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Teens from Yemin Orde and Village Way partner communities volunteer to share Purim fun with youngsters, seniors. Purim is a festive Jewish holiday that commemorates a time when the Jewish people living in Persia were saved from extermination by the brave young queen, Esther. Acts of charity are also part of Purim’s traditions and, at […]
Village Way’s gap-year leadership program for women, called IsraElite, cited for outstanding volunteer efforts. Village Way’s gap-year leadership program for young women, called IsraElite, received the 2018 Mayor’s Award for Outstanding Volunteer Efforts. The award honored IsraElite participants for their dedication and volunteer efforts in the Migdal HaEmek community, the northern Israeli town where the program […]
Miftan Tamra High School, a vocational “last-chance” high school in the Arab city of Tamra, proves parent involvement results in greater student success. Miftan Tamra High School is a Village Way Educational Initiatives (VWEI) partner community with high rates of students leaving school before they graduate. Recently, this “last-chance” school developed a number of activities […]
117 Youth Graduate High School at Yemin Orde Youth Village in Israel. Special guest from New York, Susan Claster, delivers keynote address with meaningful message of courage and hope as graduates look ahead to productive lives in Israel. ImpactIsrael congratulates the 2018 high school graduating class of Yemin Orde Youth Village. On June 18, 2018, […]
Gap-Year leadership programs imbue marginalized young men and women from immigrant backgrounds with a sense of belonging and social responsibility. Congratulations to the recent graduates of the Village Way’s gap-year leadership programs (Mechina in Hebrew) for young immigrant men and women. Graduates will now serve in Israel’s military with opportunities to utilize new leadership and life […]
Many thanks to everyone in South Florida who introduced Yemin Orde to their community and hosted programs for our special guests from Israel: Susan Weijel, Deputy Director, Yemin Orde Youth Village and Village Way Educational Initiatives, and Nofar Getanech Desta, Yemin Orde graduate and attorney in Haifa. A warm South Florida welcome Susan and Nofar […]
Yemin Orde graduate, Mevorach Avraham, is the Deputy Chief of the Netanya, Israel police force. Netanya has become one of the major and most populous cities in Israel, with a high percentage of new immigrants, especially from Ethiopia, the Former Soviet Union and France. Since assuming his position about 18 months ago, Mevorach Avraham (photo, […]
TuB’shvat is a popular Jewish holiday at Yemin Orde Youth Village where our youth participate in fun interactive outdoor activities that celebrate nature and the environment. The holiday is observed as a new year for trees, similar to Arbor Day in the U.S. This year, the Village’s youth planted nectarine, fig and loquat trees around the […]
Yemin Orde’s volunteer grandparents now have 430 additional grandchildren. We wish a warm welcome to Sarah and Mordechai Prins who now serve as Yemin Orde’s resident “Savta” (Hebrew for grandmother) and “Saba” (Hebrew for grandfather). The Village’s volunteer “grandparents” provide unconditional love, support and friendship to Yemin Orde’s at-risk youth, most of whom do not […]
Recently, educators from two Village Way Educational Initiatives partner schools, located in Arab communities, gathered to network and share first-hand experiences in order to learn from each other. The schools involved in the workshop are Jisr a-Zarka and Mahat Acco School, both vocational schools. Jisr a-Zarka, a newcomer to the Village Way integration process, is located […]