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Yalla, Habibi: How Teaching in Ras Ali and Khawaled Showed Me How to Be a Good Teacher and a Good Student by Sarah Davidson

“Why don’t you go somewhere a little more...different?” asked my friend from Birthright when I told him I wanted to spend a year teaching English in Israel. He was remembering the way we...

Samantha Alvarez

Meet Samantha Alvarez, our Teacher Spotlight of the week! Samantha is from Palo Alto, California and graduated from UC Berkeley with a Political Science degree with a concentration in...

Maayan Landy

Meet Maayan! Maayan is a Masa Israel Teaching Fellow at David Elazar in Bat Yam. Originally from Boston Massachusetts, Maayan studied at the University of Massachusetts Amherst receiving her degree in Kinesiology.

Samantha Alvarez

Samantha Alvarez

Meet Samantha Alvarez, our Teacher Spotlight of the week! Samantha is from Palo Alto, California and graduated from UC Berkeley with a Political...

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Maayan Landy

Maayan Landy

Meet Maayan! Maayan is a Masa Israel Teaching Fellow at David Elazar in Bat Yam. Originally from Boston Massachusetts, Maayan studied at the...

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Hayley Sacks

Hayley Sacks

Meet Hayley Sacks!  Hayley is a Masa Israel Teaching Fellow at Ras Ali in Haifa! She is originally from London, England and went to Keele...

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Mina Shirazi

Mina Shirazi

Mina  Shirazi is a Masa Israel Teaching Fellow at Yeshurun School in Rishon LeZion. Born in Indianapolis, Indiana, Mina received her Bachelor of...

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Ariana Sonsino

Ariana Sonsino

Introducing our first teacher spotlight of the year, Ariana Sonsino! Ariana is a Masa Israel Teaching Fellow at HaNassi school in Bat Yam. She is...

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