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A unique school in the Neve Sha’anan neighborhood that educates over a thousand students from pre-K to 12th grade. The school provides a home-away-from home for these students, and serves a wide range of demographic groups, including children of migrant workers, refugees and third-generation Israeli born families. Valerie and Harold Joels generously donated the school’s Library and Resource Center and Dining Room and Cafeteria.
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Uplifting and empowering south Tel Aviv teens
The Lin FoundationLin Yavgenia Levkov – A Promising life cut short: Lin Yavgenia Levkov and her mother Irina immigrated to Israel in the height of the 1990s post-Soviet Aliyah wave. Lin’s childhood was difficult; she struggled at school and barely continued her education into high school. But this is where her story took a turn; Lin studied […]
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Empowering Tel Aviv – Yafo teens through magic of summer camp
Leadership Summer CampBackround: Middle school students were particularly affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. Due to the lockdowns and social distancing, students did not practice social-emotional skills such as emotional regulation, conflict management, emotional expression and more. Moreover, researchers found that educational gaps are widening and at-risk behavior among students is on the rise. In a period characterized […]
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Developing Israel’s next generation of scientists
Hemda Schwartz Reisman Science Education CenterBackground: As of September 2021, the labor market was experiencing a shortage of approximately 14,000 engineers. The demand for technological workers with degrees in high-tech professions, especially university graduates, is expected to be significantly higher in 2023 than the existing supply, and between 100 and 200 thousand employees will be needed in the high-tech sector […]