Cartooning in Conflict - Calender  2009/2010
20$
Some of the world's most famous cartoonists, many of whom have won the "Pulitzer" and other prestigious awards have contributed their works. The calendar displays the Moslem, Jewish, Druze and Christian holidays. All the funds from the sale of the above will go towards the education project in Israeli and Palestinian schools. The calendar starts in September 2009 and runs until December, 2010. This will make an ideal gift.
Curator: Michel Kichka
Cartoonists from China, Cuba, Australia ,United Kingdom, Russia, France, Belgium, South Africa, U.S.A., Japan, Mexico, Turkey, Israel and Palestine contributed to this unique calendar.
You can also order the Calendar at: office@theparentscircle.org

Peace Bracelet
60$
The PEACE BRACELET represents a shared aspiration, optimism and hope for a future of peace and tolerance for the Israeli and Palestinian people. Liat Hirshinzon, a Jerusalem born artist, designed the Peace Bracelet at the request of The Parents Circle - Families Forum. Liat lost two brothers to the conflict in our region. The translucent white beads with their shades of color symbolize a future of hope and light, a reflection of joy and grief in the land. The silver flowers and the dove symbolize the hope in our hearts for a different future.

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Bowls from "Offering Reconciliation" exhibit
The "Offering Conciliation" Project, initiated by the Israeli Friends of the Family Forum presents to the public at large, the idea of reconciliation between Israelis and Palestinians through Art. Orna Tamir-Schestowits, a true friend, who initiated the Friends of the Forum, designed a large size clay bowl naming it the "Bowl of Reconciliation". 135 Israeli and Palestinian artists, sculptors and photographers created from this bowl (the common, unifying and connecting denominator) their interpretation of the intrinsic values of reconciliation: Each embarked on a personal journey of the reconciliation narrative of coexistence, pain, loss, fracture and fusion. Each one presents a unique offering of reconciliation, of peace and hope, Art instead of hostility.