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Hand in Hand

Israel’s Only Network of Integrated Schools for Jews & Arabs 1,950 Students 6 Locations Across Israel Pre-K through 12 Thousands of Impacted Families 4

Message from Our CEO

Dear Friends,

Last winter, we held a retreat that brought teachers, alumni, staff, and active parents together for the first time. It was an exhilarating event encapsulating what Hand in Hand is all about - bringing up the next generation, impacting society, building community, and institutionalizing equality. I was especially touched to hear the following words spoken by Sarah Sheikh, a Hand in Hand graduate, who shared:

“The Hand in Hand education wired our brains differently – I am wired to assume that there will always be more than one angle to an issue, and I have the ability, for the rest of my life, to listen – even when it’s something that’s difficult to hear.”

More than anything, the past year has been about growing. We operated six Hand in Hand schools with 1,835 students and community work reaching some 10,000 people. We laid the groundwork to build a seventh community and school, this time in Illit. Our talented educators have been creating new multicultural syllabi, standardizing curricula teaching as a second language, and developing platforms to share Hand in Hand principles and learning with schools across the country. Looking ahead, we are fully committed to building shared society through: • Strengthening and expanding our network to ultimately create a Hand in Hand bilingual school as an educational alternative in every mixed city or region in Israel. • Creating more middle and high schools steeped in educational excellence and leadership development, staying with our students through these identity-building years. • Transforming our campuses into hubs of shared living and bilingual learning for the wider community, anchors for our communities to promote the principles of shared society and multiculturalism. • Impacting the general public education system and forging partnerships with major institutions countrywide. We are on an unprecedented trajectory of growth, so that Hand in Hand will increasingly serve as a model of shared society and shift perceptions of what is possible here. We aim to be a beacon of equality for Arabs and Jews, inspiring Israelis to build a more just and inclusive society.

We wouldn’t be able to affect this change without the support of friends and partners, in Israel and around the world, who donate their time, effort and money to making this possible. I want to thank each and every one of you for standing with us and sharing our vision of change in Israel and making it a reality. We’re excited about what the years ahead will look like, and we move into the future with confidence knowing that you’ll be at our side.

Dani

Dani Elazar CEO, Hand in Hand Annual Report 2018-19 5 يدًا بيد יד ביד Hand in Hand

Strategy to Expand Hand in Hand’s Impact

Open New Schools in Locations with Mixed Jewish-Arab Populations

NEW Expand to High School NEW in Major Metropolitan Areas

NEW Establish Parent-Led Communities NEW in Each Hand in Hand Location Wadi Ara

Develop Unique Pedagogy for a Bilingual, Multicultural, Excellent Education

Establish Pedagogic Resource Center Creating Curricula for HIH & the Wider Education System Jaffa NEW Expand Government Partnerships on Local and National Levels

Develop Alumni Network NEW of Socially-Engaged Young Adults

Existing Hand in Hand schools

NEW Potential expansion locations Overcoming Divisions

The fact that Israel “has separate education systems is the primary catalyst for rooted prejudice to the ‘other’... and a central cause of hostility between different population groups and trends of societal fragmentation. ” Prof. Mordechai Kremnitzer, Israel Democracy Institute

Generations-old divisions between Israel’s Jewish and Arab communities are pervasive: speaking different languages, following different religions and traditions, living in separate communities and neighborhoods, and rarely sharing public activities. For historic reasons, the K-12 public school system educates Arab and Jewish children separately, perpetuating these divisions and undermining the long-run potential of Israeli society. Annual 2018-19 7 يدًا بيد יד ביד Hand in Hand Building a Better Future

Hand in Hand exists to overcome this historic division. Our schools are a practical model for integrated bilingual education as part of the public K-12 system and we amplify the impact of our schools through the activities of organized public communities.

We do not ignore or gloss over past divisions or present differences. Our activity – both in schools and in the parent communities – is designed to face these challenges directly and to overcome their pernicious impact on Israeli society. Our schools and community activities show that “learning together – living together” is not only theoretically possible, but is a concrete daily reality in parts of Israel today.

And so, our schools and communities show the way to a better future for everyone: for our children and teachers, for their families and friends, for both Jewish and Arab communities, and for Israel as a whole.

