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German-Jewish Dialogue and Reconciliation

Learn more about our event series in April dedicated to Holocaust Remembrance, German-Jewish Dialogue and Reconciliation featuring Israeli keynote-speaker Reuven Merhav, Holocaust survivors and others.

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Shabat Dinner in DC

On February 8th over 70 young people gathered at George Mason University's (GMU) Fairfax Campus for the first German-Jewish dialogue Shabbat Dinner in 2013

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Voices of ARSP

Learn more about work and life of the ARSP Volunteers

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Gift of Hope

Are you looking for a meaningful gift for your loved ones this holiday season?Alvin Gilens' book “Reconciling Lives” shares the moving stories of Holocaust survivors and their encounters with young Germans, 65 years after the end of the war.

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Book Launch

"Reconciling Lives" released in Berlin

On October 12, 2012, Alvin Gilens' book "Reconciling Lives" on encounters of ARSP volunteers with Holocaust survivors was officially launched at a reception at Allianz headquarters in Berlin, Germany.

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US Program

ARSP Welcomes New Volunteers

On September 11, twenty-two German volunteers arrived in Philadelphia for 9 days of orientation, before heading off to their placements in 11 cities across the Northeast and Midwest.

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Thank you and goodbye to group 2011-12

ARSP bids farewell to volunteers

ARSP Friends gathered at Chamounix Mansion Hostel on August 26 to bid farewell to the ARSP volunteers heading back home to Germany after a year of service in the United States.

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Project Ezra’s Jayne Skoff visits ARSP in Israel

“Brucha Haba’a” at Beit Ben Yehuda!

Jayne Skoff of ARSP partner Project Ezra in New York took the opportunity to get to know the work of ARSP in Israel on her recent visit to Jerusalem.

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ARSP volunteers create green space in My Place Germantown

Doing Good with Hearts AND Hands in Philly

ARSP co-sponsored a special Summer Camp late June/early July to bring German and American participants together...

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Volunteer's Voices

Intern Insight: Isabel Tamoj

Article about Isabel Tamoj in the volunteers' magazine "Volunteer Voice" of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

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Volunteer's Voices

Observations on Life, Death, Love and Occupy Chicago

The 'Occupy-Together' movement is present everywhere. It started out on Wall Street NYC and spread fast all over the United States..

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Tri-national Seminar

ARSP Hosts Tri-national Seminar on Immigrant Youth and Integration

Do different philosophies about integrating immigrants into society have a meaningful effect on how practitioners - those who work directly with immigrant youth - view and do their jobs?

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Summer Camp

ARSP "Summer Camp" at Cesky-Tesin

"Summer Camps" - or as they are known in German, "Sommerlager" - are a very special program of ARSP. They provide a unique opportunity for people to travel and connect with each other while at the same time doing good in the world in a tangible, visible way..

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Contact Information

Action Reconciliation Service for Peace
1501 Cherry Street
Philadelphia, PA 19102
phone: (+1) 215-241-7249
fax: (+1) 215-241-7252
email: info@actionreconciliation.org

Past events

German-Jewish Dialogue and Reconciliation:


April 7, 10:00 am, Philadelphia.
April 18, 6:30 pm, Washington, DC.
April 22, 6:30 pm, Miami.
April 23, 6:00 pm, Chicago.

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Friday, April 12, 6:00 pm, American University, DC: German-Jewish Dialogue: Shabbat Dinner.

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Friday, February 8, 6:15 pm, Fairfax, VA: German-Jewish Dialogue: Shabbat Dinner at George Mason University.

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Sunday, April 7, Philadelphia: Yom Hashoah commemoration event.

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January 31, 6:30 pm, San Francisco: "Reconciling Lives", Book Release and Panel Discussion on German-Jewish relations at the Goethe Institute.

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December 13, 5:30 pm, Philadelphia: "Reconciling Lives", Book Release and Panel Discussion on German-Jewish relations at the Gershman Y.

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December 4, Chicago: "REFUGE: Stories of the Selfhelp Home." ARSP volunteer Pia Kulhawy will speak on the occasion of the screening Ethan Bensinger's "REFUGE: Stories of the Selfhelp Home".

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November 29, 6 pm, New York: "Reconciling Lives", Book Release and Panel Discussion on German-Jewish relations at the German Consulate General.

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November 4, 2012: "Reconciling Lives", at "The Esther Tuzman Memorial Holocaust Teach-In", Gratz College, Melrose Park.

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October 12, 2012: Book Launch "Reconciling Lives" in Berlin, Germany.

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ARSP on Facebook

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ARSP Blogs

ARSP volunteers blog about their life and work in the US.

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