Rossing Center for Education and Dialogue

What Rossing Center for Education and Dialogue does

The Rossing Center for Education and Dialogue is an Israeli non-profit organization founded in 2004 and headquartered in Jerusalem, with approximately 10 employees. It is named after Daniel Rossing (1939-2017), a pioneer in Jewish-Christian dialogue, and operates as an interreligious body promoting an inclusive society across Jewish, Christian, and Muslim communities in the Holy Land. Its work spans education, community encounter, research, and consulting, delivered through eight distinct programs: Foundations for Partnership (a Jewish-Arab school-twinning initiative reaching 800-1,200 children annually), Educating for Change (educator training), Open House Ramle (a grassroots interfaith hub), Meeting Place (university dialogue at Azrieli College), the Jerusalem Center for Jewish-Christian Relations, Healing Hatred (a trauma-aware dialogue methodology with an international training component), ADAShA (interreligious encounter for visiting groups), and Know Your Neighbor (an internally compiled educational resource on the three Abrahamic faiths). The Center supplements programming with research publications such as the Attacks on Christians Annual Report and the Religious Freedom Update, and hosts an annual international conference, with the next edition (Trauma, Power and Dialogue) scheduled for November 2026 in partnership with the Van Leer Jerusalem Institute and the University of Notre Dame Jerusalem.

The organization has no proprietary technology stack; its outputs are service-based, delivered through direct community engagement, school partnerships, university curriculum integration, and in-person events. Revenue is generated exclusively through donations and charitable contributions, structured around individual giving (including monthly 'Friends of the Rossing Center' subscriptions at $20 and $50 tiers), foundation grants, and minimal program/conference fees (₪200 for a two-day conference, $500 for the five-day Healing Hatred program). Tax-deductible giving infrastructure covers US, UK, and Israeli donors. Go-to-market is community-led and event-driven: the Center relies on grassroots relationships across mixed cities like Ramle and Jerusalem, partner educational institutions, and recurring conferences/webinars to reach its constituents, with marketing channelled through a multilingual website, monthly newsletter, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, and YouTube.

Operationally, the Center is lean (approximately 10 staff) and stable, with leadership including Executive Director Dr. Sarah Bernstein — who has spoken at the Vatican marking the 60th anniversary of Nostra Aetate — and Director of Education Vivian Rabi'a, recipient of the 2025 Shared Society Award from the Abraham Initiatives. Strategic partners include Azrieli College (academic integration), Van Leer Jerusalem Institute and Notre Dame Jerusalem (conference co-organization), and the Abraham Initiatives (recognition partnership). The organization does not publish financials; revenue is sourced from a distributed base of philanthropic supporters rather than any single enterprise contract, and its scale signals (5 named educational partners, 800-1,200 child beneficiaries, recurring international conference attendance) are consistent with a small but institutionally embedded NGO rather than a scaled commercial entity.

Name

Rossing Center for Education and Dialogue

Legal name

Rossing Center for Education and Dialogue

Website

https://rossingcenter.org

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Rossing Center for Education and Dialogue is a Jerusalem-based non-profit running interfaith education and dialogue programs for Jewish, Christian, and Muslim communities in Israel, reaching 800-1,200 children annually through schools and university partners via donation-funded programming.

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Jerusalem

HQ country

Israel

HQ region

Middle East

Offices1 record

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GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and Charitable Contributions: The organization relies on donations from individuals, foundations, and institutional donors. The website features a donation portal and mentions tax-deductible donations for US, UK, and Israel donors. Monthly giving programs ('Friends of the Rossing Center') and specific project-based donations are available.

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Core offering

The Rossing Center for Education and Dialogue is a Jerusalem-based interreligious non-profit that runs educational and dialogue programs bringing together Jewish, Christian, and Muslim participants in Israel-Palestine. Its core offerings include school-twinning partnerships (Foundations for Partnership), educator training (Educating for Change), university student dialogue groups (Meeting Place), a grassroots interfaith community hub in Ramle (Open House), research and consulting on Jewish-Christian relations (JCJCR), a trauma-aware dialogue model (Healing Hatred), guided interreligious encounters for international visitors (ADAShA), and an online educational database about the three Abrahamic faiths (Know Your Neighbor).