Schools + Communities = Impact in Society When I go up to heaven one In each location where we operate, Hand in Hand’s “day, and they ask me what I did school and parent-led community become an anchor for shared society. We forge partnerships with local to get there, I will tell them about institutions – municipalities, libraries, and community this project. It gives hope to centers as well as civic and religious leaders from different traditions. And media coverage (both local people - not ideas or ideologies. and national) helps amplify Hand in Hand’s public presence. We see every day how our example inspires ” them to adopt more inclusive practices that respect Ami Katz, Former Director, and reflect the diversity of Israeli society. Jaffa Municipal Authority 8 Meet Two of Our Students

Bassem 5th-Grader, Galilee School

“At my school we celebrate everyone’s holidays together. We light candles on Hanukkah, celebrate the birth of Muhammad, and celebrate Easter. This kind of stuff doesn’t happen at other schools in my village... I feel like I’m a part of a big family here, and my wish for us is that we’ll always continue to celebrate together.” Annual 2018-19 9 يدًا بيد יד ביד Hand in Hand

Noga 6th-Grader, Wadi Ara School

“I hope that this school will exist forever. Our school gives kids the opportunity to see that everyone is the same. That everyone is equal. Jews and Arabs, people with disabilities, LGBT people—everyone deserves an equal chance! Our school is one more small step towards peace and this step can get bigger. We can all help it grow and influence the world. I want to be a singer or a surgeon or a dancer or an astronaut or an archaeologist or a geologist, but maybe I’ll be an actress or a writer or a poet or a prime minister or the person who invents the drug for Alzheimer’s or a model or a fashion designer or someone who raises funds for charities... or maybe something else!” 10

Hand in Hand Schools

Hand in Hand is Israel’s largest and fastest-growing network of integrated Jewish-Arab schools. In the 2018-19 school year, we enrolled 1,835 Jewish and Arab (Muslim and Christian) students; and together with the Ministry of Education, we employed about 300 Jewish and Arab teachers, principals and other professionals. These students and teachers represent thousands of Arab and Jewish families who are living the reality of integrated education every day. Here are the fundamental principles that guide our school network:

1. Integrated Hand in Hand schools are designed specifically to attract both Jewish and Arab (Muslim and Christian) students and also to employ a teaching staff from both communities. In younger grades, we aim to have a Jewish and an Arab teacher in the classroom at all times; older students may be taught by one teacher at a time, with different subjects being taught by different teachers. In our schools, all students and all teachers are equal and each individual is encouraged to reach his or her full potential.

2. Bilingual Our schools provide immersive bilingual education. Basic classes are taught in both Hebrew and Arabic; while more advanced classes may be taught in one language or the other. Our pedagogical system aims to give all students an effective working command of both languages. We know that bilingual education contributes to the intellectual development of each individual and also promotes mutual understanding of the different communities that comprise our schools.

Multilingualism has a whole slew of incredible side effects: Multi-linguals “tend to score better on standardized tests, especially in math, reading and vocabulary; they are better at remembering lists or sequences ... they are more perceptive to their surroundings and therefore better at focusing in on important information while weeding out misleading information... ” “For a Better Brain, Learn Another Language” The Atlantic (October 18, 2014) Annual Report 2018-19 11 يدًا بيد יד ביד Hand in Hand

3. Public Hand in Hand schools are part of the Ministry of Education public school network. We teach the core state curriculum, are subject to supervision by both the Ministry of Education and municipal education departments, and receive substantial financial support from the Ministry budget. The decision to build public schools reflects our commitment to the central role of the public education system in Israeli society – and our intention to impact that system.

4. Multicultural Alongside the regular core curriculum (math, science, civics, English, etc.), Hand in Hand schools add unique elements that reflect the diversity of our student enrollment. Some of these elements are part of the formal curriculum (e.g., language instruction in both Hebrew and Arabic). Other aspects of our multicultural environment are simply reflected in the basic design of our schools; for example, we follow a school calendar that gives appropriate recognition to Jewish, Muslim, and Christian holidays. We believe this combination -- learning about our differences in a school whose daily operation actually models what we teach – is the key to developing students who can truly appreciate the benefits of diversity in society.

