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Together with ATID Education and School Ltd,. Maricia’s Light designed a summer camp program among students ages 15-16, involving joint experiential activities that facilitate mutual exploration and appreciation of each other’s cultures. The program took place in various venues in the north of Israel, where lower income Jews, Muslims, Christians and Druze people live. Approximately…

Collaborating with Henry Wilson, Donna Brown and others at Y-COP and Lisa Jacobs, Rabbi Lester Bronstein and others at Bet Am Shalom, Marcia’s Light helps to demystify the Black and Jewish experience for children of each background, helping to stem stereotypes and create the conditions for relationships to form.

Guided by their teachers, the students will collaborate to write a play and perform it, learning about performing arts, acting and signing. They will learn in Arabic and Hebrew and bring together the richness of each other’s cultures.

Marcia’s Light is collaborating with Bet Am Shalom Synagogue (White Plains, NY) and the Youth Community Outreach Program (Mount Vernon NY), bringing Black and Jewish students together to learn about each other cultures and develop friendships. This multi-faceted, age-appropriate program will be carefully designed to by Lisa Jacobs, Director of Family Education and Engagement at…

Every two weeks, Marcia’s Light organized meetings between two middle schools — one Arab and one Jewish. In each meeting, each team will learn the language and culture of the other team and will train together to enhance their team- and relationship-building skills, football as a centerpiece. There are 40 participants, 20 from each school,…

On Novenber 16, 2022 Dr. Rodayna Badir, a principal of Marcia’s Light Foundation and lecturer of Al-Qassami Acadmic College (Baka Al-Gharvia, Israel), willl be speaking at a prestigious international conference entitled “Reflective Culture of Holocaust Remembrance Education, Global Perspectives and Challenges”.  She will be among panelists discussing “The Abraham Accords and Teaching the Holocaust in…

Marcia’s Light will be collaborating with Al-Qasemi, an Arab college, in designing programs to bring together Arab-Muslim and Jewish college students together, building upon the highly successful pilot program conducted in 2021.

Marcia’s Light Foundation will be designing programs with the Center to help Arab and Jewish youth at risk (ages 14-18).

Marcia’s Light hosted a post-Jummah luncheon at the Upper Westchester Muslim Society with Rabbi Deborah Waxman (President of the Reconstructionist Movement), Seth Rosen (its Board Chair), Crystal Collins (Director of Policy & Programs Faith Based Initiatives and Urban Affairs for Westchester County’s Executive), Iman Shaffieq Chase and scores of UWMS congregants.

On April 7, 2022, Marcia’s Light organized a multi-faith Ramadan iftar at the Agami Center in Jaffa, Israel for youth at risk. About 150 Muslim and Jew attended, including the families of Muslim young adults and children.