Living Together emphasizes innovative models of coexistence and democracy education that have the widest social impact and potential for replicability. The aim is to foster policy and practice within the education system and among its decision makers that will institutionalize coexistence education.  Activities also focus on advancing knowledge of Arabic language and culture as a bridge to coexistence, with an emphasis on regions and cities where Jewish and Arab citizens live together.

Initiatives

Mirkam – Weaving the North > A network of people, social organizations and institutions, and Jewish and Arab public representatives in the area of the Bet HaKerem Valley, who have committed themselves to being responsible for the creation of true partnership in various fields. More... Education for Shared Living - Language as a Cultural Bridge > In an effort to use language as a tool which brings people together, The Abraham Fund has recommended a new and original approach to the teaching of “Communicative Arabic”, which includes elements of conversational and literary Arabic. Exposure to contemporary Arab culture is integrated into the curriculum in an effort to strengthen the status of the Arabic language and Arabic speakers in Israel, and as an expression of equality and coexistence. More...