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Returning Volunteer, New Experiences
Charlie Kalech
  • Jan 8, 2020
  • 2 min

Returning Volunteer, New Experiences

Christmas and Chanukah at Hebrew University Of Jerusalem After my first Skilled Volunteer experience in 2016, I said that my days as a...
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A Tikun Olam Winter Vacation
Charlie Kalech
  • Jan 30, 2017
  • 2 min

A Tikun Olam Winter Vacation

Since 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...
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Lived as an Israeli
Charlie Kalech
  • Dec 16, 2016
  • 2 min

Lived as an Israeli

For 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...
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Forever Changed
Charlie Kalech
  • Sep 8, 2016
  • 2 min

Forever Changed

Israel…… Even writing the Word brings tears to my eyes.  This is not a trip that you can simply make by reserving flight, hotel, and...
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Two Years, Two Volunteer Experiences
Charlie Kalech
  • Aug 10, 2016
  • 2 min

Two Years, Two Volunteer Experiences

For my 2016 Skilled Volunteers for Israel (SVFI) volunteer gig, I deliberately chose a different type activity than my 2015 SVFI...
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Really Lived There!
Charlie Kalech
  • Jun 2, 2016
  • 2 min

Really 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...
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Volunteering for Purpose
Charlie Kalech
  • May 10, 2016
  • 3 min

Volunteering for Purpose

I had been looking to explore another world—a space to give me purpose, pause, and reflection. I needed to briefly step aside from my...
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A Perfect Match
Charlie Kalech
  • Oct 13, 2015
  • 5 min

A Perfect Match

I served as a Skilled Volunteer for Israel, assisting a child welfare agency, Bayit L’chol Yeled (BiLY), from mid-August through...
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Volunteering at the Macro Level
Charlie Kalech
  • May 31, 2015
  • 1 min

Volunteering at the Macro Level

I am so grateful to Skilled Volunteers for connecting me with ORAM International. Terry and Marla worked with me to find a placement that...
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The Ness Loan Fund
Charlie Kalech
  • May 5, 2015
  • 2 min

The Ness Loan Fund

Submitted by Howard Schneider, May 4, 2015, Beersheba, Israel A very busy yet interesting day. I arose at 7 to meet my ride to...
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Best Place to Be
Charlie Kalech
  • Feb 24, 2015
  • 2 min

Best Place to Be

In one room, four pre-teen girls closely followed the complicated sequence of Zumba steps their teacher, Lisa, was doing in time to the...
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A Perfect Match!
Charlie Kalech
  • Feb 24, 2015
  • 2 min

A Perfect Match!

“Collaboration” could easily be my middle name. My professional life within the educational, nonprofit world depended on working closely...
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Marketing Plan & Toolkit from a 3 week volunteer
Charlie Kalech
  • Aug 14, 2014
  • 2 min

Marketing Plan & Toolkit from a 3 week volunteer

I volunteered at Be-Atzmi, an important Israeli NGO working with unemployed and underprivileged Israelis to integrate them into stable...
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Simple Goals – Rewarding Experience – Final Thoughts
Charlie Kalech
  • Jan 22, 2014
  • 2 min

Simple Goals – Rewarding Experience – Final Thoughts

One 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...
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Simple Goals – Rewarding Experience
Charlie Kalech
  • Dec 18, 2013
  • 2 min

Simple Goals – Rewarding Experience

My goals when I applied to Skilled Volunteers for Israel were simple: find an “excuse” to spend a few months in Israel; reconnect with...
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Inclusion for All!
Charlie Kalech
  • Sep 18, 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...
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Empowering Self Sufficiency and Community Strength
Charlie Kalech
  • 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,...
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Charlie Kalech
  • 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...
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Digitize, Visualize, Optimize, An Archivist’s Volunteer Experience
Charlie Kalech
  • Nov 1, 2011
  • 4 min

Digitize, Visualize, Optimize, An Archivist’s Volunteer Experience

Skilled Volunteers for Israel placed Mordecai Walfish  as a volunteer archivist with the Mandel Foundation.  Read about his experience...
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Charlie Kalech
  • 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...
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