This winter JPB returned to the Sts. Tarkmanchatz Armenian School in Jerusalem to lead an improved Leadership and Peace Education program. Using a newly designed curriculum by renowned peacebuilder Paula Green, along with guest educators and service projects, the teens explore a wide range of theoretical understandings of leadership and peace-building, as well as benefiting from opportunities for applied practice and developing relationships with Arab and Jewish youth engage

Since last year, JPB has partnered with the Model United Nations Israel program, Debate for Peace (DfP), to support young Israeli and Palestinian youth diplomats in developing their leadership and peace-building skills by offering them competitive scholarships to JPB's Summer Youth Institutes. The first conference was held last November in Jerusalem at the US Embassy's American Center Jerusalem and hosted over 80 Jewish, Christian, and Muslim high school students from more th