American Yedidim

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Causes: Big Brothers & Big Sisters, Children & Youth, Family Services for Adolescent Parents, Judaism, Religion

Mission: 1) Igniting hope in the hearts of Anglo youth in Israel who face setbacks and difficult challenges. 2) Offering professionally trained mentors to promote positive identity, serve as role models, improve cognitive skills and enhance youths' social and emotional well-being. 3) Creating a circle of support between youth, family members, educators and mental health professionals. 4) Preventing destructive behavior and stemming the high drop-out rate among Anglo youth in Israel. 5) Empowering parents to raise well-adjusted, happy and successful children.

Community Stories

5 Stories from Volunteers, Donors & Supporters

Av-H, Client Served

Rating: 5

06/05/2018

Yedidim has been and continues to be a blessing for our family. Two years ago our son was struggling with his grades and self-confidence. We met the caring and professional staff at Yedidim and they assigned a sensitive, refined, and fun mentor. This year our son has remained motivated and happy and this is reflected in his consistently high grades. Recently a teenage son who had been doing very well began to falter. We contacted Yedidim's Parental Guidance Department and the response has been invaluable to us and our son.We just happily enrolled our next son in the mentoring program were we received the same one of a kind professional and human response. I feel the Anglo community In Israel is blessed to have Yedidim, enriching the lives of our children.

Comments ( 1 )

Adelman 06/05/2018 Thanks so much for the great feedback! We are delighted to be able to help!

yedst Client Served

Rating: 4

07/08/2020

Yedidim has been here for me and my family from the start of my tough situation and till now.
Offering experienced mentors for the children, professional advice and emotional support through the hardest times and never made me feel like they cant help due to funding or other reasons.
It is very comforting and helpful to know I have someone who really cares!

Thank you Yedidim,
S.T.

cakemom4 Client Served

Rating: 5

07/05/2020

Yedidim has helped us tremendously on our aliyah journey! When we came for our pilot trip, one of the primary things we had come to look into were schools for our children. I met with Shana at the Yedidim office and she has been nothing less than incredibly helpful. She took the time to learn about me and my family, which schools might best suit us, provided me detailed information about those schools, contact information for each, and even offered to help me contact them! Even after this initial stage, she has followed up with me more than once, asking if I can still use her assistance in any way and providing resources and guidance when we needed more clarity. Shana has been an invaluable resource to us in this crucial step of aliyah and was an absolute pleasure to deal with. I cannot recomend Yedidim enough for those who need help navigating the school aspect of aliyah!

-Chaya

sureled Client Served

Rating: 5

07/05/2020

A big thank you to Yedidim.I have been part of the subsidized support group for single mums. It really kept me going these last few months esepecially throughout the Corona period. We began Erev Pesach and have been going strong right through til now 5 July 2020. Shana Pogrow who is the moderator of our group runs the group with the highest professionalism that is possible. May Yedidim be blessed to continue their vital work.
I also enjoyed the parenting zoom session they put on for the English speaking community and just wish for a lot more of Yedidim has to offer.

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shaic Client Served

Rating: 5

05/16/2018

We can to Israel from South Africa. Coming from a very different school system and society, it was a big challenge for my son to integrate into his new school in Israel. Via Yedidim we received a mentor who made this integration possible. We have no words to thank Yedidim and their amazing staff.

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Adelman 06/03/2018

Thank you for your kind words!!

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