News
18.4.23 Departmental seminar at the Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, Ariel University
28.3.24 A new course has been opened for students of the International School of Psychology at Reichman University
26.2.24 The opening of the course “Music as a Tool for Multicultural Dialogue” at the Ono Academic College
7.9.23 The “Promoting Dialogue through Music” venture integrates into the school of psychology at Reichman University
1.9.23 Mizrachi-Segall, M., & Leshman, O. (2023). Connecting Through Our Songs: Music as an Educational Tool for a Meaningful Dialogue among Youth at Risk. In G. Hertz (Ed.), Educational Aspects of Children and Youth At-Risk (No. 23, pp. 29-55). State of Israel Ministry of Education Pedagogical Division Advancement of Youth At-Risk Section.
1.6.22 A special article about Aviad Meitar in the June issue of the GPC Newsletter gpc-member-newsletter-2022-05-3-5_2
30.5.22 Dr. Ori Leshman will give a lecture at the “Who am I? Israel Song “at Bar-Ilan University conference brochure
31.4.22 The “Talking Through Our Songs” program in the city of Acre (Akko) has ended – a program to promote acquaintance, connection and mutual support with the help of music. See here a link to a video about the program
22.10.22 Dr. Ori Leshman TEDx talk
3.10.21 The international program Power of Dialogue (POD) ended with great success. Click to see a report
30.8.21 Registration has begun for the International Power Of Dialogue program, a collaboration between Music for Dialogue, Partners for Youth Empowerment (PYE) and the Global Dialogue Initiative at Synergos. For details
1.6.21 A “Music for Dialogue” workshop for students participating in the MOOSA program: Law and Other Languages for a Just Society in Israel has ended
26.5.21 Lecture by Dr. Ori Leshman at the Northern District Arts Teachers’ Conference at the Ministry of Education – see link
30.4.21 Column on the article by Dr. Hirschsprung and Dr. Leshman in the Daily Mail – see link
4.3.21 An article about our program for youth at-risk in the “Free Lesson” magazine of the Teachers’ Union – see link
1.2.21 A new article by Dr. Ron Hirschsprung and Dr. Ori Leshman was published in the journal Telematics and Informatics
19.1.21 A “Speaking through Songs” training course was opened in collaboration with the Israeli Ministry of Education, the Pedagogical Administration, the Department of Community Welfare and Parenting. More details
7.1.21 Communicating through songs during Covid-19
16.12.20 Music for Dialogue – TAU webinar. Reaching Out and Giving Hope to Youth at Risk During and Beyond Covid-19. Watch webinar
06.8.20 Music for Dialogue will participate in Hiroshima 75th Memorial “Peace+Love+Music”, honoring the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, will be broadcast globally by MIDHEAVEN NETWORK on Thursday 6 August between 8a and 6p ET on
28.4.20 Our “Speaking with Songs” program for youth at-risk has been expanded to 20 additional centers across Israel, including in Arab towns.
25.3.20 Launching a new “Song Speak” program for Arab women and elderly, in collaboration with the Curtain Call (Hishtachvaya) charity for community film and theatre.
15.3.20 Today we launched a new program of “Song Speak” in youth at-risk centers, in
collaboration with Israel’s Ministry of Education. The program operates on a distance
learning platform as per the lock down restrictions during the Covid-19 outbreak. See news article
21.1.20 Our academic course “Educational Dialogue through Music” for students of teacher
training and occupational therapy at Tel-Aviv University ended today. Our 23 student
participants developed 5 education and therapy projects, using music to encourage dialogue
and foster relationships among populations with disabilities.
20.1.20 Our academic course for B.A. students in Education at Tel-Aviv University titled
“Harmony – Connect and Lead through Music” ended today. The cohort of 44 participants
created 12 educational ventures to promote dialogue through music.
16.1.20 Music for Dialogue’s co-Founders and –Directors Aviad Meitar and Dr Ori Leshman
presented a program of Global Dialogue Initiative that has been developed over several
months. The presentation took place in the Netherlands at a Members meeting of Synergos,
a global organization bringing together leading philanthropic families. The Global Dialogue
Initiative aims to promote connection and mutual care in societies and communities around
the world through a series of projects and programs led jointly by Synergos members and
other major philanthropists. More details
14.1.20 Our “Speaking through Songs” program is launching today in 6 high schools in the city of Holon
with hundreds of pupils participating. The program aims to promote connection and mutual
care between teenagers and the elderly population in the city, especially those from deprived
areas. We developed a unique website for this program, and it is now being used for other
educational programs as well.