Source Sheet can be found here. For a list of Wexner Israel Alumni and their initiatives, click here.
Session 6 – Embracing the Land and the People- Avi Bitron (WIF 15) and Shay Jean (WSL 2016) Full List of Wexner Israeli Alumni Initiatives Opening Song: Ha Chita Tzomachat Shuv/ “The Wheat Grows Again,” by Dorit Tzameret (1974) Dorit was a member of Kibbutz Beit HaShita, which lost 11 men in the 1973 Yom Kippur War. The song has become a core part of Yom Hazikaron/Remembrance Day “liturgy” in
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Dec 2023
Ilana Yahav/TWF Chanukah Message
In this season when we yearn for light, we partnered with Ilana Yahav, a magical artist featured on Israel’s Got Talent, to create a unique Chanukah message this year. Please watch, be mesmerized, and share her creation widely. Thank you, Noah Aronson, and Banot for the music. Now please, hit play.
Session 5 – Focus on Learning and Social Needs of Children at Risk, Moshe Keinan (WIF 8) and Orli Garti-Seroussi (WIF 8) Full List of Wexner Israeli Alumni Initiatives Opening Song: Achot K’tana/Little Sister, by Moshe Peretz, (2017) Closing Song: Matanot K’tanot/Little Gifts, by Rami Kleinstein (2016) Orli Garti-Seroussi PowerPoint Moshe Keinan PowerPoint
Session 4 – Supporting Evacuated Communities, Amit David WIF 22 and Alit Wiel Shafran WIF 29 Full List of Wexner Israeli Alumni Initiatives Opening Song: I am filled with love (יש בי אהבה) by Arik Einstein Closing Song: Pink Glasses (משקפיים ורודות ) by Arik Einstein
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Nov 2023
Rays of Light: Session 3, Supporting Hospitals
Session 3 – Supporting Hospitals, Dr. Tamar Elram, WIF 22 and Dr. Shmulik Hirschmann, WSL 16 Full List of Wexner Israeli Alumni Initiatives Opening Song: Bridge Over Troubled Water (1970), Simon & Garfunkel Closing Song: Who By Fire? (Live in Austin, 1988), Leonard Cohen
Session 2 – Supporting Kibbutz Nir Oz, Sivan Lehavi WSL 23 and Havatzelet Yahel WIF 18 Full List of Wexner Israeli Alumni Initiatives Opening Song: “Anachnu Lo Tzrichim”/ We Don’t Need More Than This (2000), Shlomo Artzi Closing Song: “Yihieh Tov” / It Will Be Ok (2023), Yasmin Moallem
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Nov 2023
Rays of Light: Session 1, Post-Traumatic Care
Rays of Light Session 1: Post-Traumatic Care- Carmel Satinger WSL 16 & Keren Morag WIF 13 Full List of Wexner Israeli Alumni Initiatives All videos, resources, and PowerPoints shared in this session can be found below. Opening Song: Etzlenu Bagan/ In Our Kindergarten (2015), Shaylee Atary Video: Work being done with IMFA to support hospitals PowerPoint: Social Finance Israel Video: Partners in Fate – Arab citizens heroic rescue of Jews
Session 4: Thursday September 7, with Rabbi Shai Held (WGF/DS 7) – “Turning Suffering into Love: The Torah’s Revolutionary Mandate” Author, President and Dean of the Hadar Institute. You can find the source sheet used in this video here.
Session 3: Thursday August 31, with Rabbi David Ingber (WHP Faculty) – “The Path of Compassion: Making Space for Divine and Human Tears” Founding rabbi of Romemu Synagogue and Romemu Yeshiva in NYC, and Senior Director of Jewish Life and the Bronfman Center at 92Y (92nd Street Y). You can find the source sheet used in this video here.
