So many voices are determined to make violence the only option between our two peoples right now. In fact a TON of people are asking us - how are you managing to keep Hand in Hand together during a war?! The short answer: we're pouring every resource we have into…

How do you keep a mixed Arab-Jewish community together during war time? Our Alumni Coordinator, Yakir Renbaum, has advice. Yakir describes the formula we're using with the Hand in Hand University Student Community - a cohort of Jewish and Arab university students in Jerusalem who spend a year together learning,…

Too many people are telling us that we are supposed to be enemies right now. They are wrong. Our shared future is here - where else? - so we must get through this together. And we will. https://youtu.be/I3ZC0injD2g

In this Mishmish episode, our team of alumni filmmakers interview David Wachsman and Mohammad Babaei, the creators of the movie "Two Kids a Day", which is about Israeli military policies of detaining Palestinian minors. https://youtu.be/REiyIyZVWXU

It all began 25 years ago with two men and a dream... This is the story of our founders Amin Kahlaf and Lee Gordon (now director of American Friends of Hand in Hand) and their radical vision for a Jewish-Arab school. When we premiered this video at our leadership conference…

Hand in Hand's latest webinar, which took place on March 8 2023, featured an enlightening discussion between three Hand in Hand leaders: Dani Elazar, CEO of Hand in Hand, Shada Mansour, Director of the Communities Department, and Efrat Meyer, Principal of the Max Rayne Jerusalem High School. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wQ1GYAUyVY The panelists…

A new 'Kan Kids' channel TV series by the name of "Madrassah" is making waves in Israel — and it takes place in a fictional Arab-Jewish bilingual high school. The series explores the unique and often entertaining complexities of attending an integrated school. But just how accurate is the series'…

Guy Aloni and Duaa Odeh are the co-teachers of Hand in Hand's inaugural 7th grade class in Haifa, which opened this year. Guy and Duaa believe that shared Jewish-Arab education can transform society, and that they are educating the future leaders of this country, who can help usher in a…

Palestinian-Israeli internet sensation and vlogger 'Nas Daily' recently visited Hand in Hand's Max Rayne Jerusalem school, and spent the day interviewing and filming our students, teachers, and staff. The result is this wonderful video which tells the story of Hand in Hand's unlikely inception, the many obstacles it has faced,…

This week, we asked Hand in Hand Kfar Saba 4th graders Salsabil and Evyatar to go around the school campus and ask Jewish and Arab classmates of all ages one very important question: "If you were in charge, what would you do?" https://youtu.be/lVEreHvH8nc The responses to the question were honest,…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDqFu8PzPYE Principal of the Kfar Saba school, Mohammad Kundos, spoke with Lucy Aharish and MK Ali Salalha on Israeli channel DemocraTV. Mohammad spoke of the pressures placed on an indigeneous minority such as Arab-Palestinians in Israel to succeed under challenging circumstances, wherein their culture and language are not properly represented…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAl4zyPBw78 We are proud to introduce the theme song of Hand in Hand’s upcoming album, which will include nine original Arabic children’s songs produced by our very own staff. All nine songs were co-written by poet Fadel Ali, and Hand in Hand’s pedagogic advisor and writer Mary Copti. Mohammad Kundos,…