ayalim Archives – Jewish Journal

Israeli group aims to help Arabs — and contain them

Jewish Journal December 11, 2014

He says he’s a leader of a “Zionist settlement” movement, but Raz Sofer’s home is no West Bank outpost.

Summer for young adults in Israel for $1,000

Jewish Journal February 23, 2012

Pioneering Israeli youth movement Ayalim (Hebrew for “deer”) is offering the opportunity for young adults in their 20s and 30s to spend this summer volunteering in Israel for just $1,000, including round-trip airfare, room and board.

A Student Oasis on the Rise

Amy Klein July 21, 2005

Entering university can be a tough transition, especially for Israelis, who have probably spent the previous decade of their lives prepping for the army, serving in the army and recovering from the army.

\”Once you get out of the army, everything you used to study, to stand for, is gone; religiously, Zionistically –any kind of idealism,\” says Tzvicka Deutch, a Ben Gurion University (BGU) grad student who won third place in the popular Israeli reality show, \”The Ambassador,\” in which young Israelis competed to represent the Jewish state in its worldwide public relations efforts.