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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


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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

MK Amir Ohana

Three times as many Arabs as Haredim volunteer for national service

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.

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.

Uri Ariel

From high school to the home front

As the title implies, the story does more than scratch the surface; we follow the soldiers when they go home to their worried families and undergo questioning from their friends.

Beneath the Helmet: From High School to the Homefront