5. Facing The Reality Around Us Our schools don’t need to teach that Israeli society is fraught with divisions and that tensions between communities are far too common and very difficult to overcome; our students come to school knowing this reality all too well. What our students need to learn – and what our schools teach – is how to deal with this reality constructively. We don’t ignore or deny the divisions and tensions around us; rather we give our students the tools they will need to overcome these challenges. We help them develop critical thinking and analytic skills in an environment of mutual respect, friendship and empathy. And with these tools, we enable them to build successful lives for themselves and their families and to be active citizens building a better future for everyone in Israel.

Our schools bring Arab and Jewish students and teachers together every day. In our current phase of growth, each of our schools includes a different range of grades and ages and each has a different mix of students from different backgrounds. But they all share a common pedagogical model of bilingual education and a basic underlying philosophy that all students and all teachers are equal and valued, that there must be mutual respect for the different traditions, religions and beliefs of the communities that they represent, and that we can agree to disagree on issues while remaining committed to continuing our education together and building resilient friendships across communities. 12

Prizes:

Values-Based Education Award for the Jaffa “Kulna” School The -Jaffa Municipality honored our Jaffa school with the city’s Values-Based Education Award for outstanding achievement in bringing its ideals to life!

“Outstanding” Distinction for the Hand in Hand Jerusalem High School The Jerusalem Municipality declared our high school to be among the top eight high schools in the city, noted for academic excellence, quality of pedagogy, and civic service. Annual Report 2018-19 13 يدًا بيد יד ביד Hand in Hand

Having Jewish and Muslim and Christian holidays as a part “of our vacation schedule makes us see and honor the other in an organic way. Sitting together in class and learning each other’s languages are critical pieces of the process. But having that extra step of vacation days adds a powerful dimension of respect and understanding to our shared living experience. ” Ilana Nelson, Hand in Hand parent, Jerusalem 14

Growing Enrollment to Join Hand in Hand Schools 905 Students

2014 2013

Choosing Hand in Hand for our daughter “has been the most important and best decision we have made as a couple to date. Dana Abta, It amazes me how the staff turns this place Hand in Hand Parent, into true magic each year. Jaffa ” Annual Report 2018-19 15 يدًا بيد יד ביד Hand in Hand

1,950 Students

2018 2019 2017 2016 2015

Hand in Hand’s Newest Location: Nazareth Illit (Nof HaGalil) In 2018-19 we began work in a 7th community - Nazareth Illit. A small Galilee city next to Nazareth with over 30% Arab residents, Nazareth has no Arab schools and is plagued by severe polarization between the Jewish and Arab sectors. Hand in Hand has begun bringing Jewish and Arab families together to build a shared community, and eventually, a new integrated school. 16

Schools by the Numbers

2018-19

The Max Rayne Hand in Hand School in 696 Students JERUSALEM Grades Pre-K to 12

The Hand in Hand School in the 227 Students GALILEE Grades 1 to 6

The Hand in Hand Bridge Over the Valley School in 298 Students WADI ARA Grades Pre-K to 6

The Hand in Hand Preschool & Kulna Elementary School in 405 Students JAFFA Grades Pre-K to 4

The Hand in Hand School in 169 Students HAIFA Grades Pre-K to 3

The Hand in Hand School in 40 Students KFAR SABA Grades Pre-K to 1 Annual Report 2018-19 17 يدًا بيد יד ביד Hand in Hand

2019-20

The Max Rayne Hand in Hand School in 698 Students JERUSALEM Grades Pre-K to 12

The Hand in Hand School in the 250 Students GALILEE Grades 1 to 6

The Hand in Hand Bridge Over the Valley School in 270 Students WADI ARA Grades Pre-K to 6

The Hand in Hand Preschool & Kulna Elementary School in 455 Students JAFFA Grades Pre-K to 5

The Hand in Hand School in 180 Students HAIFA Grades Pre-K to 4

The Hand in Hand School in 89 Students KFAR SABA Grades Pre-K to 2 18 Meet Two of Our School Principals

Manar Hayadre Galilee School

“I am Muslim but grew up with a Jewish grandmother, an unusual experience that gave me more empathy, encouraged me to question, and to think critically. Throughout my life I have helped others do the same, instilling the belief within me that Jews and Arabs can truly live together.

