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From the WebMay 29, 2026, 5:43 am
Give $25 today and provide an at-risk child a summer of healing and joy
The Jaffa Institute in Israel has launched an urgent campaign to provide a safe haven for hundreds of traumatized youth this summer in Tel-Aviv Jaffa.
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From the WebMay 28, 2026, 3:48 pm
Give at-risk Israeli children a summer of safety and joy for only $25 a day
The Jaffa Institute launches an urgent campaign to provide a safe haven for hundreds of traumatized youth this summer.
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May 26, 2026, 11:16 am
Give an at-risk child a summer of safety and joy for only $25 a day
The Jaffa Institute launches an urgent campaign to provide a safe haven for hundreds of traumatized youth this summer
By Aviva Barazani
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Alone in uniform: Israel’s overlooked sabra lone soldiers come from broken or Haredi homes
Thousands of native-born Israelis serve in the IDF without family support — but unlike immigrant volunteers, their struggles rarely make headlines
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A poster memorializing Nirel Zini and Niv Raviv hangs outside the house where they lived in a neighborhood for young families at Kibbutz Kfar Aza, February 2025. (Bernard Dichek)
March 19, 2025, 4:34 am
Killed on Oct. 7, a modern-day Israeli Romeo and Juliet unite their families — and nation
The new Niv Nirel Center realizes the vision of Nirel Zini and Niv Raviv, who came from families on the opposite sides of the religious spectrum and together wanted to help society
By Bernard Dichek
Illustrative: A young woman sits alone (torwai; iStock by Getty Images)
May 23, 2022, 2:38 am
Report finds 360% increase in violence, anxiety among youth after pandemic’s onset
The Elem welfare organization received 1,682 complaints of sexual violence in 2021, a 230% increase from 2019, pointing to COVID as a catalyst for several such trends
By ToI Staff
Campers from Camp Kee Tov, Congregation Beth El's Jewish summer camp, paint planks for the perimeter fence at the YSA Tiny House Village in Oakland, California on August 4, 2020. (courtesy Sally Hindman)
November 30, 2020, 4:42 am
Homeless youth build America’s 1st Tiny House shelter village
32 congregations from all faiths in the Bay Area, including 6 synagogues, work to build the nation’s first shelter community for youth
By Melanie Lidman
Twin brothers Fares (left) and Firas Muhammad, Muslim Arabs serving in the IDF's Golani Brigade (Channel 12 screenshot)
May 9, 2020, 3:19 pm
Arab Muslim twins go from violent delinquents to proud Golani soldiers
Fares and Firas Muhammad spent much of their youth in courts for thefts and thuggery; when they decided to turn their lives around, their path led them, extraordinarily, to the IDF
By ToI Staff
A lesbian couple hold hands during the Tel Aviv Gay Pride parade on June 3, 2016 (David Silverman/Getty Images via JTA, File)
July 18, 2019, 4:52 pm
In the US, gay conversion therapy continues in some Orthodox communities
Although many jurisdictions have banned the controversial ‘cure,’ some Jewish practitioners of the discredited ‘science’ are still operating clandestinely
By Matt Lebovic
Illustrative image of teenagers. (iStock)
May 26, 2019, 6:11 pm
Almost one in three Israeli adolescents at risk, report finds
Elem support organization delivers assessment to President Rivlin showing 30% of youngsters having problems involving drugs, alcohol, sexual abuse or violence at home
By ToI Staff
Students work in the winery at the Hadassah-Meir Shfeyah youth village. (Courtesy Hadassah/David Silverman)
April 17, 2019, 3:31 pm
Hadassah’s agricultural school goes back to Zionist roots to help at-risk youth
At the Hadassah-Meir Shfeyah youth village, a diverse group of teens from Israel’s most vulnerable populations get tools for life by performing hands-on work outside the classroom
By ToI Staff
PR4PR helps at-risk children in Puerto Rico. (via JTA)
February 1, 2019, 9:09 am
Jewish Agency and non-profit to help at-risk youth in Puerto Rico
Organization working with PR4PR to bring young Jews from Israel and across globe for volunteer work on empowerment, public health and agriculture
By Marcy Oster
French chef Guillaume Gomez, head chef at France's Elysee palace, answers journalists question during a cooking class for teenage members of an Israeli NGO that supports LGBT rights, at the French ambassador's residence in Tel Aviv on February 5, 2018, during the French gastronomy week in Israel. (AFP/Thomas Coex)
February 5, 2018, 9:01 pm
Top French chef offers tips to gay Israelis rejected by families
Head chef of Elysee Palace cooks up workshop teaching ‘simple recipes’ to Jewish and Muslim teenagers in Jaffa cuisine festival
By AFP
Beit Ruth co-founder and board chair Susan Ashner checks in with one of the residents, July 2017 (Meir Azoulay)
November 6, 2017, 2:56 pm
It takes a village to heal Israel’s abused teen girls
NY philanthropist Susan Ashner celebrates opening of new school at Beit Ruth, marking growth for the holistic therapeutic refuge for young female victims
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Working in Kaima's cherry tomato fields. Tomatoes and cucumbers are two of the farm's staples. (Shmuel Bar-Am)
August 26, 2017, 8:43 am
Outside Jerusalem, troubled teens find a place in the farmlands
The non-profit Kaima farms provide a home, and structure, for Israeli youth with nowhere else to go. And it’s working
By Aviva and Shmuel Bar-Am
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