A childhood friendship has brought some of America’s top comedians to Israel in order to benefit a group working to help at-risk children of English-speaking immigrants. Thanking the crowd for causing the first sold-out show of the tour, Crossroads founder and director Caryn Green extolled the work that the organization does with at-risk English-speaking youth in Israel. “We seek them out, offer them a drug-free environment, help them find housing and jobs and graduate high school,” she said.
July 1, 2007 in Outside Press by admin
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Many kids of English-speaking immigrants get into trouble in Jerusalem–just hang around Zion Square at the beginning of the Ben Yehuda Street pedestrian mall after dark any night of the week and you’ll see them floating aimlessly, doing all the things that troubled teenagers do the world over. Caryn Green, a young American-born social worker, has made it her mission to reach out to help the kids and provide a safe alternative to the drugs and violence of street life. Six years ago she founded Crossroads, a program that provides counseling, case management, a resource center and a way for the kids to take the GED and get on with life.
July 1, 2007 in Outside Press by admin
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For four American comedians, the decision to fly to Israel to perform their stand-up routines was no joke. Gary Gulman of Dane Cook’s Tourgasm, Craig Robinson of NBC’s The Office, and professional comics Dwight Slade and Avi Liberman have now joined comedic forces to benefit Jerusalem’s Crossroads Center, an intervention program and community center targeting at-risk English-speaking teens.
June 25, 2007 in Outside Press by admin
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For the past nine months, I have been volunteering as a weekly counselor for an organization called Crossroads, a center for at-risk teens here in Jerusalem. Crossroads acts as a place of connections. Teens can come together and build a support network regardless of their differences that may exist outside the center. My volunteering time has allowed me to engage with and give to a population often neglected. They have taught me how critical community is at the very core. Community is built around its members, mutual respect and responsibility. As members of the Jewish community we have the responsibility to ensure this respect takes place.
May 31, 2007 in Outside Press by admin
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Sir, I commend Larry Derfner for his article “Lost Generation” (Up Front, May 11), which no doubt has heightened public awareness regarding a traditionally overlooked segment of Israeli society: at-risk youth. I also applaud his mention of Elem, one organization reaching out to street kids. However, I was surprised that he should cite Elem as Read more
May 25, 2007 in Outside Press by admin
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