Working in education means I have the power to change society, to shape the minds of a generation, and with it, shape a new reality.” Annual Report 2018-19 19 يدًا بيد יד ביד Hand in Hand We give the children an opportunity to grow “up to become a different kind of citizen

” Yael Sadeh Kfar Saba School

“As a Jewish woman, who is 43, I never had such deep personal relations with Arabs. I met them and got to know them, and worked alongside them as colleagues, but it was on a superficial level. And the children who get the opportunity to grow up this way, they have the ability to be a different kind of citizen— without fear, without hatred. Encountering the other won’t be a strange thing for them.” 20

Hand in Hand Education Department

Our Education Department fuels the We equip educational staff with the ongoing sophisticated learning operation at Hand in coaching and supervision to support this unique Hand. Teachers are on the front lines of our work that includes co-teaching, second language educational mission, working with students of all acquisition, multicultural curricula, meeting ages and wide-ranging backgrounds. the highest possible academic standards, and infusing all they teach with the values of equality, As more and more students enroll in Hand in empathy, and respect. Hand and the number of schools and classes we open increases, so does the number of Education Department staff runs 30-hour training teachers who join our staff. The Hand in Hand seminars for teachers and works with them Education Department provides our growing staff individually several times a month. cohort with a toolbox to lead classrooms unlike most others in Israel: bilingual, integrated, and multicultural, with humanistic values at its heart.

7 Pedagogic Supervisors Trained 230 Educational Staff Standardized 1st + 2nd grade curricula for Arabic language studies 2018-19 Taught Hebrew University course on Shared Education Annual Report 2018-19 21 يدًا بيد יד ביד Hand in Hand

Pedagogical Resource Center

Our newest program arm is the Hand in Hand Pedagogical Resource Center, designed to create and streamline curricula for students of all ages across our network. Resource Center staff is drawing on two decades of experience and data to formalize second- language acquisition standards, Arabic language syllabi, and develop multicultural heritage modules.

The Resource Center is also actualizing the next step in our dream to make a widespread imprint on Israeli schools. Staff are creating units for external use in schools across Israel on Muslim holidays, and values like equality, dialogue, and breaking down stereotypes.

Pilot program: Teaching Future Educators

Hebrew University Education Course at Hand in Hand Hebrew University education students were offered a new course in 2018-19: Bilingual and Multicultural Education -- Hand in Hand’s Approach. Each week a cohort of budding educators came to our Max Rayne Jerusalem campus to gain the skills to incorporate these values in their future classrooms. The course was taught by Dr. Inas Deeb, Hand in Hand Education Department Director, and Guy Aloni, veteran Hand in Hand teacher. 22 Meet Two of Our Teachers

Guy Aloni Civics Teacher, Jerusalem

“I have been a teacher and a parent at Hand in Hand since 2013. I’ve been lucky — my educational colleagues, Jewish and Arab teachers, are the bravest partners possible with whom to manage this sensitive, painful and crucial process. As we study our national holidays, I feel that we and our students are taking a step towards national reconciliation together. Together we are trying to recognize each others’ pain without taking ownership of it. Only from this place can we cultivate fresh hope.” Annual Report 2018-19 23 يدًا بيد יד ביד Hand in Hand

Engi Wattad Arabic Teacher & Vice Principal, Jerusalem

“I have been a teacher at Hand in Hand for almost two decades, and am also the Vice Principal of the Jerusalem middle and high school. Like many on our staff who are living their values to the fullest, I also send my kids to school here.

Our students are different in the way that they think, different in the way that they approach the world. The language that they speak is bilingual, a language that brings understanding.” 24

Shared Communities

Hand in Hand students, teachers, and other Community members break down the norm employees are just the tip of the iceberg. In a of separation by celebrating holidays together, society where separation is the norm, Hand in sharing each other’s heritage, and speaking Hand’s public communities are practicing shared directly to one another about the most difficult living. Hand in Hand communities are a growing and divisive issues of the day. This is not always and vibrant constituency of Arabs and Jews, easy, but it is always important; so Hand in Hand women and men, children and adults. Although provides guidance and professional facilitation they differ in many ways, Hand in Hand parents to foster relationships of mutual trust and are united in their profound choice to send their appreciation – building relationships that are children to schools that include students and resilient enough to withstand the stress of the teachers from across communal lines. conflict and disagreement.

