The friendship between Israel and Germany is not a matter of course, but for those who take part in the exchange, it has become so - that is a great achievement of our time, continued the District Administrator.
The contact between the two schools was established in 1997 by the former mayor of Gerlingen, Albrecht Sellner. In the 25 years of the school partnership, there have been a total of 21 exchanges, as it was not possible to hold exchanges in some years for safety and pandemic reasons. For example, the group from Germany was unable to travel to Israel in 2020 during the coronavirus pandemic and recorded the dance video "Jerusalema" as a substitute. The "Gescher-AG" of the Robert-Bosch-Gymnasium Gerlingen would like to be a bridge between the two schools, further intensify contacts and also give insights to those who cannot take part in the exchanges: The working group deals with Israeli politics, history and religion. A total of five schools in the district have partnerships with schools in the Upper Galilee. The district recently celebrated the 25th anniversary of its partnership with the Upper Galilee region and renewed it.
