Category: israel ops

  • Another opportunity to volunteer with Sudanese refugees in Israel.

    UPDATE: New info posted for volunteer opportunities to help African asylum seekers in Israel. After I posted about volunteer opportunities with Sudanese refugees in Israel, a few people asked me for more details. While I didn’t have them (but did have the contact details of people who did) I now have more information regarding an opportunity to…

  • Volunteer to help Sudanese refugees in Israel.

    UPDATE: New info posted for volunteer opportunities to help African asylum seekers in Israel. I’m passing this along for those of us who have time and resources to partake. It’s best that we Israelis act the part of good hosts while we are entangled in the Sudanese refugee mess. After all, we know what it’s like to be…

  • Coming to Israel this winter?

    I find that lots of people – students or not – desire to volunteer on a day-trip basis when they come a-visiting, so I’m sharing the following: Standing Together – the organization that sells us the Sderot challot every week – has an initiative set up for tourists to Israel this next month: This winter,…

  • Rally at Kikar Rabin for namesake's memory.

    On Saturday night an assembly is being held in the memory of Yitzhak Rabin, who was assassinated 12 years ago in the kikar that now has his name. Based on the giant sign I saw hanging in the square and based on some of the articles and other signs I’ve see, there seems to be…

  • Biking for charity in Israel.

    The buzz around my corner of Jerusalem these days is the intense 5-day bike ride to raise money for Alyn Hospital dubbed Wheels of Love. Quite a few of my friends are participating and it’s nice to see. One friend created this video on his 24km practice run yesterday… Try to put the motion sickness…

  • Learn to read in Hebrew for free.

    UPDATE (2011): Found another excellent resource for learning Hebrew online for free… I just came across the website of the National Jewish Outreach Program, which I’ve never heard of before. It seems like a great resource though, for North American Jews who want to become more affiliated and educated in their Judaism. What caught my…

  • Nu, how much money?

    Mazal tov! Here is a genius website I have to share, for Israeli celebration-goers in doubt of how much of a gift to give (Hebrew-only): KamaKesef? My favorite part is that the ‘submit’ button says, “Nu, kama kesef?’ —————— Brought to you by… Do you work closely with money? Do you need new Credit card…

  • 'It's time to act.'

    My newly-YNet-columnist husband presents us with his account of our Sederot volunteer day a month or so ago. One day of painting a bomb shelter doesn’t make anyone holier-than-thou, but it’s funny to see our words on ynetnews.com: ‘It’s time to act’ Ronen and Elisheva, a young couple who immigrated to Israel two years ago,…

  • City feature: Sederot

    Volunteering I’m a bit tired of always saying how good it would be to volunteer ’round these parts. Since I’ve been here, my newspaper has delivered the disengagement, Kassams in Sederot, Katyushas and war in the North, and Kassams in Sederot. We went down to Sederot today to volunteer with Lev Echad, which is an…

  • Free calls to Israel!?

    UPDATE: Apparently the site I reviewed below is now defunct. This page gets a lot of traffic so I thought I’d help out by saying that Skype is a decent option and so is Israel’s very own JaJah. I have friends who use Rebtel, which I find a little convoluted. Google Talk is my main…

  • Israel activism 2.0

    What happened to the good old days, when you’d stay up until 4:30 a.m. in the Hillel office designing posters and copying fliers for the next morning’s defending-Israel rally? Well, as times change, it seems things get easier. Or at least more organized. StandWithUs is an organization dedicated to defending and promoting Israel and her…

  • Calling all Orange customers –

    If you’re an Orange user, your calls between 9:30pm-3am can be free from Dec 7 – Dec 13. Dial *3322 from your Orange phone. Press 1 for Hebrew, and then after the explanation when you get more choices, press 1. There will be another message which will then cut off, and you’re done. (Thanks, BY)