Kaleidoscope 2017

The Edges of Israel

• 9.00 am: “A Kaleidoscope of Questions” Opening briefing with Makom, the Israel Education Lab of the Jewish Agency for Israel.

• 10.30 am: Set off for the South! Stop for lunch (packed) at the area of Kibutz Sde Boker.

• 1.00 pm: Zionism then and now, with Makom, The grave of Ben Gurion, Sde Boker. What was the Old Man's vision? How do we look at it today?

• 2.00 pm: Drive to Yeruham 2.30 pm – Arrive to Atid Bamidbar center.

• 2.45 pm: "From Development Town to Town of Developers: Yeruham" - Once, a forgotten small town in the South; today, an oasis of social innovation.

• 4.15 pm: Women in Bedouin society. Meet with Salima, a Bedouin mother of seven who fights to change the status of women in Rahme, an unrecognized Bedouin village on the outskirts of Yeruham.

• 5.30 pm: Check-in at Desert Iris hotel, and surrounding apartments

• 6.30 pm: Set off for dinner

• 6.45 pm: Dinner with The Ethnic Cooks of Yeruham. Exploring the Mizrachi experience in Israel while eating with “The Ethnic Cooks of Yeruham.”

• 8.00 pm: Back to the hotel.

• 8.30 pm: Black on Black with Adi Keissar. An evening with dynamic Israeli poet/activist Adi Keissar, founder of the radical poetry group Ars Poetica.

• 10.00 pm: Re-capping the day with Makom. Overnight in Yeruham – Desert Iris Hotel and neighboring apartments