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  Karmiel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Karmiel is 35 km from Tiberias, 30 km from Safed, 22 km from Acre and 45 km from Haifa.
Karmiel is known as "The Heart of the Galille" or alternatively "The Town of Coexistence" because of its efforts to be a truly multi-cultural community.
During the period of large-scale Jewish immigration from the former Soviet Union to Israel in the early 1990s after the fall of the communism, Karmiel was one of the major centers of absorption of newcomers.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Karmiel   (207 words)

  
 Israel's Second Generation New Towns
Karmiel is not to be an urban marketing center for a large agricultural area, as most first generation new towns were built to be, primarily because most of the good farmland around Karmiel is owned by Arabs who trade in their own good-sized villages there.
Karmiel's linear center is to bisect the entire community in a mile long arc to be built from the northeast corner near the bus station, industrial plants and entrance to the town from the main highway, to the southwest, where residential neighborhoods are to climb the low hills.
In Karmiel, this boulevard is an already begun divided highway on a ridge overlooking the town center, providing incoming motorists with an impressive view of the growing heart of the city, and residents on the malls and pedestrian ways of the center with a view of the bustle of traffic.
www.aliciapatterson.org /APF001971/Downie/Downie05/Downie05.html   (9886 words)

  
 Learn more about Karmiel in the online encyclopedia.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Karmiel (כרמיאל) is a city in northern Israel.
Established in 1964, Karmiel is located in the Beit Kerem Valley, which divides the Upper and Lower Galilee.
Karmiel is 35 kms from Tiberias, 30 kms from Tzfat (Safed), 22 kms from Acre and 45 kms from Haifa.
www.onlineencyclopedia.org /k/ka/karmiel.html   (186 words)

  
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Karmiel is only supposed to become a new city where none was before, to support itself with whatever kind of industry it att racts, and, the planners hope, to evolve into the kind of attractive community that will lure Israelis away from the congested coastal area not far away.
In Karmiel, this boulevard is an already begun divided highway on a ridge overlooking the town center, providing incoming motorists with an impressi ve view of the growing heart of the city, and residents on the malls and pedestrian ways of the center with a view of the bustle of traffic.
In Karmiel, all the necessities of daily living are located somewhere or other along the pedestrian ways: schools, day nurseries, small shops, clinics, synagogue and playgrounds of the residential quarter, and the other stores, offices, cinema, community recreation a n d government offices of the town center a bit further along.
www.aliciapatterson.org /APF001971/Downie/Downie05/Downie05.rtf   (10119 words)

  
 South Denver Park District - City of Karmiel Park
Karmiel, northern Israel’s youngest and fastest growing development town, was established in 1964 and became Denver’s fourth sister city in 1977.
This pairing of the two cities was done in part because of their similar environments, such as mild climates, low humidity, and mountainous backgrounds.
In Karmiel, the Denver Park and the “Denver Room” in the city’s cultural center acquaint residents with the sister city association.
www.denvergov.org /South_Denver_Parks/template21193.asp   (385 words)

  
 Pittsburgh - Partnership celebrates 10 years
KARMIEL, lsrael -- A decade of marriage is reason to celebrate.
The people of Karmiel and the Misgav region in northern Israel put on a celebration to remember on Monday in honor of the 10th anniversary of their marriage to Pittsburgh in the Jewish Agency For Israel's Partnership 2000 program.
Hundreds of Karmiel and Misgav residents who have benefited from Partnership 2000 programs filled Karmiel's cultural center for an event that featured an Israeli pop band, local youth dancers, and a video screen that simultaneously showed pictures from Karmiel, Misgav and downtown Pittsburgh.
www.ujf.net /content_display.html?ArticleID=153077   (580 words)

  
 Karmiel, Israel   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Karmiel, founded in 1964, is the commercial, educational, cultural and industrial hub of the Western Galilee.
Situated on a major east-west highway in a valley, separating the upper and lower regions of the Galilee, its location is central with respect to the major population centers of Northern Israel.
A community of close to 50,000, Karmiel is a planned modern city consisting of self-contained neighborhoods.
www.webscope.com /karmiel   (104 words)

  
 Financial Resource Development and the Israel Education Fund
Karmiel, founded in 1964, is situated in the Beit Ha’Kerem Valley, separating the upper and lower regions of the Galilee.
Karmiel has absorbed thousands of new immigrants in the last ten years.
The nine-story Karmiel Absorption Center, established in 1982, was designed to furnish the basic needs of new immigrants during their first months in Israel.
www.jafi.org.il /iefund/projects.asp?id=426   (275 words)

  
 Overview of Karmiel, Israel: Denver Sister Cities International
Denver and Karmiel share energetic urban planning, mild climates, low humidity, and a mountainous background.
Karmiel, northern Israel's youngest and fastest growing development town was founded in 1964 and become Denver's fourth sister city in 1977.
The builders of Karmiel beautifully emulate the pioneer spirit of Denver.
www.denversistercities.org /karmiel.php   (225 words)

