http://www.yearcourse.org start painting your future today Sun, 13 May 2012 06:34:25 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/volunteering/best-year-of-your-life/ http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/volunteering/best-year-of-your-life/#comments Mon, 18 Apr 2011 06:41:01 +0000 BenjiLovitt http://www.yearcourse.org/?p=5161 Read more]]> http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/volunteering/best-year-of-your-life/feed/ 0 http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/jerusalem/ynet-article-volunteering-with-the-blind/ http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/jerusalem/ynet-article-volunteering-with-the-blind/#comments Thu, 24 Mar 2011 07:06:32 +0000 BenjiLovitt http://www.yearcourse.org/?p=4984 blog post about Section 1 chanich Sam Forman  … Read more of Waban, Massachusetts and his volunteering in the Eliya school?  We just found a translation to the Hebrew Ynet article.  Here is an excerpt. From my very first day at the kindergarten, I was fully welcomed as a staff member. Together with three teachers and one chief kindergartener, I worked in a combined classroom of]]> http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/jerusalem/ynet-article-volunteering-with-the-blind/feed/ 0 http://www.yearcourse.org/press/chanichim-take-part-in-jerusalem-think-tank/ http://www.yearcourse.org/press/chanichim-take-part-in-jerusalem-think-tank/#comments Sun, 20 Mar 2011 10:28:47 +0000 BenjiLovitt http://www.yearcourse.org/?p=4955 recent article  … Read more from the Portland Jewish newspaper about a section 3 chanicha who recently volunteered at a think tank in Jerusalem.  Keep up the great work, Tova! Portland Teen Interns at Jerusalem Think Tank During Year Course Lincoln High School graduate Tova Cohen spent last semester as an]]> http://www.yearcourse.org/press/chanichim-take-part-in-jerusalem-think-tank/feed/ 0 http://www.yearcourse.org/press/ynet-year-course-changing-lives/ http://www.yearcourse.org/press/ynet-year-course-changing-lives/#comments Mon, 28 Feb 2011 14:22:35 +0000 BenjiLovitt http://www.yearcourse.org/?p=4861 helped organize the NU campaign’s visit  … Read more to Bat Yam and appeared in a video appealing for aid to rebuild the Carmel forest.  Sam is at it again, being featured in a news story in Ynet, the online site for one of Israel’s biggest newspapers, Yediot Achronot. Sam volunteers in the Eliya school, assisting children]]> http://www.yearcourse.org/press/ynet-year-course-changing-lives/feed/ 0 http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/jerusalem/making-a-world-of-difference/ http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/jerusalem/making-a-world-of-difference/#comments Mon, 28 Feb 2011 13:38:57 +0000 BenjiLovitt http://www.yearcourse.org/?p=4707 Read more]]> http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/jerusalem/making-a-world-of-difference/feed/ 0 http://www.yearcourse.org/press/jewish-herald-voice-seeing-volunteering-up-close/ http://www.yearcourse.org/press/jewish-herald-voice-seeing-volunteering-up-close/#comments Sun, 20 Feb 2011 14:06:39 +0000 BenjiLovitt http://www.yearcourse.org/?p=4775 Read more]]> http://www.yearcourse.org/press/jewish-herald-voice-seeing-volunteering-up-close/feed/ 0 http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/arad/garin-tzedek-making-israel-a-better-place/ http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/arad/garin-tzedek-making-israel-a-better-place/#comments Wed, 16 Feb 2011 08:12:36 +0000 BenjiLovitt http://www.yearcourse.org/?p=4755 Read more]]> http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/arad/garin-tzedek-making-israel-a-better-place/feed/ 0 http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/volunteering/starting-to-pick-up-on-differences-in-rwanda/ http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/volunteering/starting-to-pick-up-on-differences-in-rwanda/#comments Thu, 10 Feb 2011 14:59:47 +0000 BenjiLovitt http://www.yearcourse.org/?p=4685 Read more]]> http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/volunteering/starting-to-pick-up-on-differences-in-rwanda/feed/ 0 http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/bat-yam/if-only-to-save-one-life%e2%80%a6/ http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/bat-yam/if-only-to-save-one-life%e2%80%a6/#comments Sun, 06 Feb 2011 08:00:51 +0000 BenjiLovitt http://www.yearcourse.org/?p=4636 Shalem  … Read more chanich, Toronto, Canada As I am writing this in the Magen David Adom (MADA) station in Rishon Le’Tzion awaiting my next call, I can’t help but reflect upon all of the shifts I have done so far. As a volunteer on ambulances with MADA I get to see and experience events that I would never expect to see otherwise. I have experienced]]> http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/bat-yam/if-only-to-save-one-life%e2%80%a6/feed/ 0 http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/arad/arad-and-israel-more-than-just-the-big-cities/ http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/arad/arad-and-israel-more-than-just-the-big-cities/#comments Mon, 31 Jan 2011 11:02:17 +0000 BenjiLovitt http://www.yearcourse.org/?p=4556 Read more]]> http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/arad/arad-and-israel-more-than-just-the-big-cities/feed/ 0 http://www.yearcourse.org/press/radio-interview-about-yemin-orde/ http://www.yearcourse.org/press/radio-interview-about-yemin-orde/#comments Sun, 30 Jan 2011 11:34:05 +0000 BenjiLovitt http://www.yearcourse.org/?p=4551 nspirational work done by our chanichim  … Read more to collect and donate resources to Yemin Orde, the youth village harmed by the Carmel fire.  