2021 showed us just how vital our community work is and will continue to be next year. After May’s escalation in violence, bringing our communities together was crucial for healing and for continuing to build a shared and equal society. Today we reflect back on the dialogue groups, learning “Madrassah”…

  Jewish, Muslim, and Christian students in Jaffa and Haifa took part in their annual Christmas-Hanukkah celebration recently. Hundreds of our students got their holiday spirit on with their communities by hosting shows, games, and decorating. This yearly tradition connects us in joy.

WATCH: 3rd Graders Nay and Yuval Give You a Tour of the Beit Berl "Aleph Bet" School The Beit Berl school is one of Hand in Hand's fastest growing schools. Located on the verdant Beit Berl College campus, the school serves nearly 120 Jewish and Arab students, pre-K through grade…

We were recently honored to host Acting Assistant Administrator Plitt & USAID West Bank/Gaza Mission Director Grubbs at the Max Rayne Hand in Hand’s Bilingual School in Jerusalem. Delegation members toured the school, heard a performance from our Hebrew-Arabic children's choir, and met with students to explore what Arab-Jewish partnership…

Outside of the walls of the classroom, Hand in Hand engages thousands of Arab and Jewish adults across Israel in a broad array of joint community programs and advocacy work. The impact of this work reverberates to many spheres of society in Israel and we hope you can join us…

Mohammad, a Jaffa native, joins our ranks with years of experience in both formal and informal education. He has a B.A. in Art and Social Studies from Netanya College, and an M.A. in Film from Brandeis University, where he was awarded the Slifka scholarship. He recently completed the Kibbutzim College's…

First Day of School 2021! Watch Co-teachers Sirin and Chaim prepare and teach their 2nd grade lesson in the Max Rayne Hand in Hand Jerusalem School, as well as a visit from the Speaker of the Knesset Miki Levi.

As the 2020-21 school year comes to a close, new cohorts of Jewish and Arab students have graduated from Hand in Hand’s bilingual, integrated schools. 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…

Hand in Hand webinar: learn about Hand in Hand from Shada Mansour, a parent and Shared Communities Organizer, Efrat Meyer, Hand in Hand Jerusalem School Principal, and Noa Yammer, Hand in Hand Director of International Communications.

These are tense and unsettling times in Israel and for all of us who care about building shared society. Yet we remain resolute and grounded in our commitment. In fact, we are more so than ever. Every day our thousands of Arab and Jewish students learn together in our schools;…

The Times of Israel recently wrote an article highlighting Hand in Hand's work to bring people together in these challenging times. Read the article here.  

Across Israel we are experiencing difficult and frightening days. Our sense of personal security has been undermined, as our streets fill with violence, racism, hatred, and fear. There is an atmosphere of war, exacting both physical and mental costs. We at Hand in Hand are also contending with difficult questions…