Israel Women’s Olive Oil Collective
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- Israel Women’s Olive Oil Collective
- January 22, 2022
- Content Type Package
- Language English
- Transcript/Script English Israel Women’s Olive Oil Collective (TV) HEADLINE: Arab-Israeli Peace Through Olive Oil? TEASER: Arab and Jewish women work together at Sindyanna PUBLISHED AT: 01/21/2022 at 9:10am BYLINE: Linda Gradstein CONTRIBUTOR: DATELINE: Kafr Kana, Israel VIDEOGRAPHER: Ricki Rosen PRODUCER: SCRIPT EDITORS: BR, Bowman VIDEO SOURCES: VOA, Other (see courtesy) PLATFORMS: WEB __ TV _X_ RADIO __ TRT: 2:40 VID APPROVED BY: MAS TYPE: TVPKG UPDATES: On Web page, please post camera credit for Ricki Rosen)) ((INTRO)) [[In Israel’s Galilee, a group of Arab and Jewish women work together to produce and market fair trade olive oil. They say they are working to create change from the ground up, with all profits going to support education and economic opportunities for Arab women. Linda Gradstein and Ricki Rosen report from Kafr Kanna.]] ((VIDEO: JEWISH AND ARAB WOMEN WORK WITH OLIVES AND OLIVE OIL)) ((NARRATOR)) Instead of the “Extra Virgin” label, Sindyanna olive oils are labelled “Extra Peaceful”, “Extra Unified” and “Extra Hopeful.” They reflect the mission of Sindyanna, a non-profit group in Israel’s Galilee, to foster collaboration ((Mandatory cg: Sindyanna)) ...between Jewish and Arab women through the joint production of olive oil and related products. ((Hadas Lahav, Sindyanna Founder and Manager (Female in English), VOA)) “Sindyanna was like a start-up. We thought -- how can women, Jewish women and Arab women, could collaborate in order to build something that will be sustainable, will be profitable, will be economically justified, and will support the people that will be involved in this project.” ((Mandatory cg: Sindyanna)) ((NARRATOR)) Sindyanna is one of just a few certified “fair-trade” olive oil producers in Israel. This means it is committed to fair pay for about 200 Arab olive farmers and the Arab women on the production line, thereby supporting the economically disadvantaged Israeli Arab community. ((Nisreen Amara, Sindyanna Production Worker (Female in Arabic, NEEDS VOICEOVER), VOA)) “It is sometimes hard for Arab women to find jobs that are appropriate for them and so I’m glad to be working here. Also, it's sometimes hard for women to work if they have to take care of the house and the children. But it is important for women to work. I didn’t go to university, but I want all of my children to go. ((Mandatory cg: Sindyanna)) ((NARRATOR)) Although both the Jewish and Arab women are citizens of Israel, they lead separate lives. Sindyanna gives them a chance to meet as they work together, as well as study in Hebrew classes and workshops for traditional crafts. They also get together for the olive harvest in Sindyanna’s organic groves in the Galilee. ((Hadas Lahav, Sindyanna Founder and Manager (Female in English), VOA)) “The main thing was to make bridges, to build bridges, to make connections between people from different communities that usually, in the daily life, they don’t meet. At least they don’t meet like equal people.” ((NARRATOR)) Jewish Israelis are also exposed to Arab culinary culture through Sindyanna’s workshops for making “zaatar”, a combination of wild oregano and olive oil. International tourists used to attend these workshops and buy Sindyanna products, but the COVID-19 pandemic has prevented most of them from visiting Israel. ((Mandatory cg: Sindyanna)) ((NARRATOR)) Sindyanna is the Arabic name for a tree renowned in local culture for its rootedness to the land. The women of this collective hope to use their “extra peaceful olive oil” to encourage coexistence on this shared land. ((Linda Gradstein, for VOA News, Kafr Kana))
- Transcript/Script Israel Women’s Olive Oil Collective (TV) HEADLINE: Arab-Israeli Peace Through Olive Oil? TEASER: Arab and Jewish women work together at Sindyanna PUBLISHED AT: 01/21/2022 at 9:10am BYLINE: Linda Gradstein CONTRIBUTOR: DATELINE: Kafr Kana, Israel VIDEOGRAPHER: Ricki Rosen PRODUCER: SCRIPT EDITORS: BR, Bowman VIDEO SOURCES: VOA, Other (see courtesy) PLATFORMS: WEB __ TV _X_ RADIO __ TRT: 2:40 VID APPROVED BY: MAS TYPE: TVPKG UPDATES: On Web page, please post camera credit for Ricki Rosen)) ((INTRO)) [[In Israel’s Galilee, a group of Arab and Jewish women work together to produce and market fair trade olive oil. They say they are working to create change from the ground up, with all profits going to support education and economic opportunities for Arab women. Linda Gradstein and Ricki Rosen report from Kafr Kanna.]] ((VIDEO: JEWISH AND ARAB WOMEN WORK WITH OLIVES AND OLIVE OIL)) ((NARRATOR)) Instead of the “Extra Virgin” label, Sindyanna olive oils are labelled “Extra Peaceful”, “Extra Unified” and “Extra Hopeful.” They reflect the mission of Sindyanna, a non-profit group in Israel’s Galilee, to foster collaboration ((Mandatory cg: Sindyanna)) ...between Jewish and Arab women through the joint production of olive oil and related products. ((Hadas Lahav, Sindyanna Founder and Manager (Female in English), VOA)) “Sindyanna was like a start-up. We thought -- how can women, Jewish women and Arab women, could collaborate in order to build something that will be sustainable, will be profitable, will be economically justified, and will support the people that will be involved in this project.” ((Mandatory cg: Sindyanna)) ((NARRATOR)) Sindyanna is one of just a few certified “fair-trade” olive oil producers in Israel. This means it is committed to fair pay for about 200 Arab olive farmers and the Arab women on the production line, thereby supporting the economically disadvantaged Israeli Arab community. ((Nisreen Amara, Sindyanna Production Worker (Female in Arabic, NEEDS VOICEOVER), VOA)) “It is sometimes hard for Arab women to find jobs that are appropriate for them and so I’m glad to be working here. Also, it's sometimes hard for women to work if they have to take care of the house and the children. But it is important for women to work. I didn’t go to university, but I want all of my children to go. ((Mandatory cg: Sindyanna)) ((NARRATOR)) Although both the Jewish and Arab women are citizens of Israel, they lead separate lives. Sindyanna gives them a chance to meet as they work together, as well as study in Hebrew classes and workshops for traditional crafts. They also get together for the olive harvest in Sindyanna’s organic groves in the Galilee. ((Hadas Lahav, Sindyanna Founder and Manager (Female in English), VOA)) “The main thing was to make bridges, to build bridges, to make connections between people from different communities that usually, in the daily life, they don’t meet. At least they don’t meet like equal people.” ((NARRATOR)) Jewish Israelis are also exposed to Arab culinary culture through Sindyanna’s workshops for making “zaatar”, a combination of wild oregano and olive oil. International tourists used to attend these workshops and buy Sindyanna products, but the COVID-19 pandemic has prevented most of them from visiting Israel. ((Mandatory cg: Sindyanna)) ((NARRATOR)) Sindyanna is the Arabic name for a tree renowned in local culture for its rootedness to the land. The women of this collective hope to use their “extra peaceful olive oil” to encourage coexistence on this shared land. ((Linda Gradstein, for VOA News, Kafr Kana))
- NewsML Media Topics Politics, Education, Economy, Business and Finance
- Network VOA
- Embargo Date January 21, 2022 21:22 EST
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