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From the WebAugust 13, 2026, 9:25 pm
A new B’nai Mitzvah initiative connecting youth to Israel
SparkIL offers free programs for families and educators seeking meaningful B’nai Mitzvah projects that connect Jewish values, personal passions, and Israeli entrepreneurs.
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August 11, 2026, 9:46 am
A new B’nai Mitzvah initiative connecting youth to Israel
SparkIL offers free programs for families and educators seeking meaningful B’nai Mitzvah projects that connect Jewish values, personal passions, and Israeli entrepreneurs.
By Tamar Vogel
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March 30, 2026, 1:24 pm
Israel’s new immigrants find purpose in volunteering as war continues
Recent olim are integrating into society not only by building lives, but by helping rebuild communities under fire.
By Emma Oliver Hacham
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From the WebDecember 17, 2025, 8:50 pm
Compassion in action: Yad Sarah brings hope to a nation in crisis
As Israel continues to endure and heal, Yad Sarah remains committed to standing by our people, providing vital medical equipment, transportation, and support in moments of crisis.
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December 15, 2025, 10:06 pm
Compassion in action: how Yad Sarah brings hope to a nation in crisis
As Israel continues to endure and heal, Yad Sarah remains committed to standing by our people, providing vital medical equipment, transportation, and support in moments of crisis.
Rabbi Hody Nemes stands in front of Hersh's Fridge, a community fridge that serves needy people in Chicago. (Courtesy Nemes)
November 11, 2025, 4:05 pm
‘Hersh’s Fridge’: Chicago teens memorialize slain hostage with public kosher food project
Pioneering initiative supplies kosher food to any who are in need, as cuts to US anti-hunger program create a crisis for some local families
By Orlie Weitzman
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September 13, 2025, 9:32 pm
Join Yad Sarah in supporting Israel’s journey of resilience
As the nation recovers and rebuilds from one of the darkest chapters in Jewish history, Yad Sarah brings help, hope, and healing to the people of Israel when they need it most.
Brother Athanase, a Catholic monk of a monastery in Latrun, looks out on the damage caused by wildfires to the monastery's vineyards and olive groves, on July 16, 2025. (Charlie Summers/Times of Israel)
July 18, 2025, 8:26 am
After Catholic monks’ vineyard was burned in wildfires, Israelis dig in to help replant
The Latrun Monastery’s agricultural lands took a hard hit in this spring’s blazes, prompting a grassroots interfaith effort to help restore their sole source of livelihood
By Charlie Summers
Participants in the Nativ pre-college gap year program, which is affiliated with the Conservative movement, historically divided their time between study in Jerusalem and volunteering elsewhere in Israel. (Courtesy of Nativ via JTA)
July 11, 2025, 4:18 pm
Conservative Judaism relaunches Israel gap-year program with Tel Aviv internships
Instead of sending students to kibbutzim and small villages for volunteer work, the four-decade-old Nativ track now sends them to the White City’s trendy Florentin neighborhood
By Grace Gilson
Volunteers pack kits to distribute to young families in Jerusalem, during the war between Iran and Israel, June 15, 2025. (Rachel Alroey/Flash90)
July 7, 2025, 8:09 am
‘We are an emergency response empire’: 40,000 volunteers mobilized for Israel-Iran war
A Hebrew University expert says Israel leads the world in organized and prolonged grassroots efforts during times of crisis, but asks: Why has the government left such a gap?
By Sue Surkes
Lev Echad volunteers (from left) Ray Margolin, May Esher, and Eyal Meidan, stand against a background of buildings damaged by an Iranian missile on June 22, 2025. (Sue Surkes/Times of Israel)
June 25, 2025, 11:21 am
After the missiles explode, One Heart’s volunteers help residents pick up the pieces
Armed with hard hats, gloves, plastic sheeting and spools of tape, thousands of citizens are cleaning up homes damaged by Iran’s barrages and assisting the displaced
By Sue Surkes
Edna Hefer cuddles with Messiah the donkey in the petting zoo of Kibbutz Nahal Oz, southern Israel, January 16, 2025. (Sue Surkes/Times of Israel)
February 4, 2025, 8:48 am
Kickin’ it old school: Retirees rediscover youth with national service year for over-50s
A pilot project running in two regional councils near the Gaza border is matching local needs with the experience and skills of people around retirement age
By Sue Surkes
Joanna Chen, Dua, and Rokia Abu Shakha, at the Sheba Medical Center in Ramat Gan. (Bernard Dichek)
January 16, 2025, 7:53 am
Hamas killed 6 of them on Oct. 7. Why these Israelis still drive Palestinians to hospitals
Road for Recovery program, launched in 2010 with donation by Leonard Cohen, now concentrates on bringing West Bank Palestinians to Israeli medical centers for lifesaving treatment
By Bernard Dichek
The Ichud Hatzala organization helps rescue survivors following a huge earthquake in Turkey, February 10, 2023. (Yehiel Gorfein)
January 4, 2025, 3:49 pm
Israeli overseas development, humanitarian aid NGOs hit hard as philanthropy dries up
Softer face of Israel abroad impacted as Jewish donors focus on Israel, antisemitism. Post-Oct. 7, some international funders distance themselves from Jewish, Israeli orgs
By Sue Surkes
Yossi Hoffman stands near the 'wall of cars' memorial at Tekuma. (Hadas Kuznits)
December 1, 2024, 10:14 am
Scarred by October 7, first responder copes with his trauma by BBQing for soldiers
Struggling to deal with what he saw while recovering bodies of Hamas victims, ZAKA’s Yossi Hoffman seeks solace by offering tours of affected sites, using funds for cookouts for troops
By Hadas Kuznits
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