National service israel

Tradition and transition: How the Haredi world is quietly evolving - opinion

From the ground up, quietly and courageously, individuals and families are making choices that do not reject tradition but embody it differently.

 Haredi men in the workplace; illustrative.
From left: FIDF CEO Steven Weil, Minister of Transportation Miri Regev, Nefesh B’Nefesh Co-Founder Rabbi Yehoshua Fass.

Fast lane for lone soldiers: Nefesh B’Nefesh and FIDF host driver’s license conversion day

 United Hatzalah

Volunteer EMT: Is this the solution for the haredi draft law?

 BAT SHERUT Devora Ruderman.

Devora Ruderman: A lone ‘Bat Sherut’ making a difference


Gantz alludes to broader legislation for national service

“We will not wait for enlistment rates to decline further… all Israeli citizens will need to be somewhere in the puzzle of this model,” Gantz said.

Blue and White leader and Alternate Prime Minister Benny Gantz speaks at a Blue and White faction meeting, May 27, 2020

Jewish, Arab, Druze youth to commemorate Holocaust together in Yad Vashem

The event's goal is to create solidarity among all groups within Israeli society, using the memory of the Holocaust as a link to create empathy and tolerance.

A Jewish woman and a Muslim one hugging in the Ramallah Muqata'a

Nefesh B’Nefesh launches ‘Ori’ to assist Lone National Service Volunteers

‘Ori’ - Hebrew for 'my light' - provides Lone female volunteers with guidance, support, social programming, advocacy, a help desk and crisis support.

Current Lone National Service Volunteers helped by ‘Ori' program.

Thousands sing and cry in march for Ori Ansbacher

The organizers of the march called the event “A City Wrapped in Light,” in reference to her first name, which means light.

The march for Ori Ansbacher.

Torah study as national service – a proposal for a new track

The time has come for Israel to take an honest look at reality and to rethink ways of finding creative solutions that can realistically resolve this historically painful issue.

TIME FOR a ‘Torah study track’ as national service.

For immigrants, too

National service paves a road to social integration

National Service volunteers ceremony at the president residence

President Rivlin honors National Service volunteers

The President emphasized that there are National Service volunteers working in every department of his office. “We would not be able to function without them,” he said.

National Service volunteers ceremony at the president residence

A year in their lives

Known in Hebrew as “shnat sherut” – a one-year voluntary service program – the first letter of each word, Shin, becomes the acronym shin-shin, the plural of which is shinshinim.

PARTICIPANTS IN the one-year voluntary service program (‘shnat sherut’) attend a ceremony at the President’s Residence yesterday

Civilian National Service finally gains recognition – 4 decades on

Minister wants program accorded status parallel to that of IDF.

PRESIDENT REUVEN RIVLIN smiles alongside outstanding Civilian National Service volunteers at his official residence in the capital yesterday

What the Experience of my Daughter in the Israeli Army can teach American Society

The Jerusalem Post