“It has changed the face of Jaffa.” Check out this piece that Social TV created about Hand in Hand’s Jaffa school! With the significant shifts in Jaffa over the last decades, and rising tensions in the last few weeks, Hand in Hand is proud to be a part of creating…

One of the questions we get asked most frequently at Hand in Hand is—who are the Hand in Hand alumni? How have they been affected by their education at our schools, and how are they effecting change in Israel?  We at Hand in Hand know that our alumni are ambassadors…

At the Hand in Hand schools, as in society at large, election time tends to raise questions about what society should look like, what we expect of our leaders, and what leadership even means. In our schools, students ask these kinds of questions year round. They learn the values that…

Our students graduate with a passionate commitment to social action alongside a finely honed sense of empathy, a nuanced understanding of society, and the uncommon experience of having already lived the values of mutual respect and equality. They are our best ambassadors for shared living, and are equipped to advance…

Lena Turel, Community Organizer, Wadi Ara “I grew up in Herzliya to a family of social activists. I was always a little different from other girls, a nonconformist of sorts. I was a tomboy, I rode a skateboard. When I lived on a kibbutz during my military service, I was…

Hadir Gouti, Deputy Director of the Jaffa Preschool “I’m a true Jaffan. I was born and raised here. I would even say there isn’t a neighborhood in Jaffa I haven’t lived in. I’m the youngest of 5 siblings, born to a family of low socioeconomic means. My mother supported our…

Surrounding each Hand in Hand school is a shared Arab-Jewish community of parents and adults who come together on a daily basis. Hand in Hand parents make the brave choice to step outside of the norm of the separate education system in Israel and into a pioneering integrated framework. Our…

Surrounding each Hand in Hand school is a shared Arab-Jewish community of parents and adults who come together on a daily basis. Hand in Hand parents make the brave choice to step outside of the norm of the separate education system in Israel and into a pioneering integrated framework. Our…

"I have a responsibility to make the world better." Vicky Makhoul, Hagar Mizrahi, and Aya Abu Saleh share about how Hand in Hand impacted their lives and how they're giving back to their own communities! Hand in Hand graduates are living ambassadors for equality and shared society, nurturing change in…

Masters student from the Institute of Education at University College London, Sophie de Rijk, recently completed research on the role of integrated education in the process of building peace, focusing on alumni from our Max Rayne Hand in Hand School in Jerusalem. Rijk's research found that Hand in Hand alumni…

Bilingualism is a core pillar of Hand in Hand's work. Hand in Hand's pedagogic staff work closely with teachers on improving our students’ second language acquisition skills. Because Hebrew is the dominant language in the country, and is required for social mobility, Arab students are able to learn Hebrew at a…

Meet three outstanding Hand in Hand graduates: Hagar Mizrahi, Vicki Makhoul and Aya Abu Saleh. These alumni of our Jerusalem and Galilee schools are advancing the values of partnership, equality and shared society everywhere they go. Hand in Hand graduates are living ambassadors for equality and shared society, nurturing change…