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Oraita Dimona on TV. Channel 10 TV news showcased the work Oraita is doing in the south. A news crew and the mayor visited Oraita Dimona on July 10. They asked the madrichim about Oraita activities during Operation Zuk Eitan/Protective Edge. The activities on July 10 started at 5:00 p.m....

In one word? Incredible. That was my response when a colleague asked how the weekend went. A small smile crossed her face when I responded and when I asked why. She said, “I had my answer before you said anything. As soon as I asked about the weekend, your...

The view from the car window as we approached Kiryat Malachi was flat and straight for miles. It was very different from the familiar Judean hills surrounding Jerusalem. The lines of the hills and mountains around Jerusalem draw the eye ever upward towards the heavens. It always seemed to...

In a region too often associated with conflict, one initiative is doing its best to provide unconditional love and support.  Makom Balev, the OU’s youth movement for disadvantaged youth in Israel, recently celebrated its new center in Kiryat Malachi with a chanukat bayit (“dedication”) that those in attendance will...

The children of Sderot and those communities hit by the Gaza War have suffered tremendously, and continue to suffer. But this Purim, they recognized the all they have received from Makom BaLev, the OU Israel program that has provided a safe haven for them, and they gave to others...

It took a gaggle of giggling grade 10 girls on a sabbatical here from their rocket-pounded homes in Ashdod to prove, yet again, that Israel’s strength lies in its twin bitachon (trust) in God and the IDF. Standing in front of the Kotel, Anael - one of 33 students from...