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Hand in Hand: Center for Jewish-Arab Education in Israel has been extensively and internationally documented in newspapers and magazines, on radio and tv, through blog posts and more.
RECENT
School Shows It's OK for Jewish, Arab Students to Have Differences
JTA News Service, April 2012
Bridging the Gap In Israel
The Knox Student, April 2012
Traveling 'Hand in Hand' Toward a Better Future
MinnPost, February 2012
'Come Learn With Us,' Says Coexistence Principal to Vandals
The Jerusalem Post, February 2012
Jerusalem Monastery, Jewish-Arab School Defaced in Suspected 'Price Tag' Attack'
Haaretz, February 2012
Living Peace by Learning "Hand in Hand"
JUF News, January 2012
OPINION Dreams of Integration
Haaretz, January 2012
The Bilingualist (profile of cofounder Amin Khalaf)
The Jerusalem Post Magazine, November 2011
Hand in Hand Promotes Peace Education in Israel
Southwest Community Connection, November 2011
Jewish, Arab Students in Israel Learn Hand-in-Hand
San Antonio Express-News, October 2011
ARCHIVE
OPINION Riding the School Bus Together in Jerusalem
Common Ground News Service, July 2011
Shakira in Israel to Promote Education Campaign
ABCnews.com, June 2011
OPINION On Remembrance and Hope for Peace and Equality
Haaretz, May 2011
FRENCH Enfants Juifs, Musulmans et Chretiens a L'ecole de la Paix
Le Monde, March 2011
Jewish, Arab Students Talk Friendship
Jewish Review, November 2010
OPINION Borderline Views: Educating for Tolerance
The Jerusalem Post, November 2010
Israeli Youth Spread Message of Peace with Portland Peers
The Oregonian, April 2010
Jewish and Arab School Friends Just Get Along
New Jersey Jewish Press, May 2009
JERUSALEM
The Hand in Hand School: Modeling Multiculturalism
PresenTense magazine, June 2009
If the Government Won't, the People Will
The Huffington Post, May 2009
Quiet Revolution on the Playground
BBC World Service, February 2009
Love, Tolerance Go Hand in Hand at Israeli Schools
Toronto Star, November 2008
In Israel, A First Attempt at High School Integration
The Christian Science Monitor, October 2008
TV CLIP CNN, April 2008
Jewish Journal, April 2008
An Officer and a Lady
The Jewish News, April 2008
Back-to-Back Openings for Hand in Hand?
Jerusalem Post, March 2008
TV CLIP BBC Radio, January 2008
Brighter Future for Arabs and Jews in the School that Teaches Peace
The Guardian, October 2007
Peace Studies: Children of Israel
The Independent, October 2007
Jerusalem's Hebrew-Arabic School Teaches Tolerance
Reuters, October 2007
No Jews and Arabs, Just Hebrew and Arabic
Haaretz, September 2007
Jerusalem School Teaches Arab/Jewish Kids About the War
Detroit Jewish News, June 2007
The Children's Revolution
Der Spiegel, November 2006
Breaking New Ground in Jerusalem
Haaretz, April 2006
School Bridges Jerusalem's Big Divide
Jewish Chronicle, April 2006
BEERSHEVA
Arab-Jewish Kindergarten is Bubble Among Be'er Sheva Social Troubles
Haaretz, March 2009
WADI ARA
Jewish and Arab Children Learn 'Hand in Hand'
ISRAEL21c, September 2006
The Jew Comes to Learn From the Arab — And It Works
Haaretz, September 2005
