| At BINA we are working hard to ensure the future of Israel as a Jewish, pluralistic, democratic, just society. We have opened the new year with 290 students at the Secular Yeshivas in Tel Aviv, Beer Sheva and Jerusalem, 200 participants in year-of-service cohorts placed in underserved communities throughout Israel, 50 international students, altogether volunteering in 120 organizations, schools and after school programs nationwide, every week.
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We believe in the importance and the power of the work that we do, and we hope that you do too. We also know that we can’t do our work without your help. Support BINA this year on #GivingTuesday 2017 (November 28) and become our partners in 5778 making a difference, together.
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"Beit Midrash TLV is off to an amazing start! This semester our new participants will be learning Israeli Literature, Jewish Theology, Tanakh and Talmud with BINA’s highly regarded faculty and living in the culturally diverse south Tel Aviv." Zoe Jick, Director of BINA's Beit Midrash TLV - the only place offering full time Jewish learning in English in Tel Aviv.
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| Reflections on Rabin’s Legacy
Just before the 22 anniversary of Rabin’s assassination – which led to the establishment of BINA in 1996 - participants from our Gap Year, Tikkun Olam Post College and the Mechina (pre-Army) programs visited the Palmach museum to learn about events leading up to, and immediately after, the assassination of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin.
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After visiting the exhibition, the group split off into smaller mixed groups and discussed what they had learned in the museum and how it differed from what they had (or had not) learned in their home countries. They thought about how Israel might have changed, had the day not ended the way that it did. Read their reflections here.
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| Attention to Inclusion
"Two weeks ago I went on my first real hike. Not another hike where I meet up with the group when possible, and spend most of the time sitting on the side. Not another hike full of frustration and lack of motivation because there is nothing to do but wait for the rest. I am always fighting, fighting to do the things that are important to me, fighting to be able to hike like everyone else.
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This amazing invention is called Trekker, a special wheelchair adapted for hiking and field trips, and it made my first real hike - the first three day hike of my Mechina (pre-army) program - one of the most significant experiences I've ever had.” Maya Lender is a wheelchair-dependent participant in BINA’s Mechina (pre-army) program in south Tel Aviv.
BINA is so proud to be part of Maya’s first hike experience with the Mechina, we are especially proud of Maya and the other high school graduates who embraced this enormous challenge and together made sure that Maya was included in all the Mechina activities.
Read Maya’s description of her first ‘real’ hike here.
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#GIVING TUESDAY 2017 - Double your impact!
Support BINA on #GivingTuesday (Tuesday, Nov 28 2017) and every dollar we receive between now and the end of the year will be MATCHED thanks to the generosity of Lillian and Andrew Meyers from New York and a private Israeli donor, so you can double your impact if you donate now!
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| Yitzhak Rabin VS Rachel Imeinu by Maayan Arzi Mlinarski
“The biblical matriarch Rachel is believed to have died on the 11th of Cheshvan; the national memorial day for Rabin falls on the 12th…It is not a question of which memorial day is more important. The issue is the impact that these days have on the reality that is emerging before our eyes, to be more precise the two alternative realities that are emerging here.”
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| Sarah's weekly blog
Meet Sarah Nabaggala, a participant on our Tikkun Olam in Tel Aviv - Jaffa post college program. A 26 year old law graduate from Mbale Uganda, Sarah will be writing a blog every week sharing her experiences of what it is like living in Jaffa, volunteering with asylum seekers, refugees and the homeless as well as studying at BINA. Read Sarah’s first blog post - click here.
Read the next installments on our website and follow us on Facebook so you don’t miss any of Sarah’s Israel journey
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| Emotion and Inertia: On Learning, Self-Critiquing, and Complicity in Injustice by Alissa Charvonia
"To change the status quo, we have to find it in ourselves, and begin reversing it where we stand. It would be easier if the crowd turned and came with us, but the chances of that are low. Start at home. Start where you’re sitting. Easier said than done, but the struggle is part of being for others more than just for yourself.”
Alissa Charvonia is a participant in BINA’s Tikkun Olam in Tel Aviv - Jaffa program. She has been documenting her experiences since she arrived in Israel. Read her full blog post here.
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Succot at Beit BINA in Dharamsala, India
Visitors of all ages joined Sigal and Shay Levy, in Dharamsala for the first night of Succot for an evening of joy, learning, music and festivities! Click here for more pictures.
Follow Beit BINA India on Facebook to find out more details of the activities (FB page is in Hebrew).
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Yom Kippur with BINA in south Tel Aviv
Over 400 people of all ages and backgrounds joined BINA for Yom Kippur at the Secular Yeshiva TLV. Once again, BINA's Yom Kippur activities combined tradition with Jewish Renewal and included song, learning, and community. Yom Kippur 5778 at the Secular Yeshiva was truly imbued with meaning which can clearly be seen in this roundup of pictures.
BINA YK events were held this year in Beer Sheva and Jerusalem too.
Download BINA's special YK Machzor in English or in Hebrew.
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BINA: The Jewish Movement for Social Change, operates under the Israeli nonprofit "Merchavim Chevra Lechinuch Vetarbut".
BINA operates under the Israeli nonprofit Merchavim, with the support of the Kibbutz Movement and the Posen Foundation. BINA is proudly funded by the UJA-Federation of New York, as well as additional supporters, including: Aronson Foundation, Avi Chai Foundation, Champaign-Urbana Jewish Federation, Federation CJA Montreal, Gimprich Foundation, Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco, Jewish Federation of Greater Metrowest, JUF / Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago, Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia, Joint Distribution Committee (JDC), Berl Katznelson Fund, Leichtag Foundation, Littauer Foundation, Matanel Foundation, Montefiore Endowment, Morris Levinson Foundation, Rappaport Family Trust, Shahaf Foundation, Alan B. Slifka Foundation, Sobell Foundation, Ziering Family Foundation, dozens of municipalities across Israel and hundreds of private donors.
WWW.BINA.ORG.IL/EN
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