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The Yahel Blog
Insights and reflections from our community of changemakers, partners, and participants—where service meets real life.
Chaggim in The Land
Today's blog post is written by Rose, a member of the 2019-2020 Yahel Social Change Fellowship. Rose is living and volunteering for 9...
Nov 5, 20196 min read
On Identity - זהות
Today's blogpost was written by Maya Kitra Vizel-Schwartz, a Yahel Social Change fellow living, learning and volunteering for 9-months in...
Oct 29, 20194 min read
A Social Worker's Reflection on her Time in Ramat Eliyahu
This post was written by Aimee Ascolese, a current MSW student at Rutgers University and an alum of a Yahel and Rutgers Study Abroad...
Sep 16, 20192 min read
Mixed City, Separate Lives
Today's blogpost was written by Sarah Grace Rogers, a recent alum of the 2019 Social Justice and Community Services Internship program in...
Aug 13, 20192 min read
The Story of This Photo
Today's blogpost was written by Emerson Karsh Lomban, a Yahel Onward Israel Participant, learning and interning for two-months in Haifa...
Jul 24, 20194 min read
Hopes, Fears, and Emotions: Impressions of Israel’s Racialized Reality
Today's blog was written by Yahel staff members in response to the shooting of Solomon Tekah and the resulting protests. All interviewees...
Jul 4, 20196 min read
Ramat Eliyahu - I Found A Community
Today's blogpost was written by Ethan Harrington-Smith, a Yahel Social Change fellow living, learning and volunteering for 9-months in t
Jun 25, 20194 min read
The Power of Stories
Today's blogpost was written by Mo Branchfeld, a Yahel Social Change fellow living, learning and volunteering for 9-months in the city of...
Jun 25, 20193 min read
Contributing to a Process of Social Change: My Internship experience with the Israel Center for Educ
Today's blogpost was written by Shira Zilberstein, a Yahel Social Change fellow living, learning and volunteering for 9-months in the...
Jun 18, 20193 min read
Israel through Poetry
Today's blogpost was written by Kayla Schneider-Smith, a Yahel Social Change fellow living, learning and volunteering for 9-months in the...
Jun 11, 20195 min read
Towards More Inclusive and Unbiased Reporting of Israel’s Arab Society
The depiction of Arab society in Israeli mainstream media, however, is often unfavorable, skewed, or simply nonexistent. Not only are Arabs
Jun 10, 20193 min read
Lod- A Photo Series
Today's blogpost was written by Grace Robinson, a Yahel Social Change fellow living, learning and volunteering for 9-months in the city...
May 21, 20191 min read
A Seat on the Sofa: My experience with an Ethiopian-Israeli Host Family in Ramat Eliyahu
Today's blogpost was written by Shira Zilberstein, a Yahel Social Change fellow living, learning and volunteering for 9-months in the...
May 14, 20193 min read
Shared Learning in Nazareth
Today's blogpost was written by Caroline Flannery, a Yahel Social Change fellow living, learning and volunteering for 9-months in the...
May 2, 20197 min read
Malida- An Indian Bene Israel Community Tradition
Today's blogpost was written by Jonathan Nagavkar, a Yahel Social Change fellow living, learning and volunteering for 9-months in the...
Apr 23, 20194 min read
Walking the tightrope between modernity and tradition: A Bedouin story
This blog was written by Betty Soibel, an alumna from the 2017-2018 Yahel Social Change Fellowship. Betty is currently a Shatil social...
Mar 10, 20194 min read
Finding Common Ground in a Mixed Arab-Jewish City
Today's blogpost was written by Jacob Shapiro, a Yahel Social Change fellow living, learning and volunteering for 9-months in the city of...
Mar 4, 20193 min read
Academia as a Model for Shared Society in Israel
Today's blogpost was written by Sarah Gordon, a Yahel Social Change fellow living, learning and volunteering for 9-months in the city of...
Feb 14, 20194 min read
Kids are Kids
Today's blogpost was written by Anna Brilliant, a Yahel Social Change fellow living, learning and volunteering for 9-months in the city...
Feb 13, 20196 min read
Reconsidering the Implications of “Israeli”
Today's blogpost was written by Majorie Tolsdorf, a Yahel Social Change fellow living, learning and volunteering for 9-months in the city...
Feb 5, 20198 min read
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