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…

On May 10th, 2021, Dani Elazar, Hand in Hand CEO, and Engi Wattad, Vice Principal of the Max Rayne Hand in Hand Jerusalem School, spoke in a Knesset hearing about shared living as tensions rose in the city.  

Dear parents, educational staff, community members and association employees, Throughout the country, all of us are experiencing difficult and frightening days. For many, our sense of personal security has been undermined, with the streets in some of our cities and villages filled with violence, racism, hatred and fear. The atmosphere…

We are all heartbroken and terrified witnessing the violence and loss around us. It is difficult to comprehend the tragic loss of life, including children, and the fact millions are living with a palpable fear for their lives and families. Especially right now, we are so grateful to have supportive…

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…