Volunteer to talk May 9 about time at Israeli school
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. >> A member of the Temple Sinai community will talk May 9 about her experience volunteering at a school in Israel.
Jazlyn Hellman will talk about her time at the Bialek Rogozin School and working with the African refugee community, as well as her view of the current realities faced by refugees in Israel.
Her program will take place Tuesday, May 9 at 7 p.m. at Temple Sinai in Saratoga Springs.
A student at McGill University in Montreal, Canada, Jazlyn took a gap year from her studies to volunteer in Israel. She will use the academy award winning documentary “Strangers No More” to help lay out the picture of immigrant children coming from the most difficult of circumstances and the efforts to acculturate them to a new life in a new society, a news release said.
Bialik-Rogozin is a public school in the heart of Tel Aviv. Located in an area with refugee and immigrant families, the school welcomes students from 48 countries — Jews, Christians and Muslims alike.
“Jazlyn is an exceptional young woman who had the opportunity to spend a gap year learning and working in Israel and as a result is forever changed” Phyllis Wang, coordinator of Saratoga Jewish Community Arts, sponsor of the program, said in the release. “Her maturity, poise and social conscience gave her a sophisticated understanding of people, a gift she hopefully will use for ‘tikkkun olam’….to repair the world.”
A dessert reception will follow the film and discussion.
For information and reservations, call (518) 584 -8730, Ext. 2 or office@saratogasinai.org.