On a Sunday evening, November 3rd, Hannah and Allen King hosted an annual event dedicated to Dror Israel for the East Bay Jewish community. In previous years such events have been coordinated in warm partnership with the East Bay Jewish Federation. However, in light of structural changes that the organization is currently undergoing, the event was made possible this year thanks to the deep friendship of two important partners and their families to Dror Israel and the Akko Edu

Between the 14th and 26th of February, Zohar Avigdori and Roei Tau visited the West Coast of the US, where they spent time with friends and partners of the Akko Educators’ Kibbutz from the Jewish communities of the East Bay, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Orange County and Seattle. Roei and Zohar set out with the goal of bringing the campaign to purchase a permanent building for the Akko Educators’ Kibbutz closer to the end zone. The project is now funded 95% to completion with

Mirit Sulema, Coordinator of the Akko Educators’ Kibbutz and Gilad Perry, Director of International Partnerships at Dror Israel, visited the UK in early July at the invitation of the United Jewish Israel Appeal (UJIA) – the UK’s largest Israel-focused Jewish charitable organization. Below, Mirit writes of her experience there. We were invited by our partners in the UJIA to visit London to raise resources for the establishment of a permanent home for the Akko Educators’ Kibbut

We’re on the way As this post goes live, the three of us, members of the Dror Israel delegation to the US (Gilad Perry, Tamara Ben Shalom, and Shraga Eli Stern) will already be in the air. We decided to set out on another delegation in order to continue to get to know and establish further links with Jewish communities in the US and to tell the story of Dror Israel and our flagship project in Akko: The Akko Educators’ Kibbutz. When possible, we always prefer the face to face

At the end of November 5 members of Dror Israel flew to the Jewish Federations of North America's General Assembly (GA). At the end of the conference, Roei Tau wrote: "This was the fifth time I've participated in the GA of the Jewish Federations of North America. I look forward to this gathering, which is an opportunity to meet many people and partners from North America. At the GA, questions were raised regarding North American Jewry's agenda: the connection to Israel, engag

Preparations are underway for Mirit, coordinator of the Akko Educators’ Kibbutz, and Roei, a member of the Dror Israel resource development team, to attend the General Assembly conference in Los Angeles. They will also take the opportunity to visit San Diego, San Francisco and the Bay Area. We are still working on the itinerary for the trip. If you would like a visit, or can host a parlor meeting, please let us know. We are particularly looking forward to sharing news about o