"You have reached Dan Yemin. I am not able to answer my phone right now. If I don't call back in 10 minutes, then my cell phone is out of service range. If there is a life threatening emergency, call ...

One of the notorious ways that overwrought Israeli parents get unruly kids into line is by threatening to send them to a pnimia — a boarding school. For Israelis, “boarding school” carries the ...

Surafil Alamo moved his tassel from right to left. The phrase tikkun olam, or repair the world, played over in his head. He felt prepared to say goodbye to high school and step forward into the next ...

The staff at Yemin Orde Youth Village in northern Israel is delighted: It’s raining, and the children are getting drenched coming back from school. Many children in Israel’s residential facilities ...

Yemin Orde Youth Village has been sitting atop Mount Carmel in northern Israel since 1953 where it has continuously been a safe haven, a school and a home for thousands of disadvantaged and at-risk ...