Multicultural Calendar
Greetings to the Ono Academic College community.
As part of the "Gishrim" project for multicultural mediation leadership on the Haifa campus, a group of students created a multicultural calendar.
The calendar includes major holidays observed by the various religious communities in Israel as well as by the international community, along with a brief description of the history and customs associated with these holidays.
We highly recommend installing the calendar in the calendar app you use on a daily basis.
This small but important addition of basic awareness and information about the holidays observed by all religious communities in Israel contributes to the practical realization of the vision of a multicultural campus where every student, regardless of cultural background, feels safe and at home.
The calendar is formatted as events in an ICS file. You can install it as an additional calendar, separate from the main calendar you use. Installation instructions are provided below.
Wishing everyone all the best.
Dr. Hala Khoury-Basharat, Dr. Elad Org, Mr. Mustafa Shala'ata.
Below are guides for the operating systems on which the Multicultural Calendar can be installed
To install the software, download the file attached to the email you received to any folder on your computer (remember the folder's location).
Next, follow the instructions below based on the calendar app you're using:
Step 1 – Create a new journal.
- Open Google Calendar.
- In the upper-left corner, click the Settings icon, then select Settings.
- On the right, click Add Journal > New Journal.
- Choose a name for the new journal (for example, “Ono Multicultural Journal”).
- Click " Create Log."
Step 2 – Import the ICS file into the new calendar.
- Open Google Calendar.
- In the upper-left corner, click the Settings icon, then select Settings.
- On the right, click " Import and Export."
- Click " Select File from Computer," and in the dialog box that opens, select the file from the folder where you saved it (the file attached to this message that you downloaded to your computer).
- Under the "Add to Calendar" box, select the calendar to which you want to add the imported events (the new calendar you created in Step A, "Ono Multicultural Calendar").
- Click " Import."
- The calendar and the events listed in it now appear on the Google Calendar home page under the heading " My Calendars."
Outlook Calendar (Online)
Step 1 – Create a new journal.
- Open Outlook.
- On the right, click Add Calendar > Create a Blank Calendar.
- Choose a name for the new journal (for example, “Ono Multicultural Journal”).
- Click Save.
Step 2 – Import the ICS file into the new calendar.
- Open Outlook.
- On the right, click Add Calendar > Upload from File.
- In the pop-up window, click " Browse" and select the file from the folder where you saved it (the file attached to the email you received, which you downloaded to your computer).
- In the "Select Calendar"box, selectthe calendar to which you want to add the imported events (the new calendar you created in Step A, "Ono Multicultural Calendar").
- Click Import.
- The calendar and the events listed in it now appear on the Outlook Calendar home page under the heading " My Calendars."
Installation Instructions Calendar OUTLOOK (in Office)
- In the upper-right corner, click File> Open & Export> Import/Export.
- In the Import and Export Wizard dialog box, click Import an iCalendar (.ics) or vCalendar (.vcs)file , and then click Next.
- In the dialog box that opens, select the file from the folder where you saved it (the file attached to the email you received, which you downloaded to your computer), and click OK.
- Click " Open" as if it were new.
- The items are automatically imported into your calendar.
- Now the calendar and the events listed in it appear under " My Calendars" and " Other Calendars."
Adding an event using Apple's "Calendar" app:
- Opening the "Calendar" app
- Tap "Calendars" at the bottom of the screen
- Click "Add calendar"
- Click "Add subscription Calendar"
- Paste the following link: https://www.ono.ac.il/multicultural_ono_board
- When you're done, click the "Subscribe" button
Adding an event using Apple's "Calendar" app:
- Opening the "Calendar" app
- Tap "Calendars" at the bottom of the screen
- Click "Add Calendar"
- Click "Add Appointment to Calendar"
- Paste the following link: https://www.ono.ac.il/multicultural_ono_board
- When you're finished, click the "Create Appointment" button