Acropolis News

The Kfar Saba branch organizes ‘A Place to Meet’,  a philosophical-pub offering the public the opportunity to enjoy a quality Friday evening at the Center. The event includes drinks and snacks and enables people to engage in conversation on different topics : spirit vs. matter, relationships, escape from routine, current affairs and much more.

A flea market was organized in the Kfar Saba branch. Visitors from all around the city came to buy appliances, children games, clothes and more. The event was a great opportunity to meet and greet people of the city, to strengthen fraternity among volunteers, and to raise money for future activities.

This year the commemoration of World Philosophy Day had as theme ‘come as you are’, according to Rumi’s famous saying, and consisted of a series of short TED- style lectures, as well as diverse workshops highlighting the relevance of philosophy for day-to-day life, the need for change, listening to our inner voice, as well as concentration and happiness.

A lecture on ancient Egyptian medicine was held at New Acropolis Haifa, highlighting how Egyptian medicine relied on principles of magic and purification, and on the use of spells, incantations, and rituals.

A group of volunteers from the Haifa branch (Israel) met with young people from 2 city projects (Masa and Nehedar Behadar) at a well-known building, where together they cleaned, arranged, planted flowerpots and added color and beauty in the building’s garden, which was full of trash and debris. Residents of the building and of the neighborhood joined the volunteers and in a short time the place was renovated, becoming more beautiful and welcoming.

Visit of New Acropolis volunteers to a Youth Center of Kiryat Yam, to take part in maintenance work, start a community garden, paint the motto of the Center on one of the walls, and mostly give support to the Center which brings much hope to the population of the city.

Tel Aviv organised a mini marathon of lectures of approximately 30 minutes each on happiness, a recurring theme in our minds. We talked about the source of happiness and if we are looking for it in the right place.

As a discussion point, the mysterious Kingdom of Bhutan was considered, which had as a priority the happiness of its citizens.