  
 Yom Ha'atzmaut Mission - Day 3
Based on the concept of kesher, "people-to-people" relationships, Partnership 2000 was launched in Pittsburgh several years ago in an effort to construct a living bridge between the Jewish communities of Pittsburgh and Baltimore with the city of Karmiel and Misgav region in Israel's Galilee.
Since establishing the Partnership 2000 connection with Misgav and Karmiel, through the assistance of The Jewish Agency, you have accompanied and supported us in all aspects of life in Misgav, be it as a community or as individuals.
This award is a token of our great appreciation of our friends of the Jewish community of Pittsburgh, who have expressed deep and tru friendship and solidarity with the residents of Misgav by coming from afar to support, volunteer and aid us even in times of crisis and challenge, both regionally and nationally.
www.ujf.net /photogallery_display.html?ID=543   (388 words)

  
 Hanitzotz news
Ramyans agree to be integrated into Karmiel’s urban development and to give up their agricultural way of life, on condition that the authorities recognize their right to remain on their land.
In the face of the widespread public protest and the fierce determination of the Ramyans to stand up for their rights, Karmiel and the ILA begin a counter-offensive, including promises and invitations to meetings, in an attempt to create the impression that the problem is being solved.
In May 1997 Karmiel's Department of Engineering sent the following letter to the residents of Ramya: "We are pleased to notify you that the plan for the construction of the Ramya neighborhood has been submitted, according to law, by the District Planning and Building Committee.
www.hanitzotz.com /challenge/46/news.html   (957 words)

  
 KBY -- HaKerem
Guests in the succah: the Mayor of Karmiel, the Deputy Mayor, Representatives from Pittsburgh Partnership 2000.
Karmiel is a fast-growing city, which is on its way to trebling the population since 1989.
The current population of nearly 50,000 is expected to continue to climb in the coming years.
www.joinkby.com /HaKerem   (480 words)

  
 Kfar Vradim - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It is situated just south of Ma'alot-Tarshiha and about 14 kilometers south of the border with Lebanon.
Kfar Vradim is close to major cities like Nahariya (20 kilometers) and Karmiel (16 kilometers).
Buses leave Kfar Vradim daily (except Saturday) to Ma'alot (Lines 82, 12), Karmiel (line #12) and Nahariya (line 43).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kfar_Vradim   (292 words)

  
 Ethiopian Jews in Israel to get Torah donated by local seniors
The sweetness of the moment was not lost yesterday on James Rudolph, chairman of the board of the Jewish Association on Aging.
The Pittsburgh Jewish community's more than decadelong relationship with Karmiel was established through a number of educational, vocational and other human service programs initiated and funded by the United Jewish Federation, the local community's central fund-raising and planning organization.
Recently, the 1,800-person Ethiopian Jewish community in Karmiel received the use of a building as a synagogue and recreation center from city officials.
www.post-gazette.com /regionstate/20010620torah0620p6.asp   (353 words)

  
 Financial Resource Development and the Israel Education Fund
In the early 1960ís at the initiative of the Jewish Agency, in coordination with the Government of Israel, a major effort was mounted to attract new Jewish populations to the area and the town of Karmiel became the focus of that effort.
An overwhelming majority of its residents were not born in Israel and the composition of the town reflects the history of immigration to the country.
It is to serve Karmiel and the region in the same way that the Mann Auditorium serves Tel Aviv and Binyaney HaUma serves Jerusalem.
www.jafi.org.il /iefund/projects.asp?id=67   (407 words)

  
 Karmiel - town in Galilee - photos of Israel on Worldisround
Israel - travel photos - From September 1993 I live in a town Karmiel, which is located in the Galilee, 42 km from...
From September 1993 I live in a town Karmiel, which is located in the Galilee, 42 km from Haifa.
However you can find in Karmiel ruins of church of the IV century.
www.worldisround.com /articles/4026   (138 words)

  
 Universal Garments - News
The plant in Karmiel had employed 150 workers, some new immigrants and others residents of Arab and Druze villages.
The process of closing the Karmiel factory began three weeks ago when Delta's management sent workers on vacation, saying it needed to substantially reduce output.
In recent years, Delta's Karmiel factory had taken on workers laid off by sewing factories in Nazareth, Shfaram, and Julis in the wake of the crisis in the Israeli textile industry, which has been losing out to competition from the Third World.
www.universalgarments.com /detailnews.asp?nid=4580   (468 words)

