Article: SCHOOL OF MANY COLORS

Ruth Mason
Jerusalem Post
04-26-1996
More than 100 Jerusalem children are getting a head start at religious-secular rapprochement. The five-, six- and seven-year-olds are spending all day, every weekday with members of the "other" group.

These children are the first pupils in a school called Keshet ("Rainbow"). In a country where all public schools are either religious or secular, Keshet is both.

Although Keshet opened its doors two months before Yitzhak Rabin's assassination, its establishment presaged with uncanny timing the need for bridging the gap between religious and secular communities. One measure is the demand for space at Keshet; applications were filed on behalf of 200 children ...

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