Kol Shalom will host Gordon Lee at EJC speaking about Hand in Hand: Center for Jewish-Arab Education in Israel, the bilingual integrated schools for Arab and Jewish children that he co-founded in 1998. And we are so fortunate for this extra treat: He will be joined by Emmanuel Auerbach, Hand in Hand student from kindergarten through twelfth, now living in New York.  

What started as one school with 50 students, Hand in Hand has grown to six campuses with two thousand Arab and Jewish students, fostering inclusion and equality. In the midst of the Hamas attacks and subsequent war in Gaza, Hand in Hand has continued its important work building Jewish-Arab partnership and shared society in Israel. Says Lee, "Hand in Hand is a model of what Israel can and should look like."

Free, all ages.