  
 SignOnSanDiego.com > News > World -- Israeli program seeks to break down language barrier between Arab and Jewish ...
KARMIEL, Israel –; Amit Goldner, a Jewish fifth-grader, uses gestures to communicate with his friend Mohammed, an Arab, since neither boy speaks the other's language.
Malka Gilboa, an educator in Karmiel, said Arab and Jewish youngsters were eager to get to know each other in the after-school meetings, but couldn't communicate.
In one of the first sessions, at the Kalanit Elementary School in Karmiel, about 20 Jewish pupils practiced meeting Arab children on a bus and repeated Arabic greetings after the teacher.
www.signonsandiego.com /news/world/20050228-1407-israel-talkingitover.html   (876 words)

  
 Israeli leaders explore our similarities
Karmiel/ Misgav is a scenic, affluent and fast-growing region in the mountains of northern Israel that's gaining a reputation for how well its Jewish and Arab residents live and work together.
Misgav is the suburban area that surrounds Karmiel.
The city of Karmiel, he said, "is very sophisticated; they've marketed themselves well." The city operates like a well-managed company that puts lots of emphasis on quality of life issues, Florida said.
www.post-gazette.com /businessnews/20000405israel5.asp   (444 words)

  
 Gamla: Memorial for Israelis Murdered since September 2000   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Aug 4, 2002 - Sari Goldstein, 21, of Karmiel, was one of 9 people killed in the suicide bombing of Egged bus No. 361 traveling from Haifa to Safed at the Meron junction in northern Israel.
Sari Goldstein, 21, of Karmiel, had recently completed her military service and was on her way to enroll in a training course at Safed Regional College when bus No. 361 was blown up.
Sari Goldstein, who will be buried in Karmiel, leaves her parents, Moshe and Yosefa, a sister, Hen, and a brother, Ariel.
www.gamla.org.il /english/memorial/5/e587.htm   (213 words)

  
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28, 2004 NEWS 5 Haifa and Karmiel are to launch a pilot project to teach spoken Arabic to Jewish children.
The $ 150,000 plan is being funded jointly by the Education Ministry, the Haifa and Karmiel municipalities and the Abraham Fund Initiatives, a nongovernment fund that promotes communication between the Jewish and Arab communities in Israel.
"The idea is to bridge between the Arabic and Jewish sectors." Pattir explained that the fund chose Haifa and Karmiel because the former is a mixed Jewish and Arab city and the latter has a large number of Arab communities in its surrounding area.
www.asu.edu /educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art5065.txt   (277 words)

  
 Karmiel Skyscrapers, Architecture, Buildings, Real Estate, and Construction News
The city is located on the border between the Upper and Lower Galilee, situated 35 kilometers east of Tiberius, 22 km west of Akko.
City Status was granted in 1986 and the city has grown rapidly during the 1990's.
Karmiel's folk dance festival has become world famous.
www.emporis.com /en/wm/ci?id=107025   (136 words)

  
 Canadian Jewish News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The 17th annual Karmiel Dance Festival offers three days of music and dance in Karmiel, a town known as the Gateway to the Galilee.
Israeli folk dancing is the festival’s trademark, but all types of dance may be found on its stages, including modern ballet, ballroom and folklore dancing from around the world.
During the festival, Karmiel, with its cool mountain air and breathtaking landscape, is transformed from a quiet city into an international dance theater.
www.cjnews.com /viewarticle.asp?id=3656   (766 words)

  
 Jewish Indianapolis   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
As we met that day in Karmiel, in 2002, and concurrently with my further demand regarding the murder attempt, I told him that the system set up by him and general Sharon et al was not different, in fact worse, than the ones that worked for the South American juntas.
My only two tickets, if I recall correctly, were one here years ago for making a wrong turn and one in the US about 30 years ago as the car I drove slid on ice and touched the car in front w/o damage, in both cases small tickets without further damages.
We accuse the Karmiel police officers involved and those that control them, some part of the perennial Karmiel "government" and those led by the generals in the macro, of FABRICATING a file on me to cover up their gruesome, in fact murderous acts against specific persons working for a FREE JEWISH ISRAEL.
www.jewishindy.com /article.php?sid=5538.   (2086 words)

  
 Carmiel-Misgav - Pittsburgh Partnership 2000   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Barbara Burstin, President of UJF Pittsburgh, recently made a fact-finding tour to the City of Karmiel and the Misgav Region for a "hands-on" visit to some of the projects sponsored by the Partnership 2000 Pittsburgh chapter.
The Partnership 2000 Steering Committee of the Karmiel-Misgav-Pittsburgh Partnership completed its winter session after approving a series of social and economic projects, and programs for strengthening ties with the Jewish community in Pittsburgh.
Ten Pittsburgh area university students spent the first two weeks of Ausgust at Karmiel's ORT Braude Academic College of Engineering, participating in a project sponsored by the Jewish Agency's Partnership 2000 program.
www.partner.org.il /carmiel   (167 words)

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