National service israel

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.

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.
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

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

 A soldier stands guard and defends the Sderot MDA station on October 7

Maryland to MDA: How an oleh found his place on Israel’s front lines


Key to changing next Israeli government: Communication with haredim

Until now, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been the only option for the haredi parties.

A YOUNG MAN enters an army recruiting center in Jerusalem.

For the first time ever, non-citizens will be able to do National Service

Previously, only those with Israeli citizenship could apply for National Service positions.

Current Lone National Service Volunteers helped by ‘Ori' program.

Mossad, Shabak: New cyber warfare training for national service girls

The "take-off" program has been running for several years, providing software engineering students with additional training in the cyber field

Employees, mostly veterans of military computing units, use keyboards as they work at a cyber hotline facility at Israel's Computer Emergency Response Centre (CERT) in Beersheba, southern Israel

Corona crisis an opportunity for National Service

Some good things have emerged in Israeli society during this period, including countless cases of people giving assistance, volunteering and sharing mutual responsibilities.

Volunteers deliver food to elderly people in Ramla in March

Gantz alludes to broader legislation for national service

“We will not wait for enlistment rates to decline further… all Israeli citizens will need to be somewhere in the puzzle of this model,” Gantz said.

Blue and White leader and Alternate Prime Minister Benny Gantz speaks at a Blue and White faction meeting, May 27, 2020

Jewish, Arab, Druze youth to commemorate Holocaust together in Yad Vashem

The event's goal is to create solidarity among all groups within Israeli society, using the memory of the Holocaust as a link to create empathy and tolerance.

A Jewish woman and a Muslim one hugging in the Ramallah Muqata'a

Nefesh B’Nefesh launches ‘Ori’ to assist Lone National Service Volunteers

‘Ori’ - Hebrew for 'my light' - provides Lone female volunteers with guidance, support, social programming, advocacy, a help desk and crisis support.

Current Lone National Service Volunteers helped by ‘Ori' program.

Thousands sing and cry in march for Ori Ansbacher

The organizers of the march called the event “A City Wrapped in Light,” in reference to her first name, which means light.

The march for Ori Ansbacher.

Torah study as national service – a proposal for a new track

The time has come for Israel to take an honest look at reality and to rethink ways of finding creative solutions that can realistically resolve this historically painful issue.

TIME FOR a ‘Torah study track’ as national service.

For immigrants, too

National service paves a road to social integration

National Service volunteers ceremony at the president residence