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URL:https://www.tbzbrookline.org/events/kiddush-talk-step-in-person/
SUMMARY:Kiddush Talk: STEP (in person)
DESCRIPTION:STEP (Science Training Encouraging Peace) is a unique cross-bor
 der\, people-to-people\,\nnonprofit organization that pairs young Israeli 
 and Palestinian science scholars (one Israeli and\none Palestinian per pai
 r)\, and helps pay their stipend for the full length of a graduate degree 
 at an\nIsraeli university\, with fieldwork conducted either in Israel or i
 n the West Bank or Gaza. The\nstudents must work in the same lab or scienc
 e department on a shared project\, for the full length of\na graduate degr
 ee (2-4 years)\, at least once per week\, but most work together daily. Th
 e ‘pairing’\nand the prolonged duration of support during the period w
 hen they must overcome many\nobstacles and hurdles of graduate research ar
 e two aspects of STEP’s design that enhance\nchances for building sustai
 ned\, trusting\, interdependent professional bonds and even\nfriendships.\
 nMany people are asking how STEP Fellows are doing during the current cris
 is. Are Israelis and\nPalestinian STEP Fellows still conducting research t
 ogether? How do they manage? There are\nmany positive – even “beautifu
 l” - stories of STEP Fellows working together. One STEP Fellow had this
  to say: It is so easy to be swept up in the fear and the hatred\, and be
 ing a STEP Fellow\, along with the friendships I have made\, and the progr
 amming we have been a part of\, forms a constant angel on my shoulder remi
 nding me of what I am made of\, and what I believe in. It has been a true 
 light in the darkness for me.\n This Shabbat\, Allen Taylor and Kim Krone
 nberg\, the co-directors of STEP\, would like to share some of these stori
 es along with the struggles and challenges STEP students and faculty are f
 acing day to day.
CATEGORIES:Adult Learning,Featured
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