Heroes of October

Our story today is a tale of bravery, self-sacrifice, courage, despair, and hope that occurred on October 7th 2023.

Two brothers and a nephew decided to try to save people in Kibbutz Beeri, while terrorists are still roaming and hiding in the Kibbutz.

We continue to pray for the safe return of the hostages and soldiers, and mourn with the families who have lost their loved ones.

16/12/2016 Launch Letter

Aug 2nd, 2016 Shalom, Thank you for taking the time to read our letter. A year has passed since the death our daughter, who was not yet 16, but who was full of values and ideals and goodwill and willingness to work to make this a better place. ...

16/12/2016 Shira Banki’s Way – the concept behind the design

Objective: design a logo representing Shira Banki’s vision, a logo that sends a message of action, positive vision, acceptance, and inclusion of every person and idea, while mentioning and emphasizing that it was the message of a teenage girl. Definition: Shira Banki’s Way integrates various meanings of the...

16/12/2016 Company’s Objectives

Shira Banki’s Way Ltd. (public benefit company) – the company’s objectives are as follows: To use public relations, education, and cultural, social, and media activities, as well as research, among the range of communities and ideological and religious movements which comprise Israeli society in order...

16/12/2016 The Shira Banki Clinic for the Struggle against Hatred in the Public Sphere

In cooperation with the Berl Katznelson Foundation, at the Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya: In the past few years, we have seen a worrying increase in racist expression and incitement to racism online and in the Israeli public sphere against various populations, such as Arabs, women, LGBTQs, Jews...

16/12/2016 Meeting Point – an initiative to Commemorate Shira Banki

The Public Shiva was created in response to the murder of Shira Banki at a gay pride parade.    It was clear to us in the Jerusalem Movement that we could not simply go on, and that we were not willing to tolerate the public dialogue,...

16/12/2016 Invitation to the first anniversary

An anniversary to commemorate Shira Banki: centers of tolerance in the public sphere in Jerusalem Three main centers, which had been foci of demonstrations, violence, and terrorism, will become centers of tolerance, the acceptance of others, and a meeting point between the various communities in Jerusalem. On...

16/12/2016 This Is Jerusalem! – Teachers’ Lounge in commemoration of Shira Banki

Our vision  Jerusalem is a multifaceted and multiethnic city.  It is the home of the three monotheistic religions and diverse ethnic, political, and religious communities. How is it possible to create a common fabric of life?  How can we learn and teach out of encounter and diversity? ...

16/12/2016 Launch of the final exhibition, June 2016

Good evening, thank you for coming and thanks to the entire wonderful staff of This is Jerusalem! - Teachers’ Lounge program. This remote strip of land in a small corner of the Middle East, Jerusalem, has been a global focus for historical events for millennia. It is...

16/12/2016 Meeting of social organizations at the Knesset – Jerusalem Day 2016

Shalom to everyone and thank you for coming. Shira, our eldest daughter - a strong, successful, and idealistic girl - fell victim to prejudice, hate, fear, incitement, and refusal and inability to accept those who are different from you. The poet Yehuda Amichai wrote, “Where we are...

16/12/2016 Art as a Tool for Social Change

Children create art to change and advance social dialogue  A program for children and families at risk at Yad Rachel after-school care centers Yad Rachel is the leading NPO for operating and running therapeutic education programs for children and families at risk, enabling them cope more...

16/12/2016 Shira Program for Girls – menoring

 Shira program for girls is a multiyear program, which seeks to change the social role of young women at risk, by giving them a significant experience of success while providing them with emotional and occupational tools of empowerment, with the view that young women possess...

16/12/2016 Invitation to listen

Shalom and thank you for listening. For me, Excerpts of History has been, for many years, a pleasant way to take a break from everyday worries to listen to fascinating stories and distant worlds. My love of history, and of listening to the Excerpts of History podcast...

16/12/2016 Podcasts – Our vision

Our Vision “The uneducated has no aversion to sin,” said the sage, Hillel. Thus, we want to help reduce ignorance, violence, and polarization in Israeli society. We want to relate and teach history so we will not have to relive it. We want to reach children, young adults,...