Thanks to the first year students of the Medical School for International Health, a joint program of Columbia University and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, for visiting with us last week. They toured Sarab: Strings of Change, met with our Masa Bedouin Coexistence Fellow, and heard a lecture about Bedouin society and public health in Rahat. We look forward to […]
SMLXL Halfway to Nowhere Halfway through my “find yourself” experience, I found myself visiting the city of Jerusalem where, unfortunately, I did everything but find myself. Jerusalem is the only city in the world where multiple religions find significant holiness and the only city in the world where I felt uncomfortable for not being Jewish […]
February 4, 2015 – The End of My First Month Volunteering So much time has passed so quickly. I am more settled into the school now and have a semi-routine. We learn some, but for me a big part of my day is spent just having fun with the kids and enjoying our time. I […]
Thanks to the “Baltimore Jewish Times” and journalist Melissa Gerr for featuring A New Dawn in the Negev and our founder and executive director, Jamal Alkirnawi, in their recent article, “Negotiating the Negev.” SMLXL SLXLM Focus on Bedouin Youth – A New Dawn creates opportunity for young at-risk population Jamal Alkirnawi, 35, grew up in the Negev’s […]
A New Cause, “A New Dawn” Meet Danielle Myers, a Masa Israel Teaching Fellow who volunteers with A New Dawn in the Negev. This is her first blog entry. (Danielle is pictured below, third from the right.) SMLXL “Yes, the White Girl Wanted to Go to Rahat” I couldn’t say exactly what made me so apprehensive […]
SMLXL Last week we enjoyed a field trip, touring the Negev with the Jewish National Fund. The trip focused on Israeli innovations and Jewish community support of Israel and one another. Pictured here is one of our volunteers, Masa Bedouin Coexistence Fellows, Cody Merrick. A highlight of the tour was visiting #Sderot’s indoor playground, which is 100% fortified, enabling the […]
January 20, 2015 – Cody starts volunteering. First Day in Beer Sheva and on-hands with A New Dawn in the Negev Getting to Know Beer Sheva – The best word I can use to describe Be’er Sheva is “in-progress”. There is construction and revitalization everywhere, especially because of the growing student population. [Photo: See how many […]
January 18, 2015 – Cody arrives in Israel and makes his way to Beer Sheva. Arrival To Be’er Sheva On January 5th, I met with my program coordinator in Jerusalem. After a short bus ride, we arrived in Beer Sheva and I settled into my housing. I was very surprised, that some type of […]
January 2015 – A New Dawn in the Negev welcomes Cody Merrick of San Antonio, Texas as our new fellow this winter. Cody is a third year student of Global Affairs at the University of Texas-San Antonio. He joins us as a Masa Bedouin Coexistence Fellow. During his volunteering, Cody will be learning Hebrew and […]
It’s been some time since the last blog post and after all the Jewish holidays it seems like a lot of things that has been in the stage of planning is now really happening. This is of course exiting but in the same time scary and challenging. I’m also starting to see the end of […]
