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SYLVIE BELMOND/Acorn Newspapers PLANTING SEEDS OF PEACE- - Amri Shaffer, left, and Rabia Eghbaria, both 15, learned that Arab and Jewish teenagers can coexist in harmony when they approach life with honesty, optimism and compassion rather than jealousy and fear. The boys and 18 other teenagers traveled from Haifa, Israel, to attend Project TRIUMPH at American Jewish University in Simi Valley recently. The project is sponsored by 11 local Rotary clubs, along with the Rotary Club of Haifa and Haifa District, to promote peace and understanding between Arab and Jewish youths.
SYLVIE BELMOND/Acorn Newspapers PLANTING SEEDS OF PEACE- - Amri Shaffer, left, and Rabia Eghbaria, both 15, learned that Arab and Jewish teenagers can coexist in harmony when they approach life with honesty, optimism and compassion rather than jealousy and fear. The boys and 18 other teenagers traveled from Haifa, Israel, to attend Project TRIUMPH at American Jewish University in Simi Valley recently. The project is sponsored by 11 local Rotary clubs, along with the Rotary Club of Haifa and Haifa District, to promote peace and understanding between Arab and Jewish youths.