Product overview

Rossing Center for Education and Dialogue is a non-profit interreligious organization offering a portfolio of educational programs and research publications. Its core offerings include eight distinct programs: Foundations for Partnership (school-twinning), Educating for Change (educator training), Open House Ramle (grassroots community hub), Meeting Place (university dialogue), Jerusalem Center for Jewish-Christian Relations, Healing Hatred (trauma-aware dialogue methodology), ADAShA (interreligious encounter for international groups), and Know Your Neighbor (educational resource database). These programs are complemented by annual research publications including reports on Christian communities in Israel, attacks on Christians, and religious freedom updates. The organization also hosts an annual international conference on trauma, power and dialogue. All offerings are non-technology, service-based programs focused on interfaith dialogue and peace education.

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• Foundations for Partnership: A Jewish-Arab school-twinning program involving school principals, teachers and pupils, benefiting approximately 800-1200 Jewish, Christian and Muslim children annually.
• Educating for Change
• Open House, Ramle
• Meeting Place
• JCJCR - Jerusalem Center for Jewish-Christian Relations
• Healing Hatred
• ADAShA (Adasha) - The Jerusalem Center for Interreligious Encounter
• Know Your Neighbor

Products and services

• Foundations for Partnership A Jewish-Arab school-twinning program that directly involves school principals, teachers, and pupils, benefiting approximately 800-1,200 Jewish, Christian, and Muslim children every year. Encourages curiosity, promotes knowledge and intercultural communication, and builds relationships between children from different faiths.
• Educating for Change Educator-training program that builds teachers' skills to lead discussions among youth about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict while respecting others and promoting an inclusive society. Helps schools create spaces where students can address identity issues and acquire tools for active citizenship in a shared society.
• Open House Ramle A grassroots, interfaith, and intercultural hub created, implemented, and sustained by residents of the mixed city of Ramle. Promotes a shared society through activities bringing together Jewish, Christian, and Muslim women (and broader residents) in the city.
• Meeting Place University dialogue program promoting an inclusive campus for Jewish, Christian, and Muslim university students — Israeli and Palestinian — through joint study groups and dialogue. Currently operating at Azrieli College in Jerusalem, integrated into the college's first-year academic curriculum.
• Jerusalem Center for Jewish-Christian Relations (JCJCR) Educational programs, lectures, tours, research, and consulting addressing challenges in Jewish-Christian relations in the Holy Land. Promotes a culture of dialogue that values and respects interreligious and intercultural diversity.
• Healing Hatred An innovative model for interreligious dialogue based on spiritual counseling in conflict situations. Integrates mindful listening, active witnessing, and exploration of spiritual and existential dimensions of conflict. Includes an international conference and a training workshop.
• ADAShA — Jerusalem Center for Interreligious Encounter Guides interreligious groups and groups interested in interreligious topics from abroad, exposing them to a variety of educational experiences, narratives, and religious and political perspectives in the Holy Land.
• Know Your Neighbor A comprehensive online educational database about the three Abrahamic faiths in the Holy Land, covering their holidays, communities, rituals, and sacred sites. Materials are written and compiled by Rossing Center staff for educators and the general public.

Quantifiable outcome

• 800-1200 children benefit annually from Foundations for Partnership program
• +1 more outcomes

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Ideal customer profiles5 records

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Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Van Leer Jerusalem InstitutecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 16 November 2026Co-organizers of the Trauma, Power and Dialogue International Conference scheduled for November 2026 in Jerusalem. Partnership brings together international and local scholars, practitioners, educators, and community leaders for interdisciplinary conversation on healing in divided societies.
• University of Notre Dame JerusalemcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 16 November 2026Co-organizers of the Trauma, Power and Dialogue International Conference. Partnership combines academic rigor with interfaith dialogue expertise for the November 2026 conference in Jerusalem.
• Azrieli CollegecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Academic partnership for the Meeting Place program, bringing together Jewish, Christian, and Muslim university students in dialogue groups. The program is integrated into the college's academic curriculum for first-year students.
• Abraham InitiativesminorGTM or Marketing PartnerAwarding body for the Shared Society Award presented to Rossing Center's Director of Education. Represents recognition partnership for work in Arab-Jewish partnership.

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Competitive moat3 records

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