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Yvette Nahmia-Messina
Born in Athens on July 15, 1970
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Professional History |
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| 2009- | Teaching & lecturing Peace and Coexistence through poetry and reiki | |
| 2009 | Chairwoman of NGO Ecoweek Israel | |
| 2005 | Co-founder of international environmental NGO Ecoweek | |
| 2005-2008 | Columnist on Jewish/Women's Issues in Aleph, the bimonthly magazine of the Jewish Community of Athens (in Greek) | |
| 2000- | Reiki teacher and Grinberg Method therapist, private practice, Jerusalem and Aegina, Greece | |
| 2000-2009 | Greek Teacher at the Greek Community Center of Jerusalem, Aegina, Greece and Kibbutz Kramim | |
| 1998 - 2000 | Senior Writer
and Managing Editor Yad Vashem Yad Vashem Martyr' and Heroes' Remembrance Authority Magazine Jerusalem |
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| Winter 1996 | Research
Assistant Thessaloniki Archives at the Diaspora Research Institute Tel-Aviv University |
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| 9.93 -6.1995 | Administrative
Assistant Jewish Museum of Greece Athens |
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| Education | ||
| 2003 - 2004 | Reiki Master
Course Learned with Master Sarandis Haloulos, Athens, Greece |
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| 2000 - 2003 | The Avi Grinberg
Method student and therapist. A developmental therapeutic process through bodywork |
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| 1996-1998 | MA in Jewish
Civilization Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem
- Advisor: Prof. David Satran Master Thesis: "Under the shadow of the Holocaust: The disappearing Jewish Communities of Greece" |
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| 1996-1997 | Graduate
Fellow of the Senior Educators Program Melton Centre for Jewish Education in the Diaspora of the Hebrew University. Jerusalem |
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| 1995 - 1996 | Mahon
Pardes Jerusalem Graduate in Advanced Jewish Studies |
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| 1991 - 1995 | Bachelor
of Arts in Psychology American College of Greece (Deree College) Athens |
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| 1989 - 1991 | International
Relations and Economics Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
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| 1988 - 1989 |
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| 1983 - 1988 | Athens College High School, Athens | |
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Informal Jewish Education |
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| September 1997 | International
Nahum Goldmann Fellowship Glamsta, Sweden Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture |
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| 1.7.97-23.7.97 | International
School for Holocaust Studies Yad Vashem Jerusalem |
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| 1992 - 95 |
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| 21.8.94 - 28.8.94 | Summer
University ‘94 Lalandia, Denmark European Union of Jewish Students |
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| 1.8.93 - 11.8.93 | Nahum Goldmann
Fellowship Zvenigorod, Russia Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture |
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| 3.1.93 - 8.1.93 | Vision in the Desert 22nd World Gathering and Congress World Union of Jewish Students Arad, Israel | |
| 1.7.92 - 29.7.92 | Keren Kolot Jewish Studies Course Kibbutz Ketura, Israel | |
| 26.4.92 - 9.5.92 | March of the Living Poland - Israel | |
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Therapeutic & Personal |
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| 2001 - today | Reiki & Grinberg Method Therapist Jerusalem and Aegina | |
| 1997 - today | Women's Support Group Facilitator Jerusalem and Aegina | |
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Teaching |
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| 1996 - 2002 | Teacher of
Greek Greek Community Center Jerusalem |
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| 1997 | Founder of the Talmud
Torah Hakatan Beit-Midrash Teacher of Torah, Greece |
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| July 1996 | Organizer
and teacher of the Jewish Program Jewish Summer Camp of the Greek Jewish Community |
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| July 1993 | Organizer
and teacher of the Jewish Program Jewish Summer Camp of the Greek Jewish Community |
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Honors, Fellowships |
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| 1997-98/95-96 | Community
Service Scholarship Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture, New York, NY |
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| 1997-98/96-97 | Golda
Meir Scholarship Rothberg School Hebrew University, Jerusalem |
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| 1997/1993 | International
Nahum Goldmann Fellowship Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture, Sweden & Russia |
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| 1996-1997 | Fellowship at the Melton Center for Jewish Education in the Diaspora Jerusalem | |
| 1988/9 | Nahum Goldmann Fellowship Review Committee of Fellows applications | |
| Dec 1994 | Fortunoff
Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies Yale University - Interview Assistant to Mr. Yasha Almuli |
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| 1992 - 1993 | Chairperson
Athens Union of Jewish Students Athens, Greece |
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| January 1992 | Volunteer
Kibbutz Ketura Israel |
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Societies and Associations |
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| 2003 - 2006 | Association of Active Citizens of Aegina Greece | |
| 2001 - today | Greenpeace International Member (Israel) | |
| 1995 - today | Deere College Alumni Society Member | |
| 1988 - today | Athens College Alumni Society (SAKA) Member | |
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Languages |
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| Greek | Native Language | |
| Hebrew | Ptor, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, (1990) | |
| English |
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| French | Certificat De Langue Francaise, (1985) | |
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Articles Published |
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and read articles in English View and read articles in Greek |
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| Articles on Yvette's work | ||
| HAARETZ English Edition | Healing Through Poetry, , Friday June 4, 2010 | |
| http://www.jpost.com | Building Paradise on my moving to Israel story and work | |
| therapeuticjustice blog | Midwives of Peace on a presentation I gave at the conference of the Association for Women in Psychology | |
Picture: Sofia Kouvanidou