National service israel

The war for Israel’s home

HaBithonistim chairman Erez Winner calls for a return to decisive victory, a larger and more self-reliant IDF, and national service for all Israelis

|ByALAN ROSENBAUM, IN COLLABORATION WITH HABITHONISTIM
Erez Winner, chairman of HaBithchonistim
Saray Shriki, 19, who grew up in a youth facility, is volunteering with the Israel Prison Service through a national service track for at-risk youth.

Daughter of former prisoners now serves in Israel Prison Service uniform to support at-risk youth

Saray Shriki, 19, who grew up in a youth facility, is volunteering with the Israel Prison Service through a national service track for at-risk youth.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Arab students at a school in Beit Hanina, Jerusalem, January 17, 2023; illustrative.

Supermajority of Israeli Arab students support non-security-linked national service, study finds

A new study reveals that 75% of Israeli Arab 12th-grade students support volunteering for non-security national service. There is also strong backing for Arab parties joining the next coalition.

|ByJAMES GENN
Diaspora volunteers in Israel’s national service program help families displaced by Iran war. Shalem Bat Ami volunteer with displaced families.

Diaspora volunteers in Israel’s national service program help families displaced by Iran war

Volunteers from Jewish communities abroad serving in Israel’s national civilian service program took on emergency roles helping displaced families and children after the war with Iran.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

For immigrants, too

National service paves a road to social integration

AUGUST 30, 2018ByTAL HARRIS
National Service volunteers ceremony at the president residence

President Rivlin honors National Service volunteers

The President emphasized that there are National Service volunteers working in every department of his office. “We would not be able to function without them,” he said.

MAY 28, 2018ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
National Service volunteers ceremony at the president residence

A year in their lives

Known in Hebrew as “shnat sherut” – a one-year voluntary service program – the first letter of each word, Shin, becomes the acronym shin-shin, the plural of which is shinshinim.

JULY 27, 2017ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
PARTICIPANTS IN the one-year voluntary service program (‘shnat sherut’) attend a ceremony at the President’s Residence yesterday

Civilian National Service finally gains recognition – 4 decades on

Minister wants program accorded status parallel to that of IDF.

MAY 14, 2017ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
PRESIDENT REUVEN RIVLIN smiles alongside outstanding Civilian National Service volunteers at his official residence in the capital yesterday

What the Experience of my Daughter in the Israeli Army can teach American Society

MARCH 2, 2017ByDOVID BEN-MEIR
The Jerusalem Post

Top National Security Council official named in corruption probe

Bar-Yosef served as deputy head of the National Security Council from 2009 to 2015, and before that was director of the Knesset’s Defense and Foreign Affairs Committee.

NOVEMBER 17, 2016ByELIYAHU KAMISHER
Avriel Bar-Yosef

Bill would cancel national service volunteers for foreign government-funded NGOs

There are 25 such NGOs registered in Israel, five of which have a total of 12 volunteers doing national service.

AUGUST 30, 2016ByLAHAV HARKOV
MK Amir Ohana

Three times as many Arabs as Haredim volunteer for national service

AUGUST 7, 2016ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
Rivlin meets with Arab volunteers in national civil service at his residence in Jerusalem earlier this month.

Breakthrough program to enable Arab youth to serve communities may become national model

Project is designed for Arab youth ages 18-21 who want to volunteer in their communities in educational institutions and social services 4 days a week for at total of 30 hours, plus training.

DECEMBER 16, 2015ByARIEL BEN SOLOMON
ISRAELI ARABS attend the Abraham Fund’s national service launch event in Kalansuwa last week

Deputy A-G: Withdrawal of national service slots is unlawful

MK Ariel undeterred, vows to regulate the matter.

JUNE 25, 2015ByHAYAH GOLDLIST-EICHLER
Uri Ariel