Darkaynu: Marathons, Madrichim and More By JLNJ Staff | March 09, 2023 The Jerusalem Marathon is taking place March 17 and students from the Elaine and Norm Brodsky Darkaynu Program will be among the thousands of participants running this year. Darkaynu is not your average Israel gap-year program. Established at the Ohr Torah Stone educational …
Friendship: The Holy Grail of relationships – opinion When we think of friendships and their significance, it has to be the similarities that take center stage, creating an environment that doesn’t require inclusion in the first place. Avi Ganz | Febuary 21, 2023 Different versions of the above quote have been attributed to French playwright …
From Battle Explosions to Hanukkah Lights Arutz 14 | December 19, 2022 For months, the entire world was riveted to the battles waged between Russia and Ukraine, but gradually the drawn-out fighting and a busy global agenda has pushed the war out of the headlines. Yet for the Ukrainian nation and the refugees who have …
Why are we still so uncomfortable with disability? – opinion Let’s acknowledge that disability is the largest minority group on this planet and that people with disabilities, like all minorities, are just people. Avi Ganz | December 02, 2022 The joke goes that a fellow walks into a bar and sees one of the patrons …
Gap year in Israel for people with disabilities offers normalcy The unique thing about Darkaynu is that there is no pomp and circumstance,” said Avi Ganz, director of the Darkaynu program for men in Gush Etzion. Howard Blas | 29 November, 2022 Thanks to Darkaynu, young men and women with disabilities can spend a gap …
In honor of Parshat Chayei Sarah, students in the Elaine and Norm Midreshet Darkaynu Program visited Mearat Hamachpela – the Cave of the Patriarchs. Like thousands of other young women and men, they were happy and inspired to be able to enter, especially after being prevented from doing so by corona in years past. But …
Youth with disabilities embark on an accessible gap year to Israel This week, 29 students from around the globe arrived in Israel to begin their year in the Jewish state through Darkaynu, making it the largest cohort since the group’s founding. Jerusalem Post Staff | October 27, 2022 The opportunity to spend a gap year in …
Ukrainian special-needs orphan finds safety in Israel 22-year-old Ukrainian orphan with special needs flees to Israel, is welcomed as the latest member of Ohr Torah Stone’s Darkaynu program. Israel National News | May 19, 2022 Among the thousands of Ukrainian refugees who have fled their war-stricken hometowns for new lives in Israel are countless stories …
On their way to independence with Darkaynu Young adults with special needs learn basic skills for independent living, gaining confidence in themselves and their own abilities. Israel National News | March 29, 2022 In a modest apartment in the town of Alon Shvut outside of Jerusalem, a group of young men are enjoying the experience …
When differences aren’t different enough…Avi Ganz | The Times Of Israel Blogs | 21/3/22 Syndrome /ˈsɪndrəʊm/nouna group of symptoms which consistently occur together, or a condition characterized by a set of associated symptoms. A syndrome is only sought out, studied, and defined when something …..or some things….are different. There are syndromes with which most are …
Once a week, students in the Elaine and Norm Brodsky Darkaynu Program perform chessed in a variety of frameworks within the community – volunteer work which is an important value to instill in all students, but especially empowering for these young adults with special needs who are used to so often being on the receiving …
Special needs students thrive in unique Israel gap year program Program lets participants seamlessly participate in activities where they can excel and build confidence and provides them with individualized attention when necessary. By JNS and ILH Staff, Oct 21, 2021 Twenty teens and young adults arrived this week from the US, Canada and England to …
