A comprehensive
overview of the Living
Together initiative as a
new discipline area that
Background and Rationale
Israeli society is a mosaic of groups, sectors, and identities.
Most communities live separately from each other, educate their children in separate school systems, get their information from sectoral media outlets, and consume culture from separate sources.
This often results in divisions and mistrust among the different segments of Israeli society. Without any real ongoing interaction between sectors, members of outside groups are liable to be perceived as threatening the identity of a given community.
Alongside Israel’s many exemplary and well-known achievements since statehood, Israeli society faces a fundamental difficulty: how to create a positive lasting connection between different groups, and live together in a society that pursues the common good.
Over the years, numerous social programs and projects have worked to address this issue. However, the reality is that significant progress hasn’t occurred, while the rifts between communities persist— and at times even worse.
All communities in Israel share a common space. So it’s essential to promote a joint effort by the diverse groups living in Israel to find practical solutions for building this space together while preserving each community’s uniqueness.
The Living Together Center seeks to address those issues.
The Living Together Center- Our Path
To build a society based on social consensus and mutual responsibility, it’s essential to introduce several new elements:
Systematic identification
of obstacles, and
assessment of the impact
of current efforts
of obstacles, and
assessment of the impact
of current efforts
Genuine partnership among
all communities, in designing
and implementing solutions
in harmony with each
community’s character
all communities, in designing
and implementing solutions
in harmony with each
community’s character
The Living Together Center is an initiative working systematicly to help create a new social partnership.
The project embraces the whole range of communities and sectors in Israeli society, appreciating the inherent richness of that diversity.
We believe that to enhance the ability to live together in a multifaceted society, the Living Together concept should be transformed into a unique discipline, with its own language, strategy, action principles, and projects.
The project embraces the whole range of communities and sectors in Israeli society, appreciating the inherent richness of that diversity.
We believe that to enhance the ability to live together in a multifaceted society, the Living Together concept should be transformed into a unique discipline, with its own language, strategy, action principles, and projects.
Uniqueness
A Unique Discipline
that includes language,benchmarks, and long-term solutions.
Collective Impact
that joins together the resources of philanthropy, civil society, the business world, government
and local authorities
From Vision to Implementation -
models of implementationbuilt through sustainable,
multi-sector partnerships
Varied and Collaborative Approach
with representatives ofdifferent communities
participating in and influencing all aspects of the initiative
Theory of Change
Inputs
- Diverse impactful human capital
- Resources from a variety of sources
- Acquaintance with research bodies in Israel and worldwide
- Mapping and familiarization with the fields
Actions
- Promoting know-how, initiatives, and collaborations at the Living Together Center
Products
- The Living Together content area
- Nationwide component for executing tasks
- A broad, diverse, and influential movement
Results
Changes in actions, discourse, and policy in new and
existing systems and in shared spaces
Impact
Significant improvement* in the ability of Israel’s from different communities to ‘live together’
*as assessed by the Living Together index
