Charlie KalechJan 8, 20202 minReturning Volunteer, New ExperiencesChristmas and Chanukah at Hebrew University Of Jerusalem After my first Skilled Volunteer experience in 2016, I said that my days as a...
Charlie KalechJan 30, 20172 minA Tikun Olam Winter VacationSince 1998 I have spent some time almost every year in Israel. For the first few years, I used my vacation to see places and people I...
Charlie KalechDec 16, 20162 minLived as an IsraeliFor one month I lived like an Israeli – going to work each day, getting a bus pass, taking buses all over the city of Jerusalem, shopping...
Charlie KalechSep 8, 20162 minForever ChangedIsrael…… Even writing the Word brings tears to my eyes. This is not a trip that you can simply make by reserving flight, hotel, and...
Charlie KalechAug 10, 20162 minTwo Years, Two Volunteer ExperiencesFor my 2016 Skilled Volunteers for Israel (SVFI) volunteer gig, I deliberately chose a different type activity than my 2015 SVFI...
Charlie KalechJun 2, 20162 minReally Lived There!Three days a week for four weeks this spring, I walked through the Jaffa Gate into the Old City of Jerusalem, weaving my way on the...
Charlie KalechMay 10, 20163 minVolunteering for PurposeI had been looking to explore another world—a space to give me purpose, pause, and reflection. I needed to briefly step aside from my...
Charlie KalechOct 13, 20155 minA Perfect MatchI served as a Skilled Volunteer for Israel, assisting a child welfare agency, Bayit L’chol Yeled (BiLY), from mid-August through...
Charlie KalechMay 31, 20151 minVolunteering at the Macro LevelI am so grateful to Skilled Volunteers for connecting me with ORAM International. Terry and Marla worked with me to find a placement that...
Charlie KalechMay 5, 20152 minThe Ness Loan FundSubmitted by Howard Schneider, May 4, 2015, Beersheba, Israel A very busy yet interesting day. I arose at 7 to meet my ride to...
Charlie KalechFeb 24, 20152 minBest Place to BeIn one room, four pre-teen girls closely followed the complicated sequence of Zumba steps their teacher, Lisa, was doing in time to the...
Charlie KalechFeb 24, 20152 minA Perfect Match!“Collaboration” could easily be my middle name. My professional life within the educational, nonprofit world depended on working closely...
Charlie KalechAug 14, 20142 minMarketing Plan & Toolkit from a 3 week volunteerI volunteered at Be-Atzmi, an important Israeli NGO working with unemployed and underprivileged Israelis to integrate them into stable...
Charlie KalechJan 22, 20142 minSimple Goals – Rewarding Experience – Final ThoughtsOne week from now I will be somewhere over the Atlantic Ocean, on my way back to Pittsburgh. Much has happened since my last post in...
Charlie KalechDec 18, 20132 minSimple Goals – Rewarding ExperienceMy goals when I applied to Skilled Volunteers for Israel were simple: find an “excuse” to spend a few months in Israel; reconnect with...
Charlie KalechSep 18, 20133 minInclusion 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...
Charlie KalechJan 9, 20133 minEmpowering Self Sufficiency and Community StrengthProfessor Lewis Aptekar delivers Psycho-Social Training in Tel Aviv to asylum seekers from Eritrea and the Sudan In late August of 2012,...
Charlie KalechAug 2, 20122 minBeyond Politics – the Human Face of AsylumLionel Rabie has extensive experience in the food and hospitality industry. He put his business experience to work volunteering to...
Charlie KalechNov 1, 20114 minDigitize, Visualize, Optimize, An Archivist’s Volunteer ExperienceSkilled Volunteers for Israel placed Mordecai Walfish as a volunteer archivist with the Mandel Foundation. Read about his experience...
Charlie KalechAug 25, 20111 minSudanese Refugee Starts National Service At NitzanaOf Interest: HaAretz (25 August 2011) article about the first African refugee to start Israel’s pre-army national service program. Tom...