Shared Life was founded in 2016 by Dr. Keren Katko-Ayali as a volunteer activist initiative to collect, document, and make accessible coexistence initiatives throughout Israel. Over its active years, the site served as a living platform, regularly updated with: an events calendar, a civil society job board, calls for proposals, a newsletter, and more – providing useful information to thousands of users, organizations, and institutions.
Today, the site serves as a knowledge hub and civic digital archive of Jewish-Arab engagement across the decade 2016–2026, during years when public discourse has tended to amplify polarization, violence, and racism.
What you’ll find: Organizations database & map | Blog | Culture of Peace |
Education Starts with Democracy – Podcast |
Our values: Partnership, respectful dialogue, and equality — rooted in connection, empathy, and mutual appreciation.
Meet the team and the volunteers who made it possible
What people say about us:
“Diverse, dealing with important content that preserves the sanity of our society and spreads a light of optimism and human goodness.”
“As an organization working in coexistence – for the first time I feel I’m not alone, that we’re part of something much bigger.”
“Through the site I connected with a program that is now active in my school.”
“I found a job through you-thank you so much.”
“An act that inspires hope. Initiatives like these will ultimately lead to the desired outcome – a fair and equal shared life.”
