Ohad Naharin’s message amid Gaza war

‘People call me a maligner of Israel, but it’s our government that maligns Israel, the settler-messianic right wing. They are the people who think that the IDF’s campaign should continue, and that dead soldiers and dead hostages are an understandable price.’

Time is now

On July 1 2024, an important group of organizations and individuals came together in Tel Aviv for the Great Peace Event.
It was not a conference; it was the launch of a revitalized, impactful Israeli
peace movement. The Robert Weil Family Foundation was one of many supporters who where part of making this come true.

Shalompodden

A poddcast. Intimate conversaitions about peace, focusing on a future in the Middle East built on democracy and self-determination for two peoples who will not leave- from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea. Shalompodden aims to offer an complex answer to boycott demands and empty slogans and strengthen and promote the good forces that are needed more than ever.

Issa’s house – new film by Tomer Heymann

Issa Amro is Palestinian, human rights defender, a practioner of non violence as method and an activist against the occupation. The Robert Weil Family Foundation are proud supporters of the work with the important film about Issa Amro.

FeelBeit: when everything else breaks down, art breaks through

Since its founding in 2020, FeelBeit welcomed more than 40,000 Israelis and Palestinians to its arts events and cultural activities. The horrors of October 7 called all Israeli-Palestinian cooperation into question and tested the bridges built with great effort over many years.

The narrative of the other

The Swedish Ambassador to Israel, Erik Ullenhag writes: For me as a diplomat and an outsider, it is difficult enough to take in the suffering of both sides. I fully understand that it is even more difficult for two traumatized populations to see the other’s reality. But if peace is to be achieved, meetings between people are necessary.

Zehava Galon from Zulat

The 30 of November 2023 Olof Palme International Center and the Robert Weil Family Foundation invited a group of representatives from the Swedish civil society to a round table discussion about the situation in Israel since October 7 and the role of Israeli civil society. Main speaker was Zehava Galon, founder and head of the Israeli think and do tank Zulat -Institute for Equality and Human Rights.

‘Not a sound’ at Teater Tribunalen

A theatre performance by Ninna Tersman performed at Teater Tribunalen in Stockholm, with the support by the Robert Weil Family foundation.

Design Scholarship 2024

Application open to you who have applied to one of the three night classes at Beckmans! A scholarship founded to make possible for all, regardless of socioeconomic background, to follow their dreams.

Stockholm University’s large gold medal 2023 to Robert Weil

…he condemns all politics, regardless of color, that are cowards for antidemocratic currents in society. It is here that he sees one of the university’s main tasks as a counterweight, to further knowledge, education, as well as free and critical thinking.

Kenan Malik in Stockholm

13 of January 2024 Kenan Malik talked at Kulturhuset in Stockholm about the origins and pitfalls of identity politics. Already 14 years ago Malik was invited to Stockholm by us through the Per Ahlmark Foundation, to talk about his then resently published book ‘From Fatwa To Jihad’.

Our commitment stems from a personal engagement – driven by conviction rather than philanthropy. Our engagement is based on an understanding of history adjacent to today.

Our Story

EcoOcean

EcoOcean is an environmental organization founded in Israel 2002 by Andreas Weil and the Weil family, dedicated to marine research and education with the primary vision to create a healthy, non-polluted environment in the Eastern Mediterranean. The Robert Weil Family foundation is committed to its long term funding.

Photo: Jean-Baptiste Béranger

Magasin III Museum for Contemporary Art

Energized by the vital New York art scene in the 80’s, Robert Weil and David Neuman understood that Magasin III would be a phenomenal addition to the Stockholm culture scene. ”We have always started with an idea and almost never asked: ’Is this possible?’”

Photo: Noam Priesman

Magasin III Jaffa

Our exhibitions and programs in past and present have dealt with matters such as language, locality and civil rights, prompting discussion on different communities’ everyday lives in a politically charged region.

The Jewish Theatre

The Jewish Theatre was from 1995 to 2015 situated in an old skittle alley in the royal park Djurgården in Stockholm. When the theatre left the building a new era entered. Today the Jewish Theatre exists through new initiatives taken by former artistic director and theatre manager Pia Forsgren and the Robert Weil Family Foundation.

Accelerator

As an institution within Stockholm University, Accelerator is an exhibition space where art, science and social issues converge. The mission of Accelerator is to engage actively with society, producing exhibitions presenting international and Swedish contemporary art.

The Jewish Museum in Stockholm

A new incarnation of the museum saw the light of day, and Stockholm gained a place for conversations concerning the most important issue of our time—the conditions and strategies of integration.

Batsheva Dance Company

Since 1998 the Weil family is a long term partner, supporting the salaries of Batsheva dancers. A close friendship and collaboration that has strengthened the company’s uncompromising quality and made Batsheva Dance Company one of the leading contemporary companies in the world.

Haifa University

Head of Arts Departement Sharon Poliakine says: By diversifying our teaching faculty to reflect the rich tapestry of our students and broader society, we create an environment where every student feels seen, heard, and valued. The Arab student’s educational experience will profoundly be enriched when they will have the opportunity to learn from a diverse group of teachers, drawing inspiration from a spectrum of cultural and artistic perspectives. Our mission is fostering diversity, equity, and excellence in arts education.

Melchior Social Initiative

The model of religious peace, being faithful to one belief, being confident in the limitations and modesty of one’s existence towards G-d and fellowman, makes it possible to build new coalitions, give a new hope for peace and a partnership of values in the Middle East and all over the world.

Weil Foundation Film Fund

In partnership with the Robert Weil Family Foundation, the Department of Film Studies at Beit Berl College in Israel has established the Weil Foundation Film Fund. The Weil Foundation Film Fund is aimed at engaging the Palestinian Israeli community in the area film, enrolling and supporting Palestinian Israeli students of film in their studies and practice.

Berättarministeriet

An organization with the mission to inspire children aged 8-18 in under-privileged areas to conquer the written word.

Ulrica Hydman Vallien Foundation

In 2019, the Vallien family, Orrefors Kosta Boda and the Robert Weil Family Foundation established a foundation in memory of Ulrica Hydman Vallien to continue the legacy of her work.

Feel Beit – an arts center

When everything else breaks down, art breaks through

MTZ prize

The MTZ Prize was established in 2018 in memory of Mikael T Zielinski. It is a scholarship awarded to a person or institution working in Mikael’s spirit.

Beckmans College of Design

For the Robert Weil Family Foundation this step was the result of a more than 15-year-long collaboration with Beckmans- but more importantly, of 40 years of working in the field of design, craftsmanship, education and industry in various ways.

Amanah

Amanah was a Jewish-Muslim joint project, combatting Antisemitism and Islamofobia in Malmö. The work was built on trust and collaboration between Jews and Muslims. Due to the increasing tensions since October 7, Amanah is reconfiguring.

The Per Ahlmark Foundation

The purpose of the foundation is to promote scientific research and education in political science, economy and the history of ideas and Jewish history, with a particular emphasis on democracy and human rights.