Zochrot has been working for two decades to promote the responsibility of the Jewish public in Israel for the Palestinian Nakba and the return of Palestinian refugees.
We have organized over the past 20 years thousands of educational and political events, including tours of destroyed Palestinian localities; workshops for groups; activists and organizations; lectures and panels; campaigns; field activities; and research and testimonies that promote Israelis’ awareness of the Nakba and its injustices and the return of Palestinian refugees. Through painstakingly researching and mapping destroyed Palestinian localities, collecting testimonies from Nakba survivors, creating education curricula to teach the Nakba in Hebrew and developing resources to understand our painful histories, we have been working collectively with a multitude of partners to fundamentally change Israeli society.
Your support will push us a little closer to making that change.
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Organize a tour
Every year, thousands of people join Zochrot’s tours to depopulated Palestinian villages and learn about what is missing from the landscape. There are about a hundred participants at each tour, Arabs and Jews from different backgrounds — students, activists, artists, journalists, refugees, residents and others. Together, we experience the remains of the Nakba and learn about the flourishing Palestinian life that existed before Israel’s ethnic cleansing and colonization of these lands. We welcome groups who are interested in partnering with us to organize a tour. You can learn more about previous tours here. Please reach out to Umar for more information: umar@zochrot.org
Organize a talk/webinar
Zochrot embraces a critical pedagogy that challenges the Israeli Jewish public's preconceptions on history and promotes awareness of the ongoing Nakba. Through our lessons, we strive to catalyze the political and cultural change necessary to create the conditions for the Return of Palestinian Refugees and a shared life in this country. If you are interested in hosting a talk or webinar, please reach out to our team for more information: zochrot@zochrot.org
Learn and teach about the Nakba and Return
The Nakba continues to influence the reality of millions of people today. Yet it is also an event that is silenced and given almost no mention in the Israeli education system, in school curricula, or in Israeli collective memory, all of which emphasize the Jewish-nationalist history of the country.
Learning about the Nakba is challenging for many Israelis: It unsettles the foundations of most everything they have been taught, but it also arouses curiosity and hope. Learning about the Nakba is an opportunity to break free from the shackles of the collective memory and to establish relations between Israelis-Jews and Palestinians, based on equality, recognition and accountability.
The Department of Community and Political Education operates on two main levels:
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For information on new courses and workshops please subscribe to the newsletter and follow us on social networks
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To arrange a lecture for your organization or institution please contact Yaara: education@zochrot.org
2. Development of educational resources and pedagogical guidance
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Our educational resources are available here. Please note that most of our materials are available only in Hebrew, as our main audience is Jewish Israelis.
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To arrange adapted training for teachers and educational staff please contact us.
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Teachers and educators in formal and informal settings are invited to contact us for personal pedagogical guidance and assistance at education@zochrot.org
Organize a joint campaign
Zochrot enlists campaigns as a tool to spread awareness and spark action. We welcome the opportunity to partner with organizations who are interested in promoting Return, emphasizing the importance for redress, and highlighting complicity in the ongoing Nakba. Visit here for information on our JNF campaign and toolkit. If you are interested in a joint campaign, please reach out to Najwan for more information: Media@zochrot.org
Share your story
Zochrot believes in the collective creation of knowledge, and the active employment of reflection and personal history in fostering understanding and comprehensive awareness. We believe deeply in a participatory approach that allows individuals who interact with our work, across different communities, to play a role in contributing to our work.
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Support our fundraising efforts
There are plenty of ways to get involved by supporting Zochrot through fundraising: You can help organize an event to fundraise for Zochrot to support our work, to introduce us to people who can support our work, to invite us or to talk about us wherever you are. Your fundraising efforts will enable us to continue our advocacy for radical, transformative change. Be a part of our growing community. For any questions please contact resources@zochrot.org
Support Zochrot
In defiance of all efforts to silence and conceal historical facts, against deliberate ignorance and trampling on hope - there is an opportunity to support an organization that not only gathers information and makes it accessible, but encourages and trains us all to open our eyes and hearts, re-examine what we know about ourselves, our history and the country, asking tough questions, dealing with painful answers and working for an equal and just future.
A one-time or monthly investment in Zochrot will enable us to continue our advocacy for radical, transformative change, enabling you to be part of this growing community.
Become a Monthly Supporter:
Zochrot’s Monthly supporters community play a crucial role in sustaining our ongoing work especially in these times, to expose the root causes of the ongoing dehumanization and violence against Palestinians and promote acknoladgment and accountibility of Israeli society for the crimes of the ongoing Nakba as we see it continues these very days.
Your monthly support allows us to plan for the future with confidence in unsteable times. By committing to monthly support, you provide us with a steady and reliable source of funding, enabling us to carry out our initiatives with greater efficiency and impact.