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      Like all good tiyulim to Massada, this one began in the middle of the night. More than 50 sixth graders from the Begin Elementary School in Bet Shemesh arrived at their school at 2:00 a.m. on a weekday in mid-May. Each child was accompanied by a parent. The tiyul...

by Zvi Volk       Photos by Yaron Brenner, Ynet, May 4, 2015   A single event in Israel last week captured headlines which led to a demonstration outside the National Police Headquarters in Jerusalem on Thursday April 30, and then a major demonstration in Tel Aviv on Sunday May 3 that turned violent. The...

by Zvi Volk The week before Pesach when most Israeli teens were either helping clean the house or going on tiyulim with their youth groups, teens from the Jack E. Gindi Oraita Youth Clubs and Makom Balev had a very different kind of experience. They visited Retorno, an inpatient rehabilitation center near Bet...

Teens and staff from the Jack E. Gindi Oraita Youth Club in Nazareth Illit before this year's Seder. For a special crowd of 115, this year’s Pesach Seder was one they will long remember. In Nazareth Illit, OU Israel's Jack E. Gindi Oraita Youth Club organized...

Pesach 5775 פסח All times listed are for Yerushalayim. For other cities, check with local Batei Knesset (synagogues). Leil HaSeder is Leil Shabbat (Friday Night April 3). Hadlakat Neirot is 6:24 PM. Bedikat Hametz is Thursday Night April 2. Final time for eating hametz is Friday April 3 at 10:06 AM. Final time for Biyur...

For 20 Yachad Israel members, participating in this year’s Jerusalem Marathon on March 13 was the culmination of a dream. They all ran five or 10 kilometers. From left, first row: Hannah Tessel, from Riverdale, Bronx, President of the Yachad Israel Leadership Board; Suri Goldstock; Mendy Goldstock; Yoel Sterman, Director...

On Purim, Yossi Salomon receives Mishloach Manot from Racheli Ninio, OU Israel Education Director for Training and Development. This year’s campaign to send Mishloach Manot packages to IDF soldiers for Purim was the most successful ever. Donors in Israel and the US gave more than NIS...