The “Takeaway” of Volunteering in Mumbai with Nativ
Posted on February 13, 2019Written by Abby Saltzman (Nativ 38) A question you will likely be asked after a volunteer trip to a foreign country is what your “takeaway” is. For me, it would be easy to say that I gained “perspective”, that I no longer take the water that flows from my tap for granted, and Continue Reading »
Nativ is “opportunity time”!
Posted on January 17, 2019Written by Rayut Berkowitz (Nativ 37) Needless to say Nativ was the most remarkable year of my life. I think about significant moments in the year like our long sukkot desert tiyul, volunteering in India, or teaching in an Israeli school and Bedouin after school program in Yerucham as all times in my year where Continue Reading »
Nativ Is What You Choose To Make Of It
Posted on January 14, 2019Natanya Rosen – Nativ 38 Here on Nativ, the days when we have extensive amounts of free time are meant for doing almost anything but watching Netflix. It is for exploring all that there is to explore in and around Jerusalem with other Nativers. A few weeks ago we were fortunate enough to have Continue Reading »
Poland and the Power of L’Dor V’dor
Posted on February 26, 2018By: Max Strickberger Bundled tightly in long underwear, a few shirts, double socks, two jackets, boots, gloves and a scarf, the bus dropped me off, along with 34 other Nativers, in a residential neighborhood. People hurried by in a morning rush with backpacks and briefcases. Many of us held tefillin and tallit bags. We walked Continue Reading »
India Experience – Nativ 37
Posted on January 30, 2018Powerful words written by Reegan Moskowitz (Nativ 37 participant) about her experience in Mumbai You never know how much you don’t know until you learn or experience something new; this statement has never felt truer than now. As my fellow Nativers and I have travelled on an astonishing and formative journey throughout Mumbai with Continue Reading »
The Sukkot Tiyul Survival Guide
Posted on October 16, 2017Abigail Winograd The first thing to know about your October tiyul to the Negev is that Yossi Garr, Director of Nativ, will describe this trip to your bewildered and excited group as “An easy hike, nothing too difficult.” This is false, and will be a source of sarcastic laughter and minor resentment in those moments Continue Reading »
L’shannah Haba’ah B’Yerushalayim – Yom Kippur Reflections from Nativ 36
Posted on September 28, 2017Yoni Feldman Greene Spending Yom Kippur in Israel was an experience that I will never forget. Back home, in Los Angeles, the high holidays, in particular Yom Kippur, are always an extremely spiritual and meaningful moment of my year. However, none have reached the spiritual level of my experience of Yom Kippur in Jerusalem. When Continue Reading »
Reflections of a Nativ 36 Parent
Posted on September 19, 2017Stacey Urbach When we first considered supporting our daughter to take a gap year, we shared the concern that perhaps she would end up “behind” her peers. What we ultimately came to believe is that she should not live her young adult life as if in a race, but rather take the time to explore Continue Reading »
Nativ is About to Finish the 2nd Year with the Yozma Track
Posted on April 10, 2017This year, our oldest son, Kasriel, has been in Israel for his gap year. In our community (we live in Riverdale), this would be unremarkable as most of our friends’ children have spent their gap year in Israel. For Kasriel, however, this year in Israel was never supposed to happen – or so we thought. Continue Reading »
Nativ 36 Moves to New Volunteering Community – Yemin Orde Youth Village
Posted on April 10, 2017My name is Batya Feder, and I am on the Yemin Orde track on Nativ 36. I am loving it! I volunteer in the kitchen, and it’s been such a wonderful experience. The regular workers here have been very warm and appreciative of our help. We prepare the schnitzel, schwarma, chicken, or fish for lunch, we Continue Reading »
