here are some recent highlights:
Our Director of Education – Vivian Rabi’a – received the 2025 Shared Society Award from the Abraham Initiatives for her contribution in promoting Arab-Jewish partnership and equality in mixed cities.
We are grateful and proud of Vivian for her impactful and important work!
We launched the School Principals’ Group for 2025–2026 in the “Foundations for Change” program
The group will operate throughout the academic year with the goal of promoting peace education in the school system.
Our Executive Director, Dr. Sarah Bernstein, spoke at the event at the Vatican in Rome marking the 60th anniversary of the ‘Nostra Aetate’ declaration.
You are invited to watch the speech:
What else did we do in 2025?
– We worked on promoting a shared society for Israelis and Palestinians across the country: at universities and in mixed cities, we created safe and inclusive spaces. We emphasized that dialogue has to be connected to action, So all of our groups both engaged in dialogue and in collaboration around activities for the communities. We are preparing the ground for creating real and lasting peace and equality.
– We worked in the field of education for values of shared life, equality, peace, and justice: through the ‘Foundations for Change’ program, which trains educators and school principals, we advanced systemic shared society education in Israeli schools. The younger generation is our future here and the key to creating social change. To build a just, fair, and equitable society, we must nurture a generation that is ready, willing, and believes in such a reality.
– We fostered better Jewish-Christian relations in Israel-Palestine, addressing the challenges engendered by the stance of Israeli society and State institutions towards the Christian communities, and how to shape a society which allows people to live in dignity alongside each other and grants freedom of religion to people of all faiths.
– We conducted workshops, lectures, webinars, and guided dialogues in a variety of settings, both in Israel-Palestine and worldwide, on pressing topics in the current reality: addressing conflict from its emotional and spiritual roots, peace education in the Israeli education system, and various current issues such as freedom of speech, the Israeli-Palestinian and Jewish-Christian realities after October 7th and the war in Gaza.
We hope that 2026 will be a year of action, growth, and shared good.
In the year ahead, we will continue our work – strengthening partnerships and cultivating peace and justice.
