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,...
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- 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 30, 2012
- 3 min
A Volunteer’s Language Skills Connect Past and Present
Julia Kushnir, Post Doctorate Researcher in Energy & Environmental Policy Before I came to Jerusalem this summer, I did not have an idea...
- Aug 21, 2012
- 3 min
A Volunteer Reflects
Ruth Wicks (center) with Volunteer & Study Participants Julia Kushnir (Left) and Gabby Rosenblum (right) Ruth Wicks is a Volunteer &...
- Aug 7, 2012
- 2 min
Sustainable Expertise
Dr. Joan Lurie volunteered at a start-up Jerusalem based non profit that promotes and manifests an inter-religious vision for...
- 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...
- Jul 31, 2012
- 4 min
In the Company of Angels
This morning, my poor heart was both crying and smiling at the same time. From 9:00 a.m. until 2:15 p.m. I was at Melabev in Jerusalem....
- 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...
- Jun 5, 2012
- 2 min
The Power of Love and Memory: Volunteering at Melabev
May 2012 Volunteer Experience at Melabev English speaking Memory Club – A Volunteer Experience with Skilled Volunteers For Israel My...
- May 15, 2012
- 1 min
Volunteering Best Practices
Volunteering thrives when clear expectations are set, standards are held high, volunteer and organization understand what they are...
- May 3, 2012
- 1 min
Volunteering from the Non Profit Perspective
The May 2 2012 post in ejewishphilanthropy.com by Stephen Donshik raises some interesting points about thinking through the rationale for...
- 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...
- Feb 21, 2012
- 1 min
Berkshires Federation Writes about us!!
It’s a sunny chilly day in Jerusalem this morning and before setting out to meet with the Center for Interfaith Sustainable Development...
- Jan 24, 2012
- 1 min
Volunteer & Study Summer 2012
Volunteer & Study, co-sponsored by the Conservative Yeshiva of United Synagogue and Skilled Volunteers for Israel (SVFI), comprises a...
- Dec 13, 2011
- 1 min
Eat, Pray, Volunteer
Eat, Pray, Volunteer Repair the World blogpost on the Volunteer & Study Program #conservativeyeshiva #repairtheworld
- 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...
- 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...
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