7 Community Locations 60+ Community Activities Countrywide 3,000+ Direct Participants 2018-19 10,000+ Surrounding People Impacted Daily Annual Report 2018-19 25 يدًا بيد יד ביד Hand in Hand

In 2018-19, Hand in Hand’s adult community When my kids were off school programming reached more than 3,000 unique participants through regular activities, such as: “for Eid Al Fitr, I realized that my company did not mark a single Parent-child activities • Muslim holiday--even though • Holiday celebrations (Hanukkah-Christmas, Purim, Ramadan Iftar meals, and more) over 20% of our workforce isn’t • Arabic language classes Jewish. I knew that we had to find • Civic engagement a way to celebrate the holidays • Countrywide outdoor family festival of other religions and give • Countrywide leadership conference everyone a strong sense of being • Cross-cultural dialogue meetings included. This year we celebrated • Beit Midrash - Madrassah cultural text studies Shavuot and Eid Al Fitr together, • Community gardens and with all of the staff. It was • Lectures, film screening, and cultural events super meaningful and really woke people up to the issue. Alongside the adults who participate personally, are ” many thousands of relatives and friends who are Tziko Shohat Rozenfeld, father of Galilee impacted vicariously. Israeli families are very close- students Bar and Tal and Director of knit and the activities of one member impacts the Western Digital’s R&D Center in Israel whole family. By word and deed community members become real life advocates for the Hand in Hand model of integrated education and shared living. 26 Meet Two of Our CommunityStudents Leaders

Nadia Massalha Hand in Hand Parent & Community Activist

“Where I grew up, people always talked about how After we joined Hand in Hand, I started to go to we needed to stay separate from Jewish Israelis. every meeting of the parents’ dialogue group. How we shouldn’t get involved with them. That What’s so wonderful about these meetings is that, we’re in a totally different life situation than they all of a sudden, people are listening. People are are. That’s what I grew up hearing, but I never connecting over pain, over sadness. It doesn’t agreed with that. I always thought that we’re all matter who, it doesn’t matter on what side. All humans; we’re all equal. And when I had kids, I of a sudden, we’re together. And that was such a understood that the only place I wanted my son to new feeling for me. All of the time it was: separate. go to school was at Bridge Over the Wadi Hand in And now we’re together. And in my eyes, that’s a Hand School. And I insisted on this. wonderful thing.” Annual Report 2018-19 27 يدًا بيد יד ביד Hand in Hand

Lena Turel Parent & Community Organizer

“This is the community for me. The community where I can most be myself, living my values and being embraced by others for doing so. I love Hand in Hand because what our people really care about is how you treat others. Here it’s about inclusion, equality, and respect. We’re a community of people modeling this way of life for our children and educating them to prioritize these values. I can think of no better environment in which to educate my own children—and what a gift they’re receiving to be a part of it!” 28

Hand in Hand Alumni

As in every school, our students grow up and With over 500 graduates and growing, Hand in graduate, but Hand in Hand will always be a home Hand alumni are our most important ambassadors. for them. Our alumni program empowers our They bring Arab and Jewish students together graduates to translate their unique educational on university campuses, organize social action experience into public engagement and civic campaigns, and give back. Each Hand in Hand activism as they begin the next chapter of their graduate is passionate about their culture yet lives. The alumni program offers retreats, dialogue rooted in respect for the other, and understands sessions, shared holiday celebrations, opportunities that they are part of a wider world. for graduates to serve others in need, lessons in social entrepreneurship, and much more.

Hand in Hand is my home. “This school gave me the tools that I would not have gotten anywhere else. We are living in a particular reality and we need to know how to move Vicky Makhoul, forward from here. Jerusalem class of 2017 ” Annual Report 2018-19 29 يدًا بيد יד ביד Hand in Hand

Alumni Volunteering with Integrating Study Groups Children at Hadassah Hospital at the Hebrew University During 2018-19, we began offering micro-grants Raneem Nashef, a Hand in Hand Jerusalem to support social action projects led by our graduate and current Hebrew University Biology cohort of alumni. A group of graduates from our major, volunteered to run a mentoring group for Jerusalem high school initiated a new volunteer first-year students. When Raneem was assigned a project to assist children from Gaza receiving group of all Arab students, she told the organizers cancer treatment at Hadassah hospital. These that her background was at Hand in Hand, and children and their families are far from home, she wanted to mentor a mixed Jewish-Arab speak little or no Hebrew, and are being treated group. Raneem understood that the university is for one of the most dreadful childhood diseases one of the few places in Israel for Jews and Arabs in a country that most have learned to fear. Our to fully integrate and live as equals—values she bilingual graduates are uniquely well equipped wanted to fight for. Raneem was then given a to help these patients and families bridge the mixed student group, who all became friends. language gap in communication with hospital The organizers were so impressed that all Biology staff and also to overcome cultural fears and mentoring groups are now integrated. misperceptions with extraordinary empathy.

