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On the Kitchen and Cooking

Chelsea Andrews

On the Kitchen and Cooking

Today's blogpost was written by Chelsea Andrews, a Yahel Social Change fellow living, learning and volunteering for 9-months in the city of Rishon LeZion. It’s 10 p.m. on any given night and our kitchen transforms from a quiet, dimly lit space, to a room full of music, loud voices, clanking pots and pan, and sizzling oil. It’s dinner time at Ariav, everyone’s come hungry, and curry is on the menu. One of the first things I learned upon traveling to Israel was that cooking is

Conflicted

Conflicted

Today's blogpost was written by Anna Brilliant, a Yahel Social Change fellow living, learning and volunteering for 9-months in the city of Lod. I was raised in a multi-faith household - my mother is Catholic, my father Jewish. My sister and I had baptisms, communions and confirmations. My brother had a Bar Mitzvah. We all went to Temple on Friday nights and Saturday mornings and Church on Sundays. We celebrated all the major holidays: (Christmas, Lent, Easter, Rosh Hashanah,

The Paradox of Pinui Binui

Shira Zilberstein

The Paradox of Pinui Binui

Today's blogpost was written by Shira Zilberstein, a Yahel Social Change fellow living, learning and volunteering for 9-months in the city of Rishon LeZion. I hear older men whisper about it at the central vegetable stand. I saw a flyer for a two-year old art exhibition that engaged the theme. A local youth movement wants to use the concept as the basis for a new project. When I ask workers at the community center about “pinui binui”, “evacuation and construction”, Israel’

Champions of Shared Society

Caroline Flannery

Champions of Shared Society

Today's blogpost was written by Caroline Flannery, a Yahel Social Change fellow living, learning and volunteering for 9-months in the city of Lod. This blogpost was originally posted in the Times of Israel, as part of the work Caroline does for The Abraham Initiative. As part of my internship at The Abraham Initiatives, my job for the past few weeks has been to research the winners of the Champions of Shared Society Award. The Champions of Shared Society is an award given by

What the Heck is Service-Learning?!

What the Heck is Service-Learning?!

“So, what are you doing here in Israel?” Even though I know exactly what I’m doing as a fellow on the Yahel Social Change Fellowship, I personally have had a difficult time explaining it to other people, and in Hebrew, I’ve embarrassed myself trying. When I try to explain what service-learning is, I’ll say something along the lines of “it’s like community service,” because this is a term that I know others will understand. But, in my head I’m really thinking that “service-lea

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