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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Aug 11, 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Aug 15, 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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 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...
- 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...
- 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...