With two highly committed students, my tutoring experience is continuously rewarding and interesting.  Our online meetings are filled...

At the beginning of my and Jan’s meetings, I was very embarrassed to speak English, I did not feel comfortable. In terms of my English...

Students Gadi and Melishu share their experience with tutor, Sharon L-C Gadi: “I am very happy about this class.  It helps me a lot.  I...

From Hadas about Tutor Myra E: What have our lessons meant to me?  Our lessons are meaningful to me because it combines both social...

Over the course of the last ten months, I have had three students from the English B’Yachad program.  Each has brought his particular...

My first student introduction took place in September, 2020, and we have been in contact ever since.  The matching process of student to...

Quiz #1  What have our lessons meant to me? Which of my passions does English B’Yachad tutoring fulfill? Which is true? I am a teacher at...

Farewell Lunch with Teaching Staff at the Goldstein Youth Village for two skilled volunteers, Sam (Far left) and Sharon (third from left)...

Who would have thought, when I googled “volunteer opportunities in Israel “ that I would find SKILLED VOLUNTERS FOR ISRAEL. Participating...

Christmas and Chanukah at Hebrew University Of Jerusalem After my first Skilled Volunteer experience in 2016, I said that my days as a...

A trip to Israel is always something special.  My husband and I have traveled to Israel many times and while there is much to see, we...

I have volunteered for the past four summers at ENOSH, a social club for English-speaking mental health club members. Some of the people...

Jews suing Gentiles, Gentiles suing Jews.   Robberies, thefts, a deal in stolen goods, a sudden accidental death and even a murder,...

I came to Israel this summer unsure, and to be honest, nervous, about what to expect of volunteering in Israel.  How would I navigate to...

In the 1950’s, 60’s and 70’s, when the kibbutz movement was in full flower, foreigners wanting to help in Israel knew just what was...

Lori shared snippets of her experience which she has allowed us to share on the Skilled Volunteers for Israel blog. February 4 I’d like...

One of the coolest parts about Purim in Jerusalem is seeing people in costumes around town. What I didn’t expect was to be that person at...

When one has a few months one their hands with no children at home for the first time in years, there is an air of freedom that creeps...

Having wanted to go to Israel for an extended period of time, doing so with Skilled Volunteers for Israel provided the framework for a...

Although each day’s activities were different for Debbie & I, the JOY was the same EVERY day. We’ve both worked in long-term care for...