Matching Campaign 2021

An exciting opportunity to double the impact of your next donation! Thanks to a generous offer by one of our major donors, Mr. Warren Eisenberg -- an American businessman who founded the international chain of retail stores, Bed Bath & Beyond -- every gift we receive from Israeli donors through July 22, up to $100,000, will be doubled. Please help us take advantage of this opportunity, which has come at a particularly crucial time. The incitement and raging hatred of these recent weeks have vividly demonstrated the price we are paying for the growing polarization, fear and mistrust between Jews and Arabs, and for the failure to encourage inclusion rather than exclusion. Hand in Hand must continue to expand its network of bilingual and integrated schools and communities and provide an alternative model that nurtures meaningful and ongoing interactions between Jews and Arabs, based on equality and mutual respect. We must continue to influence policy makers and public leaders to replace the norm of separation with shared living. We must continue to prove that it is possible to break down the systemic barriers to social cohesion, to build bridges based on commonalities, and nurture collaboration as a way of life in Israel. In the words of a Hand in Hand parent: "Yesterday we celebrated our daughter's sixth birthday and invited kids from her class. They all came: Yasmin, Mohammad, Carmel, Noah, Ahmad, Omri, and more... They played, laughed, and sang. I looked at them from the side in awe and admiration. I am lucky that life lead me to this Jewish-Arab encounter, and with it came a different way to educate my children; with it came a reason to be hopeful." Join us!