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‘I see how much it hurts to experience the lack of recognition of the pain and suffering that our people are going through.’
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I picked oranges, packed meals and sat shiva — and saw firsthand the importance of solidarity with Israelis in a moment of crisi
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Opinion ‘How can we ever go back to being anything like we were before?’
With every aspect of life affected, Israelis describe the emotional magnitude of life during wartime
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Culture I volunteered, transporting sick Palestinian children to hospitals — it hardly seems possible anymore
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News ‘Mentsch of the highest order’: Jewish teen helps register hundreds for vaccine
Last month, Benjamin Kagan, 14, had a simple goal in mind: Help his grandparents in Florida register for a COVID-19 vaccine as soon as possible. “I was like, I need to stay awake,” he said in an interview this week. “We had four computers running, and we got lucky.” A Facebook group, a Google form,…
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Slideshows An Illustrated Diary of Israel After The Six Day War
While fighting raged during the Six Day War, I felt compelled to apply to volunteer in Israel – to do work that soldiers would have been doing. The war ended in a miraculous six days, but the Jewish Agency decided to bring us to Israel anyway. I spent a year in three different parts of…
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Opinion Cutting Volunteering Programs Is A National Disservice
In many ways, the state of service and volunteering in the United States is strong – each year, about 65 million Americans contribute their time and energy to addressing the needs of individuals and communities. In mid-March, however, the current Administration proposed a 2018 budget that would eliminate federal funding for, among many programs, the…
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