Your instinct is to go to something more familiar. But “speaking with people who are very different from you, Itai Garfunkel, you actually discover a lot more about yourself. Galilee class of 2006 ” 30

Sharing Jewish and Arab Students Learn to Our Story Cross Divides at Jerusalem School The Guardian

Media Visitors

The Hand in Hand story is one that Bringing people into our bilingual, integrated Israeli society needs to hear. Decades of campuses brings Hand in Hand to life in an conflict have eroded hope, and a lack of unparalleled way. Hand in Hand was thrilled to meaningful personal contact between Jews welcome close to 1,500 visitors in 2018-19, who and Arabs dangerously fuels cynicism. came and experienced our schools first-hand. Thank you to the donors, educators, researchers, Yet Hand in Hand is here to broadcast a and friends for visiting us this year and carrying the different message:We can live together. Hand in Hand story home with you.

As the voices of extremism grow louder in Israel and around the world, it is crucial to strengthen the voices of equality, justice, and peace.

The Hand in Hand story has the power to be transformative, and media coverage helps amplify this story of optimism to millions each year in Israel and overseas.

Hand in Hand was covered in dozens of major outlets including The Guardian, Haaretz, Süddeutsche Zeitung, Yedioth Ahronoth, (nationally broadcast) Channel 10, and more.

For links to these media reports, you can visit our website:

handinhandk12.org/category/all/media-items

Teaching Friendship More Jewish and Arab Students in Israel Sharing Israeli Classrooms NHK World Haaretz Annual Report 2018-19 31 يدًا بيد יד ביד Hand in Hand 32

Our Leaders

Israel Board of Directors Jawad Bulus | Co-Chair Dr. Shimshon Zelniker | Co-Chair until September 2019 Hagai Shmueli | Co-Chair beginning September 2019 Ayed Id Danny Bar-Giyora Dr. Shafiq Masalha Eylon Pinchas

American Friends of Hand in Hand Board of Directors Stuart Brown | Chairperson Emile Bendit, M.D. Julie I. Bram Paula Blumenfeld Dan Ciporin Warren Eisenberg Martha Kaplan-Freedman Seth Jaffe Greg Rothman Cindy Shulak-Rome Jay Steinfeld

Leadership Team Dani Elazar | CEO Lee Gordon |Founder & CEO, American Friends of Hand in Hand Inas Deeb | Director of the Education Department Mohamad Marzouk | Director of the Communities Department Rebecca Bardach | Director of Resource Development & Strategy Manal Rantisi | Director of Finance Ofer Matan | Director of Communications

School Principals Efrat Meyer | High School Principal, Jerusalem Rana Alshaer | Elementary School Principal, Jerusalem Manar Hayadre | Principal, Galilee Hasan Agbaria | Principal, Wadi Ara Sharon Michaeli Ramon | Elementary School Principal, Jaffa Sigalit Givon-Fadida | Preschool Director, Jaffa Iris Giller-Klein | Elementary School Principal, Haifa Michael Farjun | Preschool Director, Haifa Yael Sadeh | School & Preschool Director, Kfar Saba Annual Report 2018-19 33 يدًا بيد יד ביד Hand in Hand 34

2018-19 Financials

Expenses (USD)

Schools’ Operating Budget 6,392,159 Education Department 591,588 Communities Department 644,515 Resource Development 554,605 Central Office & Administration 1,031,979 Total Hand in Hand Expenses 9,214,845

Teacher Salaries Paid Directly 6,766,376 by the Ministry of Education (Estimate)

Combined Total 15,981,221

$15 per Day Goes a Long Way

Hand in Hand is a unique endeavor that creates change through intensive, daily interactions between Jewish and Arab students and families. A philanthropic investment of just $15 per student per day enables:

• 200+ days a year of profound Jewish-Arab encounters • Excellent bilingual & multicultural education • Government partnership & impact • Countrywide community building • The foundation for broad social change Annual Report 2018-19 35 يدًا بيد יד ביד Hand in Hand

