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…

In a society defined primarily by the conflict between Arabs and Jews, Israelis and Palestinians, Hand in Hand has created a growing and thriving new model of integrated schools for Israel’s Jewish and Arab citizens. Now with over 2,100 students in seven schools, Hand in Hand is making a tremendous…

In October 2020, Hand in Hand opened a brand new preschool in Kafr Qasim! This was after a year of hard work by both Arab and Jewish parents from Kafr Qasim and Rosh Haayin. As in all Hand in Hand schools, we plan on growing this school on grade every…

Two of Hand in Hand's amazing principals, Manar Hayadre and Efrat Meyer, share their perspectives, challenges, and successes for this school year.

"We are breaking barriers, and that, in my opinion, is real education." Follow two Hand in Hand principals, Manar and Michael in the Galilee and Haifa on the first day of school. Even with new rules & regulations, we opened on September 1st with over 2000 Arab and Jewish students…

This year we are celebrating the 10th anniversary of graduates at the Max Rayne Hand in Hand Jerusalem School! Hear from three of our 12th grade graduates from our class of 2020, Samira, Rei, and Maysam, about what they learned and what they’re taking with them from their Hand in…