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.

24/08/2026

Why yes, these Haifa middle schoolers did choose to spend their last days of summer building furniture for the school yard.

Next week, when these students step outside for the first recess of the year, they'll enjoy everything they did to literally build their shared home.

And a round of applause for the parents too, who also gave their time, muscle, and wisdom to this project.

קהילת יד ביד חיפה مجتمع محلي يد بيد حيفا والروضة ثنائية اللغة

21/08/2026

Occasionally we do make moves against each other.

Over a chess board :)

HIH Kfar Saba "Alif-Beit" hosted a chess meet with kids from other schools, giving kids in the area a little taste of coming together -- Hand in Hand style.

These are the kinds of cross-cultural encounters that kids outside Hand in Hand almost never get. We were so glad to make it happen!

בית החינוך הדו לשוני יד ביד בית ברל المدرسة ثنائية اللغة يدًا بيد

It's the 13th annual HIH Haifa kite festival!In the warm glow of community and late afternoon sun, families gathered nea...
14/08/2026

It's the 13th annual HIH Haifa kite festival!

In the warm glow of community and late afternoon sun, families gathered near the sea for this idyllic HIH Haifa tradition of making and flying kites together.

Peace-building doesn't take summer vacation 😎

קהילת יד ביד חיפה مجتمع محلي يد بيد حيفا والروضة ثنائية اللغة

Gimme shelter 💛For Hand in Hand families and staff, we take a deep breath when stepping into the school gates. We’re mis...
07/08/2026

Gimme shelter 💛

For Hand in Hand families and staff, we take a deep breath when stepping into the school gates. We’re missing that during the summer break.

Walking into the HIH Jerusalem school gates, you’re greeted with a sign directing you to a shelter — right alongside an incredible student mosaic of trees and birds.

It’s a literal bomb shelter. It’s also the way in to the home of safety and love we share at Hand in Hand.

30/07/2026

Meet Yosef!

The sweetest violinist-multilinguist-2nd grade rock star in all the land 💛

Back in the winter, Yosef performed a concert for his classmates and their families, and now we're sharing it with you too.

בית הספר הדו לשוני בירושלים المدرسة ثنائية اللغة في القدس

Tonight is the 9th of Av, a public day of mourning in the Jewish calendar. It's a day of historical remembrance, but rea...
22/07/2026

Tonight is the 9th of Av, a public day of mourning in the Jewish calendar. It's a day of historical remembrance, but really it's a day to reflect on the consequences of unconstrained hatred.

It's time for these lessons to redirect us toward understanding. Partnership. Trust. It's time to choose radical hope and transform our shared home into a safe home for all.

Our children need it. We need it. We all deserve a life of peace.

20/07/2026

Meet the lovely Layt and terrific Tal from HIH Kfar Saba "Alif-Beit"!

We're missing our sweet kids these days, and hope they're having a great time at water parks or riding their bikes or eating popcorn at the movies. We hope that summer break will also be a break from sirens and violence--the kind of summer that every kid deserves.

Sending love to the young and young at heart 💛

בית החינוך הדו לשוני יד ביד בית ברל المدرسة ثنائية اللغة يدًا بيد

What's that thing about keeping your friends close but your enemies closer?Maybe the real wisdom is actually this: getti...
13/07/2026

What's that thing about keeping your friends close but your enemies closer?

Maybe the real wisdom is actually this: getting closer to an enemy can transform them into a friend...really the best way to take care of enemies, as far as we're concerned!

Things do get exhausting here. Depressing. But every new day we've still got our mission and these gorgeous kids to buoy...
09/07/2026

Things do get exhausting here. Depressing.

But every new day we've still got our mission and these gorgeous kids to buoy us back up again. We hope Hand in Hand gives you a lift sometimes too 💛

Every four years, groups of people from diverse, and even adversarial, backgrounds get together to kick a ball. Millions...
07/07/2026

Every four years, groups of people from diverse, and even adversarial, backgrounds get together to kick a ball. Millions of others around the world start paying attention to each other, and sometimes even root for each other.

So you know we're gonna be VERY into the World Cup.

To be fair, these HIH Jerusalem kids aren't exclusively celebrating the multicultural, shared joy of the World Cup. But it's nice when it works on both levels 😎

בית הספר הדו לשוני בירושלים المدرسة ثنائية اللغة في القدس

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