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Hand in Hand: Integrated, Bilingual Schools Across Israel
March 13, 2022 | 10:30 am - 11:30 am
Sunday, March 13, 10:30am
Please join us to meet leaders of Hand in Hand: Center for Jewish-Arab Education in Israel.
Hand in Hand has created a growing network of integrated bilingual schools across Israel, serving Israeli Arab and Jewish children, families, and the wider community. Hand in Hand is making a genuine impact for Jewish-Arab partnership and shared society in Israel.
Meet Hand in Hand parent and Shared Communities director Ms. Shada Edris Mansour, and Hand in Hand communications director Ms. Noa Yammer, who will share their perspectives and details of their work in Israel.
For more background information on Hand in Hand, please visit www.handinhandk12.org
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Presenters:
Shada Edris Mansour is the Deputy Director of the Communication Department at Hand in Hand. Her work includes building Hand in Hand communities, including building relationships with local municipalities, the Ministry of Education, and a variety of organizations. She also has a daughter attending a Hand in Hand School. She is an optometrist and working on her MA in public policy at Tel Aviv University. You can read more about Shada at https://www.handinhandk12.org/celebrating-women-leaders-shada-edress-mansour/
Noa Yammer is an American-born educator, activist, and musician who has lived in Israel since 2003. Noa leads International Engagement and Communications at Hand in Hand, sharing the Hand in Hand story with thousands of supporters in Israel and around the world in visits, workshops, and online. She is also the Youth Program Director at Heartbeat, a music dialogue organization for Israeli and Palestinian youth. Noa’s activist work includes dialogue facilitation with Israeli and Palestinian youth to working in a treatment center with Ultra-Orthodox girls with eating disorders to volunteering in a rural Nepal village. She has a BA in psychology and Jewish history and a MA in Gender Studies from Bar Ilan University.
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