The “Naot Ma Ba’ad—Moving Together” Jaffa Women’s Festival: “Naot Ma Ba’ad”—which means ”Moving Together” in Hebrew and Arabic—is the name of a recent festival that took place in Jaffa from March 3-5.[gallery columns="2" size="large" ids="18043,18042,18041,18040"] The festival is run by Jaffa-based women facilitators, movement and arts practitioners, who lead workshops…

Meet Zohar Shahar Zohar is a Hand in Hand parent, the former Wadi Ara community organizer, a founding member of the Hand in Hand “Bridge over the Wadi” school, and co-facilitator of the cultural dialogue “Madrassah” in Wadi Ara. She is a filmmaker and co-founder of the non-profit organization Medical…

Meet Rana Abu Fraiha Rana is a filmmaker and facilitator who co-leads the Hand in Hand cultural dialogue “Madrassah” program in Wadi Ara. The first Bedouin woman director in Israel, Rana wrote and directed the acclaimed documentary film In Her Footsteps, which won the best director for a documentary award…

We are delighted to announce that Hand in Hand has been awarded the 2021 Global Pluralism Award, which celebrates excellence in the field of pluralism. 10 finalists were chosen out of a list of several hundred, and three organizations were selected to receive the award, including Hand in Hand. This award…

At Hand in Hand, students learn that being engaged, responsible citizens means caring for the environment along with the people living in it. Our approach to education and shared society work is multifaceted and humanistic—an amalgamation of art, history, science, and environmental studies—all within an equal and shared framework. Noa…

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.