Together with Miriam Avraham, a veteran Olah from the USA, Beth Steinberg founded Shutaf Inclusion Programs in Jerusalem, an innovative, informal-education program for children, teen and young people, with and without disabilities. Close to 300 participants, ages 6-23, enjoy inclusive, year-round activities: Day camps during Hannukah, Pesach and August vacations; Young Leadership Program for teens and young adults; Interactive Inclusion-Accelerator Workshops; Parent and family gatherings. Shutaf is a place of complete acceptance and inclusion for participants of all abilities, and from all religious and cultural backgrounds. Beth has also been part of Jerusalem’s active English-language cultural scene, co-founding Theater in the Rough (TiTR), with her eldest son, Natan Skop, and Toby Trachtman, in 2010. TiTR is dedicated to bringing quality, affordable and engaging theatrical experiences to Jerusalem audiences including summer Shakespeare in a Jerusalem park.

The initiative represents the best of the age-old tradition of local theater coupled with training and developing talented actors with a community mindset. TiTR’s summer Shakespeare offerings have attracted thousands of English-language-theater enthusiasts from all over Israel to Bloomfield Gardens, where longtime and budding fans of the Bard enjoy classical theater presented free and out of doors, accessible to all. It’s arts for the people, by the people.