Income (USD)

Philanthropy, North America 5,135,216

Philanthropy, Europe 1,225,941

Philanthropy & MOE 710,835 Grants 1, Israel Philanthropy, Rest of World 59,209

Activity Income 39,532

Parent Fees 2,044,112

Ministry of Education 6,766,376 Direct to Schools (Estimate) 2

1 Includes Ministry of Education (MOE) grants which are transferred to Hand in Hand and appear in the organizational budget. 2 Teachers’ salaries & maintenance costs paid directly by the Ministry of Education. This amount is not included in Hand in Hand’s organizational budget, and is an estimate based on public data published by the Ministry of Education at: shkifut.education.gov.il

Hand in Hand is a Strategic Financial Partnership

The Ministry of Education provides each Hand in Hand school with the 13% 41% Parent Fees Philanthropy same level of funding as every typical public school. However due to our co-teaching model with two teachers in most classrooms, additional training and dialogue programming, specialized curriculum development, and community and alumni activities, funding from the Ministry of Education only covers about 46% of our total 46% costs. The other 54% is raised from Ministry of philanthropy and parent fees. Education 36

Thank You to Our Many Supporters

Thank you to our dear supporters! We appreciate the generosity of thousands around the world who are helping us build a shared society in Israel of Arabs and Jews living and learning together.

Due to the length of our full list of supporters, listed below are donors who have given $1,000 or more in the past year. We are so thankful and deeply grateful to ALL of our supporters, who allow us to continue to expand our school network and build a shared and inclusive society for all Israeli citizens.

We apologize if we have inadvertently left any of our donors off of the list. If you do not find your name, please notify us so we can correct this in the online version of this report.

Visionaries Major Partners Anonymous The Alan B. Slifka Foundation Anonymous Naomi and Nehemiah Cohen Foundation Eugene & Nancy Bardach The DEAR Foundation David Barish & Linda Jayaram Warren & Mitzi Eisenberg Emile Bendit & Diane Abeloff Paula Blumenfeld & Joe Gantz Martha & Donald Freedman Deborah & James Breznay Kindermissionswerk ‘Die Sternsinger’ e.V. and Dan & Jill Ciporin Connecting Kids Heart 2 Heart Foundation Peace Foundation Jalil Schwarz - Peace Cook / Sue Fischlowitz & David Roberts Sternsinger Foundation Fohs Foundation The Bernard and Audre Rapoport Foundation Carrie Shapiro & Peter Frey Barbara & Jim Gerson Arthur Rock & Toni Rembe Rock Lowell & Harriet Glazer USAID Goldsmith Family Foundation Sally Gottesman Irwin and Bethea Green Support Fund Chaya & Michael Gross Arie and Eva Halpern Family Foundation Strategic Partners Victor & Barbara Samuels; and Benjamin Samuels & Marci Rosenberg Eula Mae and John Baugh Foundation The Hershlag Family Fund Eli & Christina Bornstein The Audrey and Sydney Irmas Charitable Foundation Yehudit & Yehuda Bronicki Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh Jewish Federation of Sarasota-Manatee Suzanne Cohen Jusaca Trust Warren & Margot Coville John McFadden & Lisa Kabnick Dorot Foundation Kahn Family Foundation Edith and Bernard Ennis Foundation Josh Rolnick & Marcella Kanfer Rolnick Carolyn Keystone & Jim Meekison Feldman Foundation, TX Kirsh Foundation The Fineshriber Family Foundation Sanford & Carol Krieger Frankel Family Foundation The Philip and Bernice Krupp Foundation for Jewish Life Mimi and Peter Haas Fund Peter F. Levin Philanthropic Fund at InterAct for Change Alexander M. & June L. Maisin Fdn of the Jewish Community Ibis Editions Federation and Endowment Fund Jewish Culture in Sweden Michael & Elizabeth Varet The Leir Charitable Foundations Moser Family Foundation Debbie Eisenberg & Gary Levene David & Inez Myers Foundation Philnor Zug Foundation The Lion Family Charles & Peggy Norris The Margolies Family Foundation The Mary L. and William J. Osher Foundation Pears Foundation Drew Pardoll & Suzanne Topalian Stephen Robert & Pilar Crespi Robert Kate & Ilya Prizel Ilana & Chuck Horowitz Ratner The Russell Berrie Foundation Dan Rome & Cindy Shulak-Rome The Schocken Foundation Nathan Rome & Bonnie Alpert Schusterman Foundation - Israel Rothman Family Foundation Susan & Harry Seigle Anita & Lorenzo Sadun Peter & Eve-Marie Schaffer, Andrew Schaffer, Rick Schaffer, and The Edith Glick Shoolman Children’s Foundation Robin Schaffer Victor Smorgon Charitable Fund Gifts from Luxemburg in Memory of Pierre Schneider Sam Spiegel Foundation Schulz Charitable Foundations, Inc. Annual Report 2018-19 37 يدًا بيد יד ביד Hand in Hand

