Check out examples for achievements of joint efforts of community and students:
Railway Park in Jerusalem
Short movie conducted by Bezalel academy of arts students in the framework of the course "Activism and Art in Public Space". I t is the outcome of successful cooperation with the children of the Gonenim and Makor Hayin neighborhoods. This movie was a part of a social fight against a wall that was built on the borderline of the two neighborhoods and impeded the access to the park for children and residence.
"Lev Bakehila"
The promotion of human rights of
persons with disabilities in the Haredi community in Jerusalem
"Lev Bakehila" (Lev in the Community)
is Jerusalem College or Technology's flagship civic engagement program focusing on the promotion of human rights of people with disabilities, such as housing rights, education, employment, accessibility, due process, equality, etc.
Particularly, the students and staff will assist and empower people with disabilities in the Haredi (ultra-Orthodox) and religious communities in Jerusalem, addressing their problems and needs. The project was established and is headed by Dr. Adi Finkelstein and Mr. Zvika Orr.
Please see the opening meeting video.
Voices from Sheikh Jarrah
A group of students from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem Minerva Human Rights Fellows, guided by Prof. Daphna Golan and Adv. Sami Ershid, documented the stories of the Palestinian families in Sheikh Jarrah that live in fear of evacuation, and the stories of the three families.
"Hura Blessing"
The video “Hura Blessing”, produced by the Social hub for Community and Housing demonstrates how the academy can be harnessed for the benefit of society by creating a useful cooperation between students, professors and the community. It follows the academic course in which our students worked in the Bedouin settlement of Hura in the Israeli Negev region during the spring semester of 2014.