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Hundreds of teens in Carmiel and Rishon LeTzion recently took part in employment fairs organized by NOAL and Dror Israel, aimed at helping young people prepare for their first summer jobs.

Alongside opportunities to connect with local employers and prepare for job interviews, participants learned about their rights as workers, including fair wages, legal protections, and what to do if those rights are violated. Employers participating in the fairs committed to upholding these standards and providing fair working conditions for young employees.

For many teens, a summer job is their first experience in the workforce. By helping them understand their rights and connect with responsible employers, we are working to prevent exploitation and empower the next generation to enter the workplace with dignity and confidence.

A dream that began just three years ago has reached an exciting milestone.

Last week, 17 students became the first-ever graduating class of Dror Neve Midbar Eco-Technology High School, our vocational high school serving Bedouin youth in the Negev.

When the school opened in 2023, it set out to create new opportunities for young people from recognized and unrecognized Bedouin communities through innovative vocational training, project-based learning, and community leadership. Today, those first students are graduating with practical skills, professional training, and the tools to help shape the future of their communities.

We are incredibly proud of these pioneers and grateful to the families who placed their trust in a new educational vision. Congratulations to our graduates, the first of many to come!

After years of war, displacement, and repeated rocket attacks, the residents of Metula are doing more than rebuilding homes and businesses — they are rebuilding community.

Through social entrepreneurship programs, community storytelling projects, and local leadership initiatives, Dror Israel is supporting residents as they shape the future of Israel's northernmost town.

We are grateful to our partners at Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles for helping make this work possible. Their support allows us to stand alongside communities like Metula as they recover, reconnect, and move forward.

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Community Renewal on Israel's Northern Border Dror Israel educators have been working alongside Metula's residents to strengthen community life and support local initiatives that will help shape the town's future. Rather than focusing only on physical rebuilding, these efforts recognize that community resilience is built through relationships,....

After the murder of 21 year old Yemanu Zelka last month, participants from NOAL’s Hahoresh branch in Petah Tikva organized a rally against violence together with the municipality.

At a time of rising youth violence and deep social strain across Israel, these teenagers chose not to stay silent. Holding signs reading “The Change Starts With Us” and “We Are All Brothers,” they gathered to mourn, speak out, and call for a different reality.

Read more on our blog about how young people are choosing responsibility, solidarity, and action in a difficult moment for Israeli society >>

“We Will Not Stay Silent”: NOAL Youth Rally Against Violence in Memory of Yemanu Zelka Last month, the murder of 21 year old Yemanu Binyamin Zelka shocked Israeli society.Yemanu, an Ethiopian Israeli from Petah Tikva, was stabbed after asking a group of teenagers to stop spraying party foam inside the restaurant where he worked. He died of his wounds the following day. Nineteen minors...

At Dror Israel's Neveh Midbar Eco-Technology High School in the Negev, Bedouin teens are gaining far more than vocational training.

Through project-based learning, social pedagogy, and community engagement, students are developing practical skills, leadership, and a sense of responsibility toward strengthening their own communities.

From sustainable desert development to early childhood education training for Bedouin girls, the school is helping build opportunity and resilience from within.

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Building Opportunity in the Negev Through Bedouin Education When Neveh Midbar Eco-Technology High School opened in 2023 in Abu Kurinat near Arad, it was created to address a deep and urgent reality facing Bedouin youth in the Negev.Serving students from recognized and unrecognized Bedouin villages across the region, the school was founded in response to seve...

Last month, Dror Israel and NOAL organized a medic training course for young educators and youth leaders from across the country, including several young leaders from branches in Druze communities, who chose to take on the responsibility of lifesaving care during a deeply difficult time.

Completing the course during months of war and instability required commitment, calm under pressure, and a deep sense of responsibility toward others.

As one participant shared: “I’m proud to be part of a family [like the youth movement] that educates toward values, responsibility, and saving lives.”

We are incredibly proud of all the new medics who stepped forward to learn to care for their communities.

A conversation between Mati from Holon and Elisha from Sderot at a Dror Israel gathering earlier this year led to something much bigger: a meaningful encounter between two senior community groups living very different realities over the past two years.

Together they shared stories, toured the Gaza border region, and built new connections rooted in mutual responsibility and care.

Across Dror Israel’s Senior Community Network, thousands of older adults are strengthening community resilience the same way - through relationships, initiative, and the decision to continue showing up for one another.

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When Holon and Sderot Met - A Story of Friendship and Community At a national gathering of leaders from Dror Israel’s Senior Community Network earlier this year, Mati from Holon and Elisha from Sderot found themselves sitting together in conversation. They exchanged a few words the realities they had both been living through over the past two years. Before the...

Mazal tov to Yaron Krimka, a 12th grade student at Dror Israel’s High School in Carmiel, who received the Ministry of Education’s Elad Riven Award for Active and Outstanding Youth Leadership.

Yaron was recognized for years of meaningful social involvement — from founding and leading a local NOAL youth movement branch, to volunteering with elderly residents, mentoring younger students, and mobilizing for civic initiatives since the outbreak of the war.

His award is not only a personal achievement. It reflects the kind of education we believe in: helping young people take responsibility, strengthen their communities, and actively shape the society around them.

We are so proud of you, Yaron 💙

"Bros with Values"

Last weekend, teen boys from NOAL’s Hod HaSharon branch came together for a seminar focused on friendship, responsibility, and what it means to grow into manhood in Israel today.

At a time of rising violence across Israeli society, the seminar created space for honest conversations about masculinity, violence, and the responsibility they as men hold toward one another and towards society.

Alongside the serious conversations were soccer games, shared experiences, and plenty of laughter, a reminder that education begins with relationships, trust, and community.

Today, thousands of youth from HaNoar HaOved VeHaLomed (NOAL) take part in the “Bouquets for the Fallen” initiative, distributing flowers at no cost to bereaved families at 250 cemeteries across Israel. For 45 years, this has been a quiet but powerful expression of remembrance, connection, and responsibility. We stand alongside families in their most difficult moments and honor the lives of those who were lost.

For the young people who take part, this is not only about giving flowers. It is about learning the stories of the fallen, understanding the weight of loss carried by so many families, and choosing to show up with care and respect. Year after year, families arrive on this difficult day knowing that someone will be there to greet them, not just as ceremony, but as a genuine gesture.