Jeff Schwartz, Mike Schwartz, and Dori Harriet Feinberg Eric & Isabelle Mayer Herman Sharyn Feller & David Harris Barbara Meislin Barbara Finch Paul Mendelowitz Judith and Ernest Simon Fine Foundation Gerald & Sherry Merfish The Social Venture Fund for Jewish-Arab First Presbyterian Church Eugene & Robin Millstein Equality and Shared Society Allan J. Fox & Suanne Kelman Arbit Family Tzedakah Fund of the Jewish Bruce, Steve, Gerald and Diane Samuel Fox Community Foundation of Milwaukee Solomon Fund of the Jewish Community SE Franklin Charitable Trust Jessica Mitrani Foundation Betty Freedman Joanne Moore Edwin Freedman Paul S. Nadler Family Charitable Trust Gregory & Kathy Solomon Twilight & Marc Freedman Ricki Neuman & Marianne Goldman Meir & Claire Stampfer The Jack and Pauline Freeman Foundation Robert Norris Philanthropic Fund Jourdan Stein & Jerome Stein in memory Robert & Susie Fuselier John & Nancy Novogrod of Morris Stein Janet Gallin & Ted Kelter Lawrence & Melanie Nussdorf Jay Steinfeld & Barbara Winthrop Loraine Gardner & Daniel Dolgin Oregon Jewish Community Youth Foundation Sidney Stern Memorial Trust The Joseph and Anna Gartner Foundation Bonnie Orlin June Baumgardner Gelbart Foundation Ronald & Hedy Pearlman Ben N. 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Hand in Hand is my major charity in Israel because one day I believe all Israelis, whether “Jewish or Arab, can live together and work together. But this will only happen if we start them at preschool and teach them and show them how good it can be. Warren Eisenberg, American Friends of Hand in Hand board member and ”co-founder of Bed, Bath & Beyond 38

When I see our precious students, “young and old, and see that they insist on bringing change, that’s when I understand that this is the only way to live in safety in this place. And that is what gives me more faith to continue…

Sirin Janah, ” 1st-grade teacher, Jerusalem Annual Report 2018-19 39 يدًا بيد יד ביד Hand in Hand 40

HandTo in Hand’sthe Bilingual Horizon Anthem, Translated from Hebrew & Arabic

We came and reached out a hand for peace They said that we were dreaming, that it is impossible We are the future generation and we build our identity here But we have grown in our land, and this is proof We will sing a song together, with an oud and a piano Despite the challenges, every day we choose We speak with hope when we speak together A shared life for different peoples

We are all Hand in Hand, Hand in Hand today We are all Hand in Hand, Hand in Hand today We are all Hand in Hand, together for peace Hand in Hand we choose peace, it is not a dream Annual Report 2018-19 41 يدًا بيد יד ביד Hand in Hand

HandTo in Hand’sthe Bilingual Horizon Anthem, Translated from Hebrew & Arabic

They said that we were dreaming, that it is impossible But we have grown in our land, and this is proof Despite the challenges, every day we choose A shared life for different peoples

We are all Hand in Hand, Hand in Hand today Hand in Hand we choose peace, it is not a dream Hand in Hand is building shared society in Israel through a growing network of integrated Jewish-Arab bilingual schools and shared communities. We are a positive and profound alternative to the narrative of separation and conflict: we demonstrate the reality and benefits of shared learning and shared living countrywide by building a community of Arabs and Jews, women and men, children and adults. Our students, teachers, families, and friends show every day how a society that welcomes all is good for everyone and is the way .to a better future for Israel

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