Arabs donate money to support needy Jewish students

Published: 22 November 2019

Last updated: 4 March 2024

A small nonprofit makes history by becoming the first to be exclusively founded and run by Arabs that is handing out scholarships to Jews

THERE ARE PLENTY of examples of Jews who donate money to support disadvantaged Arab citizens of Israel. But Arabs who donate money to support disadvantaged Jewish citizens of the state?

A relatively small Israeli non-profit has made history by becoming the first to be founded and run by Arab philanthropists that is handing out scholarships to Jews.

Al-Kitab (Arabic for “The Book”), an educational non-profit based in the northern Israeli city of Umm al-Fahm, is dedicated to funding needy students interested in pursuing higher education. Until now, the organization, which registered as a non-profit about five years ago, has handed out scholarships exclusively to Arab students.

But this year, for the first time, it decided to span out and make scholarships available to Jewish students as well.

FULL STORY Israeli Arab philanthropists target needy Jewish students to foster 'shared society' (Haaretz)

Photo: Students at Hebrew University, Jerusalem, January 7, 2019 (Emil Salman)