Since 2006, Chaim BePlus, a nonprofit organization, has been teaching courses in personal financial management to thousands of young people all over Israel. They have recruited college students and trained them to be financial mentors, who are helping particularly disadvantaged students to manage their personal finances correctly.

A beautiful venue, a newly renovated hall run as a family project for multi purposes, is ideally being used for ESRA’S bi-weekly lecture series in Netanya

There are 10,000 children in Israel between the ages of 5 to 18 who have been transferred from their families to foster homes or residential group homes, to rescue them from abuse, cruelty and other problematic environments. In They Deserve a Chance, Lynette Karp explains how the public can help Yeladim-Fair Chance for Children, a nonprofit organization, devoted to giving these kids a chance.

The influence of the English speaking community is well-known. One exceptional and important sphere it has made its mark is in the field of education. The Anglo influence: The TALI School in Raanana is the brainchild of Hannah and David Schwartz. Carol Novis describes how their efforts and determination reached fruition.

Bucking the Trends: Bringing Back the Israeli Brain paints a gloomy picture of Israel’s educational system. Pamela Peled describes the worrying situation wherein Israel is at the bottom of the list among relevant OECD countries and how it can be reversed.

A unique project in Sderot run by teenagers to help younger students needs help. They are looking for English speakers to help them at the summer camp they are organising.

In the early 1990’s many programmes were opened to help the youngsters who had made Alyah from the former Soviet Union. A club was opened in Azorim in South Netanya and is still running very successfully with the encouragement and financial support of ESRA

Learning Hebrew as an adult can be intimidating. However, Leonore Hahn found a solution which helped overcome her trepidation - Pimsleur Foreign Language Approach in CD’s. She shares her experience in Hassling with Hebrew.