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Blog Name: once more with Heart
Url: http://powerupmama.wordpress.com/
Language: English
Topics: Women's Empowerment, Self Defense, Martial Arts
Description: The beating heart of El Halev, 'To The Heart', an NPO in Israel, empowering women, children and people from vulnerable populatons through the Martial Arts and Self-Defense
Popularity: 37 Followers

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Changing The World
The problem with being the purveyors of a product like “self-defense” is that most people think they know what you are offering, but very few really do.  Say “self-defense”, even in Hebrew, and visions of Superman, TV wrestling, ninjas and stun guns dance in their heads. Tell them that your goal in teaching self-defense is societal change…blank stare. So, when we go out to explain our programs, we don’t talk about “self-defense” and we don’t talk about “changi
Circle Of Strength
The Circle of Strength Celebrates 12 Great Years of Body-Mind-Spirit Empowerment For the last 12 years,  El Halev has organized the Circle of Strength Martial Arts Seminar for Women. Circle of Strength, as its’ name implies, is a celebration of female power in a warm, exciting and supportive environment. For this,  our “Bat Mitzvah” year, we are hosti
Why I run
IMPACT-Israel Staff: We Want To Help More Women Learn To Protect Themselves From Violence Planning meetings for our December 8-18th  “Circle of Strength’ Women’s Martial Arts & Self-Defense Events. Another IMPACT Self-Defense Class for Arabic-Speaking Teens from Jerusalem. A visit by Uri Menahem, the head of The City of Jerusalem’s Sports Department. A visit to the Maccabi Health Fund to request  support for our violence
The Forest For The Trees
'Attempted' Rape'--- Another Name For Victory? I don’t get it. Here’s this great story (I translated it for you below) about a woman who fought back against a violent sexual predator . She actually managed, not only to survive, but to prevent herself from being raped. So what is the news story about? The turd that tried to rape her. Sure. He’s a total jerk and the judges should throw “the book” at him. (Don’t get me started on the pathetically short jail sentences
Violence We Prevent Makes No Headlines
Young Arab Women in Jerusalem Learning How To Stop Violence Directed Against Them While rocks and words fly in response to the  Imams’ outlandish fantasy of some Jewish conspirency to retake the Temple Mount, there is a real battle going on right here in the halls of El HaLev, a battle to prevent violence. For the last two Sundays, 16 young Arabic-speaking women served b

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