Hand in Hand: Center for Jewish-Arab Education in Israel

Hand in Hand: Center for Jewish-Arab Education in Israel Hand in Hand builds shared society in Israel via Jewish-Arab bilingual schools and communities The Israeli school system needs Hand in Hand.

Jewish and Arab citizens of Israel live in a divided society, with few opportunities for meaningful interaction between these two major groups, especially in elementary and secondary schools, which are almost entirely segregated. Working in partnership with Israel's Ministry of Education, Hand in Hand brings Jewish and Arab children and their families together in integrated bilingual schools throu

ghout Israel. Hand in Hand has obtained public certification for all seven of its public schools, along with substantial public investment. When Hand in Hand was founded in 1997, many doubted whether the experiment could work. Now there are over 2,000 students. There is demand for new schools, partnerships in new communities, and higher enrollment in the established programs. Jewish-Arab, Education, Schools, Israel, Social change, coexistence, peace, kids, teachers, bilingual.

18/06/2026

Welcome to the 2026 HIH Haifa community camping trip.

Why choose hate when friendship is just so much nicer?
Plus, it makes your skin glow and raises your IQ 馃槑

拽讛讬诇转 讬讚 讘讬讚 讞讬驻讛 賲噩鬲賲毓 賲丨賱賷 賷丿 亘賷丿 丨賷賮丕 賵丕賱乇賵囟丞 孬賳丕卅賷丞 丕賱賱睾丞

17/06/2026

Graduation Day!!!!!

HIH Jerusalem 12th graders are completing a journey that began 14 years ago to cultivate open hearts and open minds.

Get the tissues ready because we鈥檝e lots more graduation content coming your way 馃挍

HIH Jaffa "Kulna-Yachad" just celebrated Hebrew Language Day (Arabic Language Day was celebrated a few months ago). But ...
15/06/2026

HIH Jaffa "Kulna-Yachad" just celebrated Hebrew Language Day (Arabic Language Day was celebrated a few months ago).

But really it's always bilingual day at Hand in Hand, so there's good reason to celebrate this beautiful place every day.

讻讜诇谞讗 讬讞讚 - 讘讬转 住驻专 讚讜 诇砖讜谞讬 专讘 转专讘讜转讬 賰賱賳丕 賷丕丨丿 - 賲丿乇爻丞 孬賳丕卅賷丞 丕賱賱睾丞 賵賲鬲毓丿丿丞 丕賱孬賯丕賮丕鬲

They aren't just the rock stars of our hearts鈥攖hese kids can really perform!Sharing some more highlights from the HIH Je...
11/06/2026

They aren't just the rock stars of our hearts鈥攖hese kids can really perform!

Sharing some more highlights from the HIH Jerusalem elementary school choir tour 馃挍馃馃帳馃幎馃槏

Wishing everyone an excellent weekend.

讘讬转 讛住驻专 讛讚讜 诇砖讜谞讬 讘讬专讜砖诇讬诐 丕賱賲丿乇爻丞 孬賳丕卅賷丞 丕賱賱睾丞 賮賷 丕賱賯丿爻

We began the week with a regular June school day; preschoolers rehearsing dances for year end parties, high schoolers ta...
10/06/2026

We began the week with a regular June school day; preschoolers rehearsing dances for year end parties, high schoolers taking finals, 6th graders practicing graduation speeches...and suddenly on Sunday night, everything stopped.

Officials announced that schools across the country were closing because missiles were on the way. And then, 24 hours later, schools reopened and life was expected to resume as though nothing happened.

But it did happen, and we must acknowledge the impact of that moment.

Acknowledge how destabilizing it was.
Acknowledge how kids across the region felt unsafe and we adults had no comforting answers for them.

As jarringly as our routines were interrupted, they resumed the next day. Humans aren't built for such catastrophic whiplash, and we're hoping that everyone can find some extra kindness and patience for each other right now.

09/06/2026

We've got an exclusive sneak peak for you all: the HIH Jerusalem choir is currently on tour, bringing their special brand of captivating, adorable inspiration out into the world.

