Week 2 – Mud Huts, Soup and Middle East Politics!
dishwasher mike mike at the mosenson entrance mike with seedlings mud hut and mike Much has happened since arriving at the Mosenson Youth...
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- Oct 3, 2013
- 1 min
A Volunteer’s First Day at a Youth Village’s Urban Farm
The OCT 2, 2013 workday started 8:00 am at the ecological demonstration area, which is located on former tennis courts close to where I...
- Sep 19, 2013
- 3 min
Inclusion for All!
I was really thrilled this summer to come to Israel: it’s not my first trip there (my 8th, actually) nor is it the first time I...
- Jun 30, 2013
- 1 min
Ann Jaffe-Their Success is My Success
All my life I have wanted to go to Israel. Although I have now been here many times, this time I have had the privilege of not only...
- Jun 30, 2013
- 1 min
Rebecca Cushman reflects
Rebecca at Bizchut with Suzanne Cannon I’ve always been taught about the emphasis that Judaism places on helping others and giving back...
- Jun 6, 2013
- 1 min
Engliada!!
Tuesday, June 4, 2013 What a rewarding experience for everyone involved! Queenie Rich
- 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,...
- 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...
- Jul 9, 2012
- 2 min
Helping through Hebrew
Volunteer & Study participant, Jackie Klein, reflects on a week of volunteering at the Gan (Preschool) at Beit Shmuel in Jerusalem. The...
- Mar 15, 2012
- 2 min
A Dramatic Finale – Using Drama as a tool for English Language Enrichment
I was placed in Hareut School through the efforts of ‘Skilled Volunteers for Israel, and spent over 6 weeks there. My schedule was 3...
- Dec 13, 2011
- 1 min
Eat, Pray, Volunteer
Eat, Pray, Volunteer Repair the World blogpost on the Volunteer & Study Program #conservativeyeshiva #repairtheworld
- Aug 25, 2011
- 1 min
Sudanese Refugee Starts National Service At Nitzana
Of Interest: HaAretz (25 August 2011) article about the first African refugee to start Israel’s pre-army national service program. Tom...
- Aug 17, 2011
- 3 min
Welcoming the Stranger
This post was written by Gina Milano after her second volunteer experience with Skilled Volunteers for Israel. After completing my...
- Aug 1, 2011
- 3 min
Desert Pioneers
This post was written by Gina Milano from New Jersey and Roseli Ejzenberg from Maryland who are among the first volunteers for Skilled...
- Jul 18, 2011
- 3 min
“It Starts with Soccer and Concludes with Champions” A Volunteer Shares Her Experience
Lisa Pengitore, a special education teacher from New Jersey with 19 years of classroom experience, volunteered teaching English in...
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