Elevating education and lifting lives the Village Way.
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, […]
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 […]
Gala is set for Tuesday, May 8, 2018 at the Mandarin Oriental in New York City. Chaim Peri will receive the Friends of Yemin Orde Tikkun Ha’Lev Award for decades of devotion to children at risk in Israel. Friends of Yemin Orde is pleased to announce that Jeffrey and Kimberly Taylor Hirschfeld will serve as Co-Chairs of […]
Manof Youth Village, a Village Way Educational Initiatives (VWEI) graduate community, creates its own Challenge “Etgar” Hike. The challenge hike combines outdoor educational experiences with Tikkun Olam (social action) activities. A beach clean-up initiative was paired with the challenge hike giving at-risk youth the opportunity to connect to nature, push their physical and psychological limits, […]
The Henry and Marcel Blank soccer field complex is dedicated to the memory of two Jewish athletes who perished in WWII. Yemin Orde dedicated its new soccer field complex on Sunday, Oct. 15, 2017, to the memory of two Jewish athletes and avid soccer players who played on the Maccabia team of Rzeszow, Poland and […]
Technology provides key to de-coding the future Computer coding and cyber-security are technology skills in high demand in the Israeli army as well as Israel’s booming start-up technology industry. The new Integrated Tools (IT) project at Yemin Orde Youth Village aims to give at-risk teens the opportunity to learn and excel in these greatly marketable technology […]
Village Way Educational Initiatives recently completed a comprehensive survey of graduates from partner educational communities that have completed the three-year Village Way Integration Process. Twelve graduate communities participated in this process with an impressive 89 percent response rate for this survey. The results indicate positive general impressions of Village Way community graduates: The majority of […]
Yemin Orde Youth Village received the sacred gift of a new Sefer Torah that was donated to the Village by the family of a young girl who was murdered by terrorists in 2003. The dedication of a new Sefer Torah is typically celebrated in a synagogue with great joy. Indeed, this gift brought much celebration […]