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“The Secrets Learning Earlier this year, thirty two students
participated in the fifth annual Jewish-Arab
Dialogue Program, an elective class of joint
activities for Jewish and Arab Israeli students
Together
that was designed to create familiarity with
of Our Students from a wide variety of each other’s cultures, break down stereotypes,
and foster cultural sensitivity. This year,
participants topped off the program of musical
events, field trips, and culinary adventures with
an arts workshop in which they designed an
backgrounds learn side by side
integrated Hebrew-Arabic font for the word
Success” in a remarkable environment of "together" to express their newly learned
tolerance, respect, and mutual
shared language of respect.
understanding.

This year HAC
continued to focus

on the ‘secrets’ of
its success, which
help explain the SPIRIT of
College’s phenomenal
growth during the Community Service

last 8 years, and the
remarkable success Students are committed to volunteer for the benefit of less
of its students and fortunate members of the community.

graduates. In addition to presenting awards for academic
excellence, the Dean of Students annually
presents the Dean’s Awards for Excellence
in Community Service. This year HAC
bestowed honors upon twenty students
who demonstrated outstanding community-
building efforts through exceptional volunteer
work with organizations serving the elderly,
the disabled, youth at-risk, and other needy
populations in both East and West Jerusalem.
HAC fosters this spirit of community service by
requiring each student who receives financial
aid to volunteer a minimum of 50 hours with
one of some forty schools and community-
based organizations throughout the City.
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