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The Yahel Blog
Insights and reflections from our community of changemakers, partners, and participants—where service meets real life.
Carrying Yahel into the Future
This week’s participant blog post comes from Darya Watnick, one of the amazing participants on this year’s Yahel Social Change Program....
May 5, 20144 min read
Friday Recipe Post: Yemenite Soup and Spices
Yahel works with diverse communities all over Israel. Every Friday, we will be posting recipes to celebrate some of the different...
Apr 26, 20142 min read
What Does Empowerment Look Like?
Every week, there will be a post on the Yahel blog from one of the participants from the Yahel Social Change Program. This week’s blog...
Mar 15, 20144 min read
Parshat Vayakhel
This week’s parsha post was written by Dori Robinson, Assistant Director for Programming at UMass Hillel. Yahel partnered with UMass this...
Feb 22, 20145 min read
“You can’t dance at two weddings with one rear end.”
This blog post was written by Darya Watnick. Darya is a participant on the Yahel Social Change Program. The past six weeks, at promptly...
Feb 14, 20144 min read
Soccer Across Borders
As far back as I can remember soccer has always been a huge part of my life. I started playing in elementary school and since then I...
Feb 7, 20143 min read
Taking My Yahel Experience Home
This reflection comes from a participant from last summer’s 6 week Yahel program in Beer Sheva. This summer, Yahel in collaboration with...
Feb 6, 20143 min read
My Time at the Matnas
This week’s participant blog post comes from Yael Engel. Every week, the Yahel blog features a post from a participant on the Yahel...
Feb 3, 20142 min read
Reflections on Maghar: UMass Yahel Insight Program
This post was written by Seth Engelbourg, one of the participants on the UMass Hillel Yahel Insight Program. In January 2014, 13...
Jan 23, 20145 min read
Reflections from Maghar
This passage was written by Ameer Saleh, the local coordinator and trip leader for the recent University of Massachusetts Hillel Yahel...
Jan 17, 20142 min read
Hummus and Identity
This week’s participant blog post comes from Deborah Malheiro. Deborah is currently part of the 9 month Yahel Social Change Program. ...
Jan 15, 20144 min read
Empowerment in the Wake of Uncertainty
This post was written by Sarah Schmidt, a participant on a recent American University-Yahel Insight program. This piece also appears in...
Jan 13, 20144 min read
The Dangers of Internalizing Intolerance
This week’s participant blog post was written by Rachel Cherrick, one of the 12 participants on this year’s Yahel Social Change Program. ...
Dec 30, 20134 min read
Reflections on Summer Service Learning in Beer Sheva
This post was written by Jordana Gilman, an alumna of the 2013 Repair the World Onward Israel/Beer Sheva summer program. The original...
Dec 23, 20133 min read
Parshat Shemot
This week’s parsha post was written by Laurie Hunt, Yahel alumna and intern, and a student at the University of Maryland. The Israelites...
Dec 21, 20132 min read
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