Kol Hanearim has an incredible community of founders, stakeholders, and committed volunteers who support our small (but mighty!) year-round and summer staff. From financial and technical operations to marketing, recruiting, engagement, and program development, we are grateful for our team and their commitment to nurturing our inspired grassroots organization.
Michael Reidler
Founder & Chairman
Talia Petashnick
Executive Director
Ezra Gontownik
President & Co-Founder
Alex Agus
CFO
Volunteer
Eddie Mattout
COO
Volunteer
Gabriel Low
Head of Advancement
Volunteer
Arielle Setton
Board of Trustees
Volunteer
James Goldberg
CMO
Volunteer
Rachel Gindi Best
Program Faciliator
Volunteer
Jacob Sternberg
Director of KH Yeshiva
Volunteer
Lilly Gontownik
Operations Manager
Volunteer
Rebecca Sichel
CTO
Volunteer
Sophia Alpert
Emunah Kol HaNearim
Partner
Rachel Bargad
Israel Development Leader
Summer Staff
Rav Yair HaLevi
Educational Director
Summer Staff
Tanya HaLevi
Program Director
Year-Round Staff
OUR PARTNERS
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For approximately 18,000 of Israel’s most vulnerable youth, a stable, safe, and loving childhood is not attainable in their home environments. Children most endangered by abuse, dysfunction, violence, and neglect are relocated to government-run Children's Homes (also known as Youth Villages or Mishpachtonim in Hebrew) for their protection.
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While each Home is unique, most offer professional services such as psychiatry, psychology, occupational therapy, social work, conventional and para-medical therapies, and education in addition to providing all the children's' daily and long-term needs.
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We support and amplify the crucial work of Children's Homes across Israel providing volunteer-lead extracurricular activities, camp, classes, mentorships, and more.
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HOME/YOUTH VILLAGE PARTNERS
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EMUNAH ACHUZAT SARA - BNEI BRAK
Achuzat Sara is a warm, supportive, year-round home for approximately 140 children, ages 6-18. Here, children have the opportunity to “smile and be educated” while growing up in a family environment with a sense of belonging. Achuzat Sara aims to help children develop self-confidence while growing, flourishing, and progressing towards a better future. The children are referred by the welfare authorities after having been removed from their homes in the belief that an out-of-home placement will be beneficial to them, both now and in the future.
NEVE AMIEL - SDE YAAKOV
Neve Amiel provides individualized educational-therapeutic practices with a focus on empowerment through the acquisition of life skills. Integrated programming helps children maximize their potential with vocational training, high school matriculation, integrated therapeutic intervention, intensive army service preparation, and a rich social involvement program that encourages volunteering in the community and giving back to others.
NEVE LANDY - EVEN SHMUEL
Neve Landy Emunah is a ​Children’s Village located in the southern region of Israel. Caring for religious children post-psychiatric hospitalization, the village is supervised by the Ministry of Social Affairs is home for approximately 80 boys aged 6-19. Neve Landy Emunah believes in the unique ability of each child and his/her fundamental right to optimal conditions for development.
EMUNAH NEVE MICHAEL - PARDES CHANA
Neve Michael cares for children, ages 4-18, from all over Israel.
Currently, they are the only multi-disciplinary children’s home in the country providing refuge and loving home to over 250 at-risk youth. Neve Michael has a 24-hour Emergency Crisis Center for girls and young women, an on-campus elementary school, a community center that serves disadvantaged children in the area, a therapy enrichment center tailored to meet the individual needs of the children, and an external crisis center/therapy counseling unit which helps keep families units intact, even under the most trying circumstances.
EMUNAH SARAH HERZOG - AFULA
Originally established in 1949 to provide a haven for young Holocaust survivors, The Emunah Sarah Herzog Children's Center is an oasis of caring, serenity, and stability for some of Israel’s most vulnerable children. The Center is located in Afula and serves 180 children at risk with both residential and after-school therapeutic daycare facilities.
TAPLIOT COMMUNITY FOR ITS CHILDREN - HADERA
Talpiot's mission is to reduce the number of at-risk children and youth / prevent risk situations among distressed families in the Hadera area. The center provides a comprehensive spectrum of community-oriented programs and manages Home for children aged 5-16 with residential/non-residential therapeutic facilities and offers outreach programs throughout the region.