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Claire Trilling

Jun 29, 2020, 12:43 PM

Reflections on Equality and Community in Shared Society Work

The Abraham Initiatives’ mission is to “fulfill the promise of full and equal citizenship and complete equality of social and political rights for Israel’s Jewish and Arab citizens.” As I’m preparing to return home to a country where racial justice...

Apr 7, 2020, 6:16 PM

Shared Society During a Global Pandemic

While much of my volunteering in Lod has slowed down or come to a halt in the two weeks since Israel closed schools and moved into isolation, work for my internship with The Abraham Initiatives has only picked up....

Mar 22, 2020, 3:41 PM

A Day in Lod: Separate Lives in Mixed Cities

After nearly six months living and volunteering in Lod, moving between Jewish and Arab spaces in the city has become a normal part of my daily life. I’ll start a day working in a religious Jewish school and end...

Feb 23, 2020, 3:31 PM

Next Steps for Combatting Crime in Arab Society

The issue of violence and crime facing Arab society in Israel came onto my radar last year when a wave of protests initiated by Arab citizens communities swept across the country. As someone who has a deep interest in...

Jan 8, 2020, 10:53 AM

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Society in transition: Addressing crime and violence in Israel’s Bedouin communities

Sensitive issues - revenge killings, violence against women, crime rates among youth - cannot be untangled from the changing and uncertain role of tribes and tribal values

Dec 1, 2019, 3:22 PM

Mixed Political Coalitions as a Model for Building Shared Cities

Staff from The Abraham Initiatives tour Haifa to learn about challenges and opportunities for shared society in a mixed city.
(Source: Yaacob Ibrahim, The Abraham Initiatives)

I began my internship with The Abraham Initiatives, an organization that seeks to ensure full political and social rights for Jewish and Arab citizens of Israel, at a political moment when promoting shared society and improving Jewish-Arab relations felt...

About Me

Claire graduated from Tufts University in 2019 with a B.A. in International Relations and Anthropology. She is currently living in Lod, Israel as a Yahel Social Change Fellow, where she teaches English at a local elementary school and works at an after school program for at-risk youth. Claire is also an intern with the Abraham Initiatives, a non-profit organization that seeks to build shared society and promote political and social equality for both Arab and Jewish citizens of Israel.