Volunteering

A guiding light of hope with broken hearts

Lt. Col (res.) Irit Oren Gunders is awarded the 2026 Israel Prize for Lifetime Achievement

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, IN COLLABORATION WITH OR L'MISHPACHOT
Or L'Mishpachot organization 2025
20 years of doing good: Good Deeds Day initiator Shari Arison volunteers for people with special needs in Miami

International Good Deeds Day: 115 countries, millions of participants, sparked by 1 woman’s drive

Good Deeds Day continues to expand worldwide as the peak event of year-round doing good and volunteer activities, with hundreds of thousands of projects and millions of participants. 

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, IN COLLABORATION WITH RUACH TOVA ASSOCIATION
Tenufa Bakehila worker making shelter safe and accessible

When there is nowhere safe to run

Tenufa Bakehila is racing to repair unsafe shelters across Israel as rockets fall.

|ByGILA STAUM-SEEMAN
Rezvani enjoys his volunteer activities at Eitanim.

From Iran to Israel: An Iranian volunteer’s unlikely stand in wartime

Mehran Rezvani, who grew up in Iran during the Islamic Revolution, has become a devoted supporter and volunteer for Israel.

|ByALAN ROSENBAUM

United in good: Israel's celebration of Good Deeds Day 2025

Thousands of Israelis from all walks of life united in volunteer projects across the country, embodying this year's themes of "Feels Good to Do Good" and "United in Good."

MARCH 24, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Good Deeds Day from the Arison Group.

DLA Piper holds sessions supporting disabled children, war veterans in hospitals during Purim

DLA Piper volunteers brought games, face and body paint, costumes, arts and crafts, and food, hosting a Purim party for children.

MARCH 17, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
DLA Piper volunteers helping bring holiday joy during Purim.

Purim Shpiel: Revealed: The secret unicorn squadron behind Israel’s air superiority - interview

Purim Shpiel: The following is a satirical article from The Jerusalem Post's annual parodic Purim page, The Jerusalem Roast. Enjoy!

MARCH 14, 2025ByYONACORN JEREMY BOB
Gavin 'the grumpy' unicorn leading the unicorn squadron volunteering for Israeli Air Force operations.

Stitching hope: Quilts provide solace for Be'eri massacre survivors

Israelis rallied in record numbers to volunteer in support of survivors of the Hamas atrocities and the soldiers battling terror.

MARCH 2, 2025ByYAKIR FELDMAN
PROJECT COORDINATOR Gail Solomon displays a vividly detailed bucolic-themed quilt.

Unwanted duties: Why I keep saying yes when I want to say no - comment

Some people are natural leaders and step up. Others don't. I'm of the latter.

MARCH 1, 2025ByHERB KEINON

British occupational therapist answers Israel’s call, inspired by grandfather’s wartime legacy

British occupational therapist Samantha Cox volunteers at an Israeli rehab center, inspired by her grandfather’s heroism in liberating a Nazi camp and supporting Jewish survival in Mandate Palestine.

FEBRUARY 17, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Samantha Cox

How to join the IDF at (almost) any age and stage

I could hardly keep myself from jumping up and down when an IDF spokesperson named Shira offered to try to find some units that could use my unique talents.

FEBRUARY 16, 2025ByJUDITH SEGALOFF
Judith Segaloff is seen packing boxes for the IDF.

ZAKA volunteer, Rabbi Moshe Halevi, who handled 1,200 October 7 victims, has died

Halevi had been volunteering with ZAKA for more than 20 years in various units and served as the deputy of Eran Kozachi in managing Camp Shura.

FEBRUARY 11, 2025ByMAARIV
Rabbi Moshe Halevi

Hebrew Scouts Movement leaders praise scouting youth for wartime activism

Hebrew Scouts Movement leadership spoke about how the young boys and girls of the movement took action following the October 7 massacre.

JANUARY 29, 2025ByROY SCHLISSMAN
A panel at the annual Hebrew Scouts Movement of Israel conference in Eilat.

Breaking the bystander effect: Lessons from Israel’s volunteer spirit - opinion

ABOVE THE FOLD: That spirit of volunteerism should be a model not just for Jews the world over, but for the whole world.

JANUARY 14, 2025ByMICAH HALPERN
A WOMAN protests against Daniel Penny outside Manhattan Criminal Court last month. The prosecution dropped the manslaughter charge and found Penny not guilty of the second charge of negligent homicide. Yet the message that was sent out to New Yorkers was ‘don’t get involved,’ says the writer.