict. We strongly support the free exchange of ideas and thoughts between all people in the region through their academic institutions, organisations and grassroots communities. That is why we are particularly delighted to welcome three leading academics as new Friends of Children of Peace.

 

SIR MARTIN GILBERT

 

One of the world's most distinguished historians, Sir Martin Gilbert was born in London to Peter and Miriam Gilbert. He spent some of the war years in Canada as part of the British programme to protect children from the German blitz. After the war he attended Highgate School, and then completed two years of National Service before going on to study modern history at Magdalen College, Oxford, graduating in 1960 with a BA. One of his tutors at Oxford was A.J.P. Taylor. After his graduation, Gilbert undertook postgraduate research at St Antony's College, Oxford. In 1963, he married Helen Constance Robinson, with whom he had a daughter. He has two sons with his second wife, Susan Sacher.

 

After two years of postgraduate work, he was approached by Randolph Churchill for help in writing a biography of his father, Sir Winston Churchill. That same year, 1962, he was made a Fellow of Merton College, Oxford, and he spent the next few years combining his own research projects in Oxford with being part of Randolph's research team in Suffolk, working on the first two volumes of the Churchill biography. When Randolph died in 1968, Gilbert was commissioned to take over the task, completing the final six main volumes of the biography. Gilbert spent twenty years on the six narrative volumes, releasing a number of other books throughout the time. Each main volume of the biography is accompanied by two or three volumes of documents, and so the biography currently runs to 24 volumes (over 25,000 pages), with another 7 document volumes still planned. Gilbert receives no royalties for the biography, but only a small stipend.

 

In the 1960s, Gilbert compiled some of the first historical atlases. His major works include a definitive single-volume history of The Holocaust, as well as single-volume histories of The First World War and The Second World War. He has also written a notable three-volume series called A History of the Twentieth Century.

 

Gilbert describes himself as an "archival historian" who makes extensive use of primary sources in his work. Interviewed by the BBC on the subject of Holocaust research, Gilbert said he believes that the "tireless gathering of facts will ultimately consign Holocaust deniers to history."

 

In 1990, Gilbert was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE). In 1995, he was awarded a Knighthood "for services to British history and international relations". In 1995, he retired as a Fellow of Merton College, but was made an Honorary Fellow. In 1999 he was awarded a Doctorate by Oxford University, "for the totality of his published work". He lives in London. Since 2002 he has been a Distinguished Fellow of Hillsdale College, Michigan, and between 2006 and 2007 he was a professor in the history department at the University of Western Ontario. He continues to lecture around the world on Churchill and Jewish history.

 

PROFESSOR SARAH BROWN

 

Sarah Brown is a member of the Department of English, Communication, Film & Media at Anglia Ruskin University. Her principal teaching areas are Shakespeare, myth, and the Victorian novel. She previously taught at the Universities of Bristol, Central England, St Andrews, De Montfort and Cambridge.

 

Her publications include the Everyman edition of Nicholas Rowe's translation of Lucan's Pharsalia (co-edited with Charles Martindale) (1997) The Metamorphosis of Ovid: Chaucer to Ted Hughes (1999), Devoted Sisters: Representations of the Sister Relationship in Nineteenth Century British and American literature (2003), Ovid: Myth and Metamorphosis (2005) and a volume on Henry James for Pickering and Chatto's Lives of Victorian Literary Figures series (2006).

 

Her current projects include chapters on classical reception and science fiction (for a Blackwell Companion to the Classical Tradition) and an article on queer theory and the Pygmalion myth. She is also co-editing a collection of essays for Blackwell, Tragedy in Transition, with Dr Catherine Silverstone. Sarah has recently been appointed editor of a new series for Duckworth, Classical Diaspora.

 

DR RONI BERGER

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dr. Roni Berger is Director of Community Services, NATAL, The Israel Trauma Center for Victims of Terror and War. He is a clinical psychologist and a family and child therapist who is an internationally recognized expert in dealing with the psychological preparation for and aftermath of terrorism and other major disasters.

 

Dr. Berger is director of community services for Natal, the Israel Trauma Center for Victims of Terror & War, located in Tel Aviv and a senior faculty member of the Trauma-Focused Psychotherapy program of Tel Aviv University and Natal Center.

 

In training professionals, he brings years of experience in dealing with children and adults in Israel and around the world. He has been involved with the emergency relief and medical teams, social workers, police and other agents coping with terrorism.

 

Dr. Berger is also a Fellow in Psychology Beyond Borders, a humanitarian organization aims at alleviating the psychological suffering in the aftermath of traumatic events. Dr. Berger has also been a visiting scholar at Stanford University where he lectured and collaborated with researchers on developing manuals to alleviate children posttraumatic distress and promoting community resiliency.

 

Dr. Berger is the editor of the book Preventive Approaches in Couples Therapy (1999) Brunner/Mazel, and numerous manuscripts, including Parents and Children in the Shadow of Terror and Transcending Trauma: A Mind-Body Self-Healing Approach.

 

During the period of 1997-2000, Dr. Berger was a Visiting Professor of Psychology and Behavioral Medicine at Al Quds University where he taught medical and graduate students and co-directed the Palestinian Center for Traumatic Stress Studies. Additionally, he served as a senior researcher at the Harry Truman Center for the Advancement of Peace at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

 

He has lectured, consulted and given workshops in agencies in the United States such as the Federal Emergency Management Association (FEMA), the American Red Cross, The Centers for Disease Control (CDC), Disaster Response Network (Massachusetts) and Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (DMHAS) in Connecticut. He also led humanitarian delegations in the aftermath of Oklahoma City, 9/11, Katrina, the Tsunami in Asia, the terror attacks in Sri Lanka and Thailand, and the earthquakes in Turkey, Indonesia and most recently in China.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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