Galei Tzahal, the army radio station (also known for short as Galatz), recently interviewed one of the chanichim present, Shira Berman.  For those of you who speak Hebrew, you can take a listen]]> http://www.yearcourse.org/press/radio-interview-about-yemin-orde/feed/ 0 http://www.yearcourse.org/testimonials/doing-our-part-to-help-yemin-orde/ http://www.yearcourse.org/testimonials/doing-our-part-to-help-yemin-orde/#comments Wed, 26 Jan 2011 16:51:22 +0000 BenjiLovitt http://www.yearcourse.org/?p=4538 Ayana Adler, Director of Specialty Tracks
Shira Berman, Section 2 chanicha, Atlanta Just a month and a half ago, we wrote about the tragic Carmel fire and efforts by Year Course to band together with Israeli society and do our part to help the residents of Yemin Orde  … Read more. The youth village was almost completely burned down in]]> http://www.yearcourse.org/testimonials/doing-our-part-to-help-yemin-orde/feed/ 0 http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/arad/different-perspectives/ http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/arad/different-perspectives/#comments Tue, 18 Jan 2011 12:20:36 +0000 BenjiLovitt http://www.yearcourse.org/?p=4476 Read more]]> http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/arad/different-perspectives/feed/ 0 http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/arad/daily-life-in-arad/ http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/arad/daily-life-in-arad/#comments Tue, 11 Jan 2011 10:48:58 +0000 BenjiLovitt http://www.yearcourse.org/?p=4432 Read more]]> http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/arad/daily-life-in-arad/feed/ 0 http://www.yearcourse.org/announcements/young-judaea-rebuilds-new-orleans/ http://www.yearcourse.org/announcements/young-judaea-rebuilds-new-orleans/#comments Wed, 29 Dec 2010 11:09:34 +0000 BenjiLovitt http://www.yearcourse.org/?p=4329 Read more]]> http://www.yearcourse.org/announcements/young-judaea-rebuilds-new-orleans/feed/ 0 http://www.yearcourse.org/announcements/amirim-registration-is-open/ http://www.yearcourse.org/announcements/amirim-registration-is-open/#comments Thu, 23 Dec 2010 10:07:31 +0000 BenjiLovitt http://www.yearcourse.org/?p=4313 Amirim  … Read more is Young Judaea’s 4 or 8 week summer volunteer program for 18-27 year olds in Jerusalem, Bat Yam and Arad.Participants have the opportunity to volunteer in areas such as social justice, the environment, the elderly, the LGBT community,]]> http://www.yearcourse.org/announcements/amirim-registration-is-open/feed/ 0 http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/bat-yam/carmel-aftermath-rallying-to-help-yemin-orde/ http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/bat-yam/carmel-aftermath-rallying-to-help-yemin-orde/#comments Thu, 09 Dec 2010 14:41:55 +0000 BenjiLovitt http://www.yearcourse.org/?p=4033 we wrote about the tragic fire  … Read more in the Carmel and how both Israeli society and Year Course would be sure to rally to support the victims of its destruction. We most definitely did not speak too soon.  Just one of the Year Course groups which quickly mobilized was the Social Action: Rwanda track.  As you may have read, this group]]> http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/bat-yam/carmel-aftermath-rallying-to-help-yemin-orde/feed/ 0 http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/bat-yam/volunteering-in-bat-yam-see-what-weve-been-up-to/ http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/bat-yam/volunteering-in-bat-yam-see-what-weve-been-up-to/#comments Tue, 09 Nov 2010 16:21:07 +0000 BenjiLovitt http://www.yearcourse.org/?p=3518 Read more]]> http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/bat-yam/volunteering-in-bat-yam-see-what-weve-been-up-to/feed/ 0 http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/bat-yam/you-know-youre-in-bat-yam-when/ http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/bat-yam/you-know-youre-in-bat-yam-when/#comments Thu, 04 Nov 2010 18:18:14 +0000 BenjiLovitt http://www.yearcourse.org/?p=3453 Monday of this week was completely hectic. After turning in my Zionism paper and having a morning of classes, we all boarded buses for Jerusalem. Our first stop was  … Read more]]> http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/bat-yam/you-know-youre-in-bat-yam-when/feed/ 0