Two students from WIZO Nahalal youth village, Alex and Morad, were selected to participate in the four-day Ride for the Living in Poland this week as part of the village’s Bartali riding program. Ride for the Living brings hundreds of bike riders from around the world together to ride 96 kilometers from the darkness of … Read more
Gilla Liberman has devoted over 40 years to WIZO and said she is “honoured” to have been recognised with a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for her significant service to the Jewish Community and to women. Her Immediate reaction was shock, and told The Jewish News the award feels like vindication for the … Read more
From World WIZO Chairperson Anita Friedman Dear chaverot, Nearly two years ago, I reported to you on a dramatic achievement for WIZO: legislation initiated and intensely lobbied for by us, WIZO’s Equal Pay for Women and Men Bill, was passed into law by the Knesset. The law obligates employers with large work forces to publish an annual report detailing … Read more
Festival of Weeks (Chag HaShavuot)…Festival of the Harvest (Chag Ha-Katzir)… Day of the First Fruits (Yom Ha-Bikkurim)… but Festival of Women? Shavuot has many names and traditions. One of them is reading Megillat Ruth, a rich text that explores the role of women in Judaism and in society. Ruth’s courage turns the catastrophic famine and … Read more
The days, weeks and months go by, and the war in Ukraine goes on, wreaking death, suffering and destruction on an enormous scale. And here in WIZO, we continue to do our part to embrace young Ukrainians escaping the inferno, taking them into our home, and providing refuge, care and education in our youth villages … Read more
We are deeply proud to share the news that Maya Etzion, a 12th grade student in WIZO Nahalal, is this year’s champion of the prestigious annual Technion Biotechnology Olympics. Competing with hundreds of contestants from the best high schools around Israel, Maya earned her gold medal with an outstanding research paper based on experiments she … Read more
Recently, WIZO Tova member Robyn Kosmin came across a Facebook post which mentioned the Ukrainian students currently living at WIZO Nahalal. Robyn contacted Board Member Rony Bognar OAM and gave her own family history on the true pioneers of WIZO Nahalal,”(Moshav Nahalal) who were her beloved grandparents, Avraham and Esther Machlin. WIZO Nahalal is in … Read more
Because of pandemic surge, the Taboola internet marketing company had to cancel its New Years celebrations, but turned their misfortune to joy by donating all the food it had ordered to the women and children taking part in WIZO’s “Safety Net” program in WIZO Israel centers in Hadera, Kiryat Yam and Carmiel. WIZO’s Safety Net … Read more
WIZO Nahalal Youth Village is participating in a unique educational cycling program operated by Bartali –Youth in Movement, an NGO named in commemoration of “The Righteous Among Nations” Gino Bartali, the Italian cycling legend and only athlete to win the Giro d’Italia and the Tour de France, before and after WWII. During the war, Bartali … Read more
Bar Mitzvah celebrations were held yesterday for Ahuzat Yeladim students. Congratulations to our young men. Such pride! The children at WIZO Australia’s Ahuzat Yeladim in Haifa are faced with many challenges and a difficult reality. We are here to provide them with equal opportunities. These moments, when they look like all other children who have … Read more
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