The Open House in Ramle - a peace education center in Ramle, Israel
 
Masa Masaar – The Journey
Masa Masaar – The Journey

The Journey is meant to open young Arabs and Jews to the experience and narrative of The Other. As a rule, the young people are exposed only to the narratives and attitudes... Continue Reading...

International Exchange Programs
International Exchange Programs

Delegations of older OPEN HOUSE teens have traveled abroad over the past several summers, deepening friendships among themselves and fostering connections with their peers abroad. Continue Reading...

Summer Peace Camp
Summer Peace Camp

The OPEN HOUSE Summer Peace Camp enriches the educational and recreational possibilities for Arab and Jewish children, with about 100 peace campers. Continue Reading...

Young Leaders Training Course
Young Leaders Training Course

The greater Ramle environs have a very heterogeneous makeup in which different communities (religious, secular, Ethiopian, Russian, Muslim Arabs, Christian Arabs) live parallel lives but rarely meet and interact. The level of dialogue,... Continue Reading...

Music in Common
Music in Common

On the occasion of The UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 10 of Dec. 2011, we had another concert at Open House with FODfest, Friends of Daniel Pearl Festivel, also called Music in... Continue Reading...

Empowerment of Women
Empowerment of Women

In the past 3 years Open House has been doing major work empowering women as individuals and in the community. Open House, in co-operation with the Kolech forum of religious Jewish women and... Continue Reading...

Masa Masaar – The Journey

Masa Masaar – The Journey

The Journey is meant to open young Arabs and Jews to the experience and narrative of The Other. As a rule, the young people are exposed only to the narratives and attitudes... Continue Reading...

International Exchange Programs

International Exchange Programs

Delegations of older OPEN HOUSE teens have traveled abroad over the past several summers, deepening friendships among themselves and fostering connections with their peers abroad. Continue Reading...

Summer Peace Camp

Summer Peace Camp

The OPEN HOUSE Summer Peace Camp enriches the educational and recreational possibilities for Arab and Jewish children, with about 100 peace campers. Continue Reading...

Young Leaders Training Course

Young Leaders Training Course

The greater Ramle environs have a very heterogeneous makeup in which different communities (religious, secular, Ethiopian, Russian, Muslim Arabs, Christian Arabs) live parallel lives but rarely meet and interact. The level of dialogue,... Continue Reading...

Music in Common

Music in Common

On the occasion of The UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 10 of Dec. 2011, we had another concert at Open House with FODfest, Friends of Daniel Pearl Festivel, also called Music in... Continue Reading...

Empowerment of Women

Empowerment of Women

In the past 3 years Open House has been doing major work empowering women as individuals and in the community. Open House, in co-operation with the Kolech forum of religious Jewish women and... Continue Reading...

 
Summer Camp 2023
Summer Camp 2023 - The Peace Camp of Open House was held between July 3rd and July 21st, 2023, the Arab-Jewish camp that has existed for many years with the aim of strengthening ties and coexistence between the two peoples.

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Summer Camp 2022
Summer Camp 2022 - This year’s summer camp was between the 3rd to the 21st of July, 2022. The Ramle municipality provided the grounds of the YRF learning center and we could accept 80 participants to full capacity, ages 9 to 12. The participants were from Ramle Lod the...

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Summer Camp 2021
Summer Camp 2021 - We are delighted to share with you what was happening at our end during 2021. First of all, the Ramle Municipality offered us the YRF grounds (Youth Renewal Fund) for our Summer Camp in Ramle itself. The mayor of Ramle, Michael Videl, considered...

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The Story of the House

OPEN HOUSE was created as a result of a unique encounter between the Arab family that lived in the house before 1948 and the Jewish family that came to inhabit it afterwards.

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Quick Links:
 
Dalia's Open Letter to Bashir
From The Jerusalem Post, January 14th, 1988.
 
The Lemon Tree - by Sandy Tolan
The book that chronicles the history of the house in Ramle.
 
Interfaith Program for the Empowerment of Women as leaders in their respective communities.