A new fashion venture offers great clothes while helping at-risk young women find a place in the workforce.
Social Action
Israeli college students fortify troubled towns by moving in
In return for free tuition and low rent, members of Ayalim student villages volunteer their time to transform Negev and Galilee communities.
Weaving Bedouin tradition into their future
A by-women-for-women center in a Negev Bedouin town provides income and literacy training to the ladies of Lakiya.
African refugee boys get a new start in Israel
‘A stable, loving environment, food in their stomachs every day and a place they can go to sleep every night knowing they will be safe in the morning.’
A shot in the arm for refugees in Israel
A new graduate of Ben-Gurion University’s Medical School for International Health founds a program to streamline healthcare for African migrants.
Jewelry that tells an immigrant story
Yvel’s exquisite Megemeria jewelry collection is produced by Ethiopian immigrants to Israel who are learning a trade to support themselves.
Opening a world of opportunity for Israel’s disabled
Israel’s largest service provider to the intellectually disabled community wins an inaugural prize for its Equal in Uniform program.
The children given life in the midst of war
Israel and Gaza may be fighting a bitter conflict, but at Wolfson Medical Center near Tel Aviv, children from Gaza get a new chance at survival.
Israelis open homes to families from missile-hit south
People are opening homes and hearts to residents of Israeli communities seeking respite from the constant missile attacks.
Happy 100th birthday, Hadassah
ISRAEL21c takes a look at how the centenarian medical organization has revolutionized healthcare in Israel and beyond.
UN looks to Israeli disabilities group for advice
A Ra’anana organization that blazes new trails for people with disabilities now has a global forum in which to share its expertise, research and innovations.