Here's a moment from today's performance at HIH Jaffa "Kulna-Yachad"鈥攎ore to come!

Thanks friends at Neve Shalom and HIH Jaffa for the warm welcome 馃挍

讘讬转 讛住驻专 讛讚讜 诇砖讜谞讬 讘讬专讜砖诇讬诐 丕賱賲丿乇爻丞 孬賳丕卅賷丞 丕賱賱睾丞 賮賷 丕賱賯丿爻
讻讜诇谞讗 讬讞讚 - 讘讬转 住驻专 讚讜 诇砖讜谞讬 专讘 转专讘讜转讬 賰賱賳丕 賷丕丨丿 - 賲丿乇爻丞 孬賳丕卅賷丞 丕賱賱睾丞 賵賲鬲毓丿丿丞 丕賱孬賯丕賮丕鬲
Wahat al-Salam - Neve Shalom

No amount of posts could properly convey our wild appreciation and admiration for Hand in Hand teachers. Like all teache...
03/06/2026

No amount of posts could properly convey our wild appreciation and admiration for Hand in Hand teachers.

Like all teachers, their work is tireless and often unseen. But at Hand in Hand, the teachers are physically showing kids what true commitment to peace-building looks like every single day, no matter how brutal the violence outside gets.

What an insanely hard year it's been, and these teachers never stopped showing up. Never stopped making learning creative or modeling empathy and respect鈥攅ven under literal rocket fire, or stressed for their own families, or weighed down by loss.

Hand in Hand teachers are a marvel; there's really no one else like them 馃挍

Three, four, five (!) cheers for these teachers from HIH Jaffa, and hundreds of Hand in Hand teachers countrywide.

讻讜诇谞讗 讬讞讚 - 讘讬转 住驻专 讚讜 诇砖讜谞讬 专讘 转专讘讜转讬 賰賱賳丕 賷丕丨丿 - 賲丿乇爻丞 孬賳丕卅賷丞 丕賱賱睾丞 賵賲鬲毓丿丿丞 丕賱孬賯丕賮丕鬲

01/06/2026

Hard to believe the end of the school year is in sight 馃ゲ

Hand in Hand students around the country are putting the final touches on their 'Project Based Learning' and 'Identity' projects.

The kids are completing fabulous creations on topics and questions that they chose to explore, and that connect them to the wider world.

Galia, a 5th grader at HIH Haifa, was excited to share her project on the famous wild boars of Haifa 馃挍

拽讛讬诇转 讬讚 讘讬讚 讞讬驻讛 賲噩鬲賲毓 賲丨賱賷 賷丿 亘賷丿 丨賷賮丕 賵丕賱乇賵囟丞 孬賳丕卅賷丞 丕賱賱睾丞

29/05/2026

We've learned and dialogued and listened all through the National Days, determined to keep our hearts open through this season of memorial days for both peoples.

There is a new tradition to close the National Days season at HIH Jerusalem: the Ceremony for Shared Living.

The memorial days are important and connect us to our communities. But we don't want the memorial days experiences to push us apart, and so the Ceremony for Shared Living is an intentional moment of reconnection to our shared values and one another.

Wishing you a good weekend 馃尲

讘讬转 讛住驻专 讛讚讜 诇砖讜谞讬 讘讬专讜砖诇讬诐 丕賱賲丿乇爻丞 孬賳丕卅賷丞 丕賱賱睾丞 賮賷 丕賱賯丿爻

The story of Eid al-Adha is about the power and the beauty of doing what you know is right, no matter how difficult. May...
26/05/2026

The story of Eid al-Adha is about the power and the beauty of doing what you know is right, no matter how difficult.

May we all find the strength to choose鈥攁gain and again, even when painful鈥攖o bring our peoples closer together in partnership, solidarity, compassion, and reconciliation.

Wishing everyone joy and love this Eid al-Adha.
Eid Mubarak, Eid Sa'id 馃寵馃挍

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