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23 August

15 Seconds… ZOOM -A Photography Exhibit by youth in Sderot

 OU Israel's Youth Center is Proud to Present: 15 Seconds... ZOOM A Photography Exhibit   Wednesday, September 7, 7:00 PM The First Station, 4 David Remez St. Yerushalayim   Commemorating 2 years since 'Operation Protective Edge' The photographs are the product of a year long photography course which was created as an art therapy program in the aftermath of 'Operation Protective...
21 October

Sports Unites Communities During Challenging Times

Hear the word “Israel” and images of stabbings and attacks on innocent lives immediately come to mind during these trying times. Jews all over the world are concerned with how their friends, relatives and even people they have not met in Israel are coping. It is amidst “the recent...
5 August

6th Graders from Bet Shemesh Climb Massada on Bar/Bat Mitzvah Tiyul

      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...
3 February

Tu b’Shevat at Makom Balev in Rehovot: Fruit, Divrei Torah and Pizza

There are two sides to Rehovot (population 114,000). The side that is well known includes the Weizmann Institute of Science, home of three Nobel Prize winners, and the Hebrew University’s Faculty of Agriculture. The neighborhood of Ushiot (“foundations”) is on the other side of town. It’s a Project Renewal neighborhood. It’s...
19 October

Makom Balev Volunteers Teach about Holidays

Sherut Leumi girls working with Makom Balev in Bet Shemesh started the school year with programs about Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Sukkot and Simchat Torah. The volunteers taught about the holidays in a way that was both informative and fun for the pupils at the Begin public school. The activities...
17 July

From South to North: Fun Day for Makom BaLev and Oraita Teens

Photos by Abba Richman Planning this fun day wasn’t easy. It seemed that every time there was a siren or Code Red alert, another teen cancelled. They’re nervous. And their parents re-thought their permission. In the end 70 teens from Oraita in Ofakim and Makom BaLev in Sderot and Kiryat...