Our Stories: "In this immensely complex and difficult situation, if there is ever to be hope for the future, we need to begin with the children." Dalia Peretz, former principal. Read her story.
ISRAEL
Hand in Hand's board of directors in Israel is made up of Jewish and Arab volunteers from the education and business sectors.
Dr. Thabet Abu-Ras, Co-Chair (Kalansueh) Lecturer and researcher, Ben Gurion University.
Dr. Shimshon Zelniker, Co-Chair (Ramat Hasharon) Professor of political science, University of Chicago; former president, Van Leer Jerusalem Institute.
Ali Ayoub (Bet Safafa) Manager, Bet Safafa Community Center.
Menachem Birnbaum (Jerusalem) Teacher, Hebrew University School of Social Work.
Yael Chen (Jerusalem) Journalist.
Dr. Morshid Farhat (Jerusalem) Lecturer, Hadassah University Hospital; consultant to the Israeli Ministry of Health.
Sister Carmen Farrugia (Jerusalem) Expert in high school education and inter-religious peace-building, Congregation of Sisters of Our Lady of Sion.
Forsan Hussein (Jerusalem) CEO, YMCA Jerusalem.
Yeshayahu Koren (Zichron Yaacov) Writer.
Benjamin Oron (Jerusalem) Former Israel ambassador to Portugal and Argentina.
George Samaan (Jerusalem) Attorney at law; former board chairman of the J.I.Y.M.C.A, and board member of the Jerusalem Foundation, Jerusalem Academy of Music, and many other NGOs.
Imad Telhami (Ossefiya) Former CEO, Delta Galil Industries; member of the assembly of the Jerusalem Foundation.
Dror Vigdor (Tel Aviv) Attorney at law.
UNITED STATES
The American Friends of Hand in Hand, a separate nonprofit organization supporting Hand in Hand's schools in Israel, maintains its own board of directors based in the States.
Stuart L. Brown, Chair (Washington, DC) Trustee, Naomi and Nehemiah Cohen Foundation; retired tax attorney; board member of the Jewish Federation of Greater Washington and American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee. Read Stuart's special message to supporters.
Emile Bendit (Baltimore, MD) Psychiatrist with expertise in conflict resolution, clinical faculty, Johns Hopkins University; president-elect, board of Jewish Family Services of Baltimore; past president, board of the Park School in Baltimore; board member, WYPR, local NPR station.
Paula Blumenfeld (Harrison, NY) Artist, activist; member of the New York UJA-Federation Committee on Arab Israelis and the UJA women's philanthropy group, Neshamot; involved with Seeds of Peace, Hebrew University of Jerusalem and more.
Julie I. Bram (Los Angeles, CA) Founding partner, Los Angeles Jewish Venture Philanthropy Fund; board member of Jews for Judaism, The Holy Land Democracy Project, and Jewish World Watch. Read about Julie's visit to Israel.
Warren Eisenberg (New York, New Jersey) Founder and co-chairman, Bed Bath & Beyond. Trustee, “I Have A Dream” Metro of New York and New Jersey, "I Have A Dream" National Board, Sy Syms School of Business and others.
Seth Jaffe (San Francisco, California) General counsel, Levi Strauss & Co.
Greg Rothman (Chicago, IL) info coming soon
