Shulamit Katznelson (1919–1999) was a pioneering Israeli educator and ulpan founder who sought to bring Jews and Arabs together through language studies.

Her mother, Batsheva Katznelson, was a member of the Knesset, and her uncle, Zalman Shazar, was Israel's third president.

She attended high school and teachers' college in Jerusalem, and earned her master's degree in social work at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor.

[3] She spent nearly 50 years directing the school, where Jews and Arabs were encouraged to get to know each other, speak each other's language, and learn about each other's history and culture.

[2] For her efforts to improve Jewish-Arab relations, she received the nation's highest honor, the Israel Prize, in 1986.