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"America Day" in Haifa

Ambassador Daniel Shapiro Paints Haifa Red, White and Blue as Guest of Mayor Yona Yahav, January 19, 2012.

Mayor Yahav welcomed Ambassador Shapiro to a full-day’s visit to Haifa, briefing him on his city’s impressive projects, which are turning Israel’s largest northern city into a leader in transportation, culture, and high-tech. Following a visit to American-Israeli high-tech leader G.E. Healthcare, the Ambassador visited MadaTech, Israel’s National Museum of Science, Technology & Space, where he met schoolchildren enjoying the newly inaugurated Noble Energy Science Park, and even tried some of the rides himself. At the University of Haifa, President Aaron Ben-Ze’ev and the Student’s Union organized the first-ever “American Day.” The highlight of the university visit was Ambassador Shapiro’s Town Hall meeting on “U.S. – Israel Relations and Regional Issues in a Changing World,” where the students questioned him at length. Mayor Yahav closed out the eventful day at Beit Hagefen Arab-Jewish Cultural Center, where the Ambassador met with religious leaders representing the Christian and Muslim Arab, Jewish, Druze, and Baha’i faiths, who credited Haifa municipality’s active support for dialogue and cooperation among the different religious groups with Haifa’s success as a mixed city.. More Photos

America Day in Haifa University

Eight-meter red, white, and blue, ballooned arches, patriotic bunting, American flags, and popcorn-on-tap provided a festive backdrop to an events-packed “America Day,” organized jointly by the University of Haifa and the university’s Student Union to coincide with Ambassador Daniel Shapiro’s official visit to the city. In addition to the Ambassador’s Town Hall, the full program included high-caliber panel discussions led by Embassy officers on social protest, women’s rights, and religious freedom; an Education USA presentation on graduate studies in the United States; and a briefing/discussion to UN model students on Iran, led by the Embassy’s Political Counselor. Crowds of students thronged around the information booths, manned by representatives of the Consular Section; EducationUSA; PD Exchanges; the Information Resources Center; and the student advisory bureaus, Yeda and UStudy. Wide-screen TVs with rolling clips promoted the best of PD programming and forthcoming State Department-sponsored cultural highlights. More Photos

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