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Social Change during Global Pandemic
After the Coronavirus pandemic began in the US, I was eagerly awaiting my arrival to Israel even though I knew that there was an impending 14-day quarantine that I would do once I arrived in Israel. […]
Quarantine in Tel Aviv
After the Coronavirus pandemic began in the US, I was eagerly awaiting my arrival to Israel even though I knew that there was an impending 14-day quarantine that I would do once I arrived in Israel. […]
My Gap Year with BINA – A Life Changing Program
Nehama Dormont – a participant on BINA Gap Year in Tel Aviv, is summarizing her first five months on the … […]
My Gap Year With BINA – Judaism Through a Secular Lens
Meet Kylie Heering – a participant on BINA Gap Year in Tel Aviv. Check out Kylie's own exciting summary of … […]
Noah's Journey on MITF with BINA
Meet Noah Kaplan, a participant in our unique Masa Israel Teaching Fellows program with BINA in Tel Aviv. As an … […]
Small Victories – Big Victories – MITF with BINA
"When I walked into HaYarden, a school for children of African refugees and migrant workers, I felt it in the … […]
Toda! Khop Chai! Shukran habibi!
Joanna Kamhi was a participant on the MITF (Masa Israel Teaching Fellows) with BINA – originally from Vermont, Joanna returned to the US and started law school at The University of Pennsylvania this fall. Joanna writes a blog and this is her most recent post reflecting back over her experiences. […]
Why Do a Gap Year in Israel?
High school is coming to an end, and you’re ready to take the first real grown-up steps in life. But before you take the big leap into college or university and student life, you can upgrade your future with a gap year in Israel. […]
Rahat Superheroes!
Emily Umansky is a 22 year old participant from New York on Masa Israel Teaching Fellows with BINA. In this blog she talks about her experience teaching Bedouin children English in Rahat. […]
Learning from the Children I Teach
18 year old Rina Dale, from Newton, MA is spending a year on BINA Gap Year. The GAP participants, together with … […]
Shopping lists with Drora
Shachar Berkowitz-Regosin is a participant on BINA’s GAP Year in Tel Aviv. All the participants in the GAP and Mechina (pre … […]
What it’s like to volunteer in a south Tel Aviv pre school
18-year-old Rina Dale from Newton, MA is spending a year on BINA Gap Year at the Secular Yeshiva in south … […]
Gapsgiving
Gabi Raphael from Woodstock, NY is spending a year on BINA’s GAP Year. As part of the program, the GAP – … […]
Good Deeds Day
To be doing good deeds is man’s most glorious task. -Sophocles It is hard to remember the first time one … […]
My Jerusalem Conflict
Diana Tenenbaum is a participant on the Masa Israel Teaching Fellows (MITF) program in Jerusalem. Here are her reflections on Jerusalem Jerusalem … […]
On Jerusalem, Teaching and Children
Diana Tenenbaum is a participant on the Masa Israel Teaching Fellows (MITF) program in Jerusalem. In this, her first blog, … […]
In Search of the Next Big Thing
When selecting the right gap year for me, I found myself focusing on the “next big things” – the hours I would spend in the classroom poring over Jewish texts with which I’d never quite been able to connect, the volunteering experience in schools that need an extra hand and the effort I’d put into learning Hebrew. […]
Finding My Spark – From Roanoke to Israel
Seeing something is believing in it, but experiencing something is understanding it. I entered Al Huda School in Rahat with little to no understanding of the Bedouin culture or experience within Israeli society, but left with a love and appreciation for the culture and the people. […]
Making a Positive Impact on MITF Rahat (Video)
Shaina is a BINA Masa Israel Teaching Fellow in the Bedouin village of Rahat. Hear how through teaching English she … […]
A Tale of Two Languages
Two young Jewish women walk into the classroom at an elementary school in Rahat and start teaching English in strong American accents. On the whiteboard in one of the classrooms on a mid-week morning, we found Arabic texts – remnants of an earlier lesson. Alongside the Arabic we saw English writing, written by the young English teachers, Shaina Lidd and Rachelle Lansky. […]