Toronto Star columnist Oakland Ross shares the inspiring story of a very special school in Israel — similar to the concept of an American magnet school:
It is not uncommon for people to ask Areen Nashef how it is she spends most of her days, and more than a few of her evenings, in the company of Jews.
The question is posed by neighbours, family friends, or other curious souls.
“They ask me how it is to live with the Jewish kids,” says the bespectacled schoolgirl, who turns 13 next month. “They say, `Don’t they hurt you?’ I say no.”
She flashes a smile – the expression of someone who knows something others have yet to learn.
“We love each other.”