From Chicago to Kiryat Shmona
Eve and Stuart Pinkert from Chicago visited the after school center named in their honor, in Kiryat Shmona Emotional visitAn emotional visit took place in mid-December at the Afikim after school center in Kiryat Shmona, when Eve and Stuart Pinkert and their extended family came from Chicago to visit Israel’s northern city. Vision and Connecting […]
A Meeting to Remember
It began like any other visit. The couple from Texas, Nissim and Rebecca Elbaz, walked around mingling quietly with the Afikim students. But it ended like no other visit. Nissim Elbaz asked if he might speak with the youth as a group. Eager to hear what he had to say, the students and staff gathered […]
Afikim’s students go north, east and west..
After days and nights of sirens and sleeping in shelters, Afikim arranged for its students in Kiryat Malachi to spend a day in the center of the country and enjoy a day full of surprises. Following a delicious breakfast, the children toured Israel from the North to the south in just three hours! A tour […]
From the desk of… Ruth Yardeni Katz
Reality, sadly, provides us with a grim picture of violence, distress, hunger and crime, and when this affects children the pain is even greater. The great educator, author and doctor, Janusz Korczak, who ran an orphanage in Warsaw from 1911 to 1942 and was deported together with his children to Treblinka, understood, in the most […]
Afikim B’Kef partners with YU Counterpoint Israel program
This summer, Afikim B’kef summer camp in Kiryat Malachi will be run in partnership with Counterpoint Israel. Counterpoint Israel is a service-learning model specially designed by Yeshiva University Center for the Jewish Future. From a pool of hundreds of students, Counterpoint Israel selects 12 YU students per Counterpoint Program. The Day Camps have two primary […]
Summer on the Roof – Shavuot Get-Together of Directors
Kobi Langlev, CEO the Israel Building Center Group, hosted a special Summer on the Roof evening at the Afikim offices located in Jerusalem. The event was attended by Yaakov Siso, entrepreneur and banker, Dafna Hochman, deputy CEO of Elad Residence Ltd., Guy Kosovski, CEO of She’av Rav Group, Dana Levy, marketing media personality and public relations advisor, Danny Yogev, owner […]
A Star is Born at Afikim
Following intense preparations, rehearsals, hard work and practice, Afikim children came well-prepared to a special talent show at the Zalman Aran school in Talpiot, Jerusalem. The evening featured moving and entertaining performances by the children and their parents: One girl sang her rendition of Yasmin, by Blue Elephant A duo of sweet girls danced to […]
Un Haredi muy agradable
Moshe Lefkowitz demostró que es posible ser Haredi (judío ultraortodoxo), trabajar día y noche, estar disponible para los demás, levantarse a la mañana y hacer que los sueños se conviertan en realidad; sembrar la esperanza en los niños y abrazar a las familias necesitadas, darles amor, escucharlos y darles las herramientas para triunfar.
Artist Michelle Katz Volunteers for the “Future Artists” Program at Afikim
Artist and painter Michelle Katz volunteers for the “Future Artists” program at Afikim, where she runs art workshops together with Afikim’s professional instructors. Michelle Katz claims that “Afikim children are creative and talented. They give me much more than I give them. They give warmth, love and loads of talent. Afikim accompanies the children and their […]
Good News from the North
Good and heart-warming news is arriving from Kiryat Shmona and the cold North – on the significant growth in numbers of children and families and the opening of additional classes for all new members. The northern branch has absorbed a group of counselor students from the adjacent Tel Chai College, and has introduced fresh activities, […]
