US State Dept. awards $770,000 to push diversity in Israel
What do we get for our money.. not much, but Israeli and Palestinian kids get to watch Sesame Street, the program is on TV in dozens of countries, I wonder how many the American Taxpayers are funding?
NEW YORK -- The US State Department gave $770,000 in grants to Merchavim, an Israeli NGO promoting diversity and shared citizenship in Israel.
Most of the grant, some $750,000, will go to expand the collaboration between Merchavim and the American nonprofit Sesame Workshop, producer of "Sesame Street," to continue to produce Israel’s version of the show, "Rechov Sumsum," which features Israeli Jews and Arabs. The grant will help develop content in Hebrew and Arabic for use by 1,200 kindergarten teachers from various ethnic and religious backgrounds.
My grandson just asked why I had a Sesame Street cartoon posted in another langauge...
ReplyDeleteI explaine the United States was paying for cartoons to try and promote peace in the mid east..
He asked if there leaders were four year olds...