OUR STORIES

Hand in Hand: Center for Jewish-Arab Education in Israel is far more than desks, books and classrooms. It is a movement that has impacted communities all around the world. Here are our stories.

You can use the filters below to select stories by group — students and their families, principals and teachers, volunteers, staff and donors — or do a text search into the stories.

ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT: Fatima Yahia

In February 2017, Hand in Hand Alumni Fatima Yahia and Bar Itamari stood together in front of thousands at a gathering for Jewish-Arab cooperation and said: “We are here to assure all of you that living together is possible.”  

ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT: Bar Itamari

In February 2017, Hand in Hand Alumni Fatima Yahia and Bar Itamari stood together in front of thousands at a gathering for Jewish-Arab cooperation and said: “We are here to assure all of you that living together is possible.”

"A dream come true:" Samia and Lihi, two mothers in Haifa on the first day of school
September 1st, 2016   

On being an Arab woman educator: Nadia Kinnani reflects

Meet Mohamad Marzouk, Director of Hand in Hand's Community Network

Mohamad is the Community Department Director and one of the founders of the Hand in Hand Wadi Ara School. Below is his story and his famiy's story, in his own words: 

Alumni Spotlight: Mahmood Abu Saleh - Creating inclusive student life
Mahmood Abu Saleh graduated from the Galilee school in 2009 and is now a student in Be’er Sheva studying engineering at Ben Gurion University.

Alumni Spotlight: Adan Kinani - Studying for change

Adan graduated from the Max Rayne Hand in Hand Jerusalem School in 2014 and is now in her first year of a communications degree at Hebrew University. She wants to be a journalist in order to bring a more objective voice to the media. 

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