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Gaining and Giving – A Volunteer Shares
  • Jan 3, 2017
  • 4 min
Blog

Gaining and Giving – A Volunteer Shares

I have been traveling to Israel almost yearly for more than twenty years to visit family and friends and take classes at the Conservative...
Lived as an Israeli
  • Dec 16, 2016
  • 2 min
Blog

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...
Forever Changed
  • Sep 8, 2016
  • 2 min
Jerusalem

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...
Playing “Catch” in English
  • Aug 15, 2016
  • 2 min
Blog

Playing “Catch” in English

This summer (2016), I came to Jerusalem to study and volunteer. My volunteer assignment was in a learning center in a working class...
  • Aug 11, 2016
  • 2 min
Blog

Incredibly Touched

Although I only spent two weeks at ‘Melabev Memory Club English’, it really made a lasting impression, and I was sorry when my time there...
A Game of Chess Opens Memories
  • Aug 11, 2016
  • 2 min
Blog

A Game of Chess Opens Memories

Volunteering at Melabev can bring quite unexpected surprises. I am a 48 year old woman living in Switzerland and came to Israel this...
Welcome Teacher
  • Aug 11, 2016
  • 2 min
Blog

Welcome Teacher

Last summer I knew I wanted to spend the summer in Israel.  However, here I was a mature woman in my 50’s, a New York City Department of...
Two Years, Two Volunteer Experiences
  • Aug 11, 2016
  • 2 min
Blog

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...
Really Lived There!
  • Jun 2, 2016
  • 2 min
Blog

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...
Volunteering for Purpose
  • May 10, 2016
  • 3 min
Blog

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...
Passport to a Better Future
  • Apr 6, 2016
  • 3 min
Blog

Passport to a Better Future

Sometimes you just walk into a place and know that one person can really make a difference. I felt that immediately when I first met the...
Winning Hearts in 4 Weeks
  • Mar 21, 2016
  • 3 min
Blog

Winning Hearts in 4 Weeks

Adah Radzin volunteered in January 2016 in Bat Yam through a placement organized through Skilled Volunteers for Israel. Tachkemoni is an...
?מה עשית היום  What did you do today?
  • Feb 28, 2016
  • 7 min
Blog

?מה עשית היום What did you do today?

It’s not the school bell that marks the end of the lesson. The bell has been replaced by the rousing rendering of a popular song, “Ma...
Embracing Israel
  • Jan 15, 2016
  • 2 min
Blog

Embracing Israel

December 29, 2015 I write this as I sit in our rented Jerusalem apartment, having completed the final day of my volunteer assignment,...
A Safe Space for All
  • Dec 28, 2015
  • 4 min
Blog

A Safe Space for All

The International YMCA in Jerusalem: A Truly Safe Space for Palestinian, Christian, and Israeli Jewish Teens One of the highlights of my...
Atmosphere of Caring
  • Dec 28, 2015
  • 6 min
Blog

Atmosphere of Caring

As part of my commitment for my placement at Melabev with Skilled Volunteers for Israel (SVFI) I agreed to write about my placement...
A Perfect Match
  • Oct 13, 2015
  • 5 min
Blog

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...
  • Sep 11, 2015
  • 2 min
Blog

A Warm Welcome to a Returning Volunteer

I first volunteered at the English speaking Melabev Memory Centre in Jerusalem in January 2015, whilst my husband worked for a week with...
Shir Harmony
  • Aug 19, 2015
  • 3 min
Blog

Shir Harmony

This morning, on the way to the Takhana Merkazit,  תחנה מרכזית , the Central Bus Station, two Israelis asked me for directions to the...
  • Aug 19, 2015
  • 2 min
Blog

Dedication in Action

Last month, I volunteered for 3 weeks at the Hebrew language Melabev center in the Givat Masua neighborhood of Jerusalem, not too far...
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