Gabby Rosenblum is a student in the Conservative Yeshiva’s Volunteer & Study program. Gabby is spending her mornings studying Hebrew and her afternoons volunteering at the Gan (preschool) at Beit Shmuel in Jerusalem. Gabby shared her first week experience studying and volunteering: As a member of The Conservative Yeshiva Volunteer & Study Program I have Continue Reading »
Volunteer & Study participant, Jackie Klein, reflects on a week of volunteering at the Gan (Preschool) at Beit Shmuel in Jerusalem. The Gan is run by the Reform Movement. The first week of volunteering has been one of the most interesting experiences in Israel thus far- and I am extremely thankful to have had some Continue Reading »
May 2012 Volunteer Experience at Melabev English speaking Memory Club – A Volunteer Experience with Skilled Volunteers For Israel My first visit to Israel was in the summer of 1983 when our two daughters, then ages ten and thirteen, and I accompanied my husband to Jerusalem as he volunteered as a dentist to needy children. Now Continue Reading »
Volunteering thrives when clear expectations are set, standards are held high, volunteer and organization understand what they are looking for from each other. A recent post in Generocity lays out four simple tips for establishing a successful volunteer relationships. Skilled Volunteers for Israel has built its processes on a foundation of matching real skill with Continue Reading »
The May 2 2012 post in ejewishphilanthropy.com by Stephen Donshik raises some interesting points about thinking through the rationale for using volunteers to accomplish needed work and the processes associated with integrating volunteers well. Take a look at Stephen’s article at http://ejewishphilanthropy.com/responding-to-the-constant-need-for-volunteers/comment-page-1/#comment-106281 and be sure to read through the comments section at the bottom of the post. Continue Reading »
I was placed in Hareut School through the efforts of ‘Skilled Volunteers for Israel, and spent over 6 weeks there. My schedule was 3 days a week for about 4 hours per day. I handled 7 groups of students, each group twice a week, with about 5 to 6 students per group. They were of different age Continue Reading »
It’s a sunny chilly day in Jerusalem this morning and before setting out to meet with the Center for Interfaith Sustainable Development about a volunteer placement, I woke to receive a copy of an article written about Skilled Volunteers for Israel in the Berkshires Jewish Voice. Appearing on page 18 of the paper -how nice Continue Reading »
Volunteer & Study, co-sponsored by the Conservative Yeshiva of United Synagogue and Skilled Volunteers for Israel (SVFI), comprises a half-day of study at the Yeshiva and a half day of volunteering with an Israeli non-profit organization in Jerusalem. The program is open to college students and adults of all learning levels and religious backgrounds who Continue Reading »
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Skilled Volunteers for Israel placed Mordecai Walfish as a volunteer archivist with the Mandel Foundation. Read about his experience sharing his very unique expertise. For the past three years, I have been working for the Berman Jewish Policy Archive at NYU Wagner (BJPA), first as its content manager, then its Assistant Director, and now as Continue Reading »
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