by Abe | Feb 2, 2015 | News
Noam, a 2nd year CIT, is in the 11th grade in Ra’anana, a Jewish community just north of Tel Aviv. Like many Ultimate Peace participants, he started off playing basketball, but fell in love with ultimate when a friend invited him to come to a practice. Noam is...
by Abe | Jan 19, 2015 | News
Mike Leonard, an long time Emmy-winning features correspondent for NBC, recently put together a look at Ultimate Peace for the latest episode of his new show on PBS, inCommon. The piece was made in conjunction with The Telling Well, an organization Mike helped found...
by Abe | Jan 19, 2015 | News
More than twenty Ultimate Peace leaders gathered in Ein Rafa, outside Jerusalem, at the home of the UP Fellows on Saturday. The main objective for the day was to get the ball rolling on a number of conversations. The first conversation was a brief one about what...
by Abe | Jan 14, 2015 | News
A first for UP – On January 13, 2015, 25 players from Tamra (an Arab Israeli town) came to Binyamina (a Jewish Israeli town) where they met up with 25 local players for a half day of Ultimate and getting to know each other. These ninth-graders are from two...
by Abe | Jan 10, 2015 | News
Mais is a 3rd year CIT from the Arab Israeli Town of Daburia, just next to Nazareth in the North of the country. She is in the 11th grade and before learning about ultimate, she played (and still plays) basketball. One of her basketball coaches invited their whole...
by Abe | Dec 29, 2014 | News
This past weekend the Middle Eastern CITs met for the day outside Tel Aviv. All three CIT groups were there working separately and together. After some peer led bonding, Rachel and Sarah led the 1st Year CITs through conversations about their personal goals for the...
