YERUCHAM Is
June 7, 2013 Reflecting on our first week as Volunteers in….. Y….You can’t imagine how special this place is until you are here...
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- Jun 6, 2013
- 2 min
Environmental Blessings
Tuesday, June 4, 2013 After days of heat, Yerucham has been blessed last night and this morning with much milder temperatures, thus far...
- Jun 6, 2013
- 1 min
Engliada!!
Tuesday, June 4, 2013 What a rewarding experience for everyone involved! Queenie Rich
- Jun 6, 2013
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Community Connections
Tuesday, June 4, 2013 Another wonderful day. We are feeling more and more connected to this community. We were introduced to Yuval...
- Jun 6, 2013
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Another cloudless day in Yerucham
Monday June 3, 2013 Apparently we brought a heat wave with us and the thermometer continues hover at about 35 C. Even the Yeruchamites...
- Jun 6, 2013
- 2 min
Let the Volunteering Begin – Atid BaMidbar
Sunday, June 2, 2013 The bomb shelter is like many which are about The Negev community of Yeroham, a small structure with extra thick...
- Jun 5, 2013
- 1 min
Our First Exposure to Yerucham
Friday, May 31, 2013 Early Friday morning we met Debbie Goldman Golan the President of Atid Bamidbar & Rena Genn, Director of Miami...
- Jun 5, 2013
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Our Warm Welcome
May 30, 2013 We couldn’t have asked for a warmer greeting. We felt like celebrities when we landed in Tel Aviv & were met by Marla...
- Jun 5, 2013
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The Start of Our Adventure!
May 29, 2013 The ride to the airport was quick, getting our boarding passes easy & going through security a snap….a great way to begin...
- Jun 5, 2013
- 1 min
Welcome to the Desert
On May 30, Skilled Volunteers for Israel, the Greater Miami Jewish Federation and Atid BaMidbar welcomed our first skilled volunteering...
- Mar 8, 2013
- 4 min
Blank Canvas – A Volunteer Painter Builds Colorful Memories
Chip Kogan lives near Cleveland, Ohio. A retired teacher and youth leader, Chip also knows how to do light maintenance, painting,...
- Jan 9, 2013
- 3 min
Empowering Self Sufficiency and Community Strength
Professor Lewis Aptekar delivers Psycho-Social Training in Tel Aviv to asylum seekers from Eritrea and the Sudan In late August of 2012,...
- Aug 30, 2012
- 3 min
A Volunteer’s Language Skills Connect Past and Present
Julia Kushnir, Post Doctorate Researcher in Energy & Environmental Policy Before I came to Jerusalem this summer, I did not have an idea...
- Aug 21, 2012
- 3 min
A Volunteer Reflects
Ruth Wicks (center) with Volunteer & Study Participants Julia Kushnir (Left) and Gabby Rosenblum (right) Ruth Wicks is a Volunteer &...
- Aug 7, 2012
- 2 min
Sustainable Expertise
Dr. Joan Lurie volunteered at a start-up Jerusalem based non profit that promotes and manifests an inter-religious vision for...
- Aug 2, 2012
- 2 min
Beyond Politics – the Human Face of Asylum
Lionel Rabie has extensive experience in the food and hospitality industry. He put his business experience to work volunteering to...
- Jul 31, 2012
- 4 min
In the Company of Angels
This morning, my poor heart was both crying and smiling at the same time. From 9:00 a.m. until 2:15 p.m. I was at Melabev in Jerusalem....
- Jul 31, 2012
- 1 min
Refugee Children at Gan Nitzanim
When I first stepped foot in the Gan Nitzanim classroom, little did I know the life-changing experience I was about to have. As the days...
- Jul 9, 2012
- 2 min
Learning through Doing – נעשה ונשמע
As a member of The Conservative Yeshiva Volunteer & Study Program I have the incredible opportunity to study Hebrew at the Yeshiva and...
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