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American-born social-worker Caryn Green, Director of Crossroads Jerusalem, was recently in Livingston, NJ, where she addressed a parlor meeting about the often unknown dangers confronting American Youth studying in Israel. Crossroads, founded in 2001, is Jerusalem’s only organization dedicated to assisting at-risk youth from English-speaking homes. According to Green, in recent years the number of […]
Outside Press
Helping At-Risk Youth
January 20, 2008 – 11:31 am
From the Streets of Jerusalem, With Hope
January 16, 2008 – 3:57 pm
By Jeremy Wimpfheimer
David (name changed to protect identity) distinctly recalls the moment he took his last hit of cocaine. Deep inside the stuffy confines of an Israeli prison in the unrelenting heat of the Negev, a fellow inmate and hard-core user gestured to him to take a hit of the pipe he was […]
Crossroads Comedy: Raising Funds to Help English Speaking Youth at Risk
January 16, 2008 – 11:06 am
Young Judaea Alumni Newsletter
December 2007/Tevet 5768
The Crossroads center is often associated with the more intense parts of life, however; through our comedy shows, we connect ourselves to the most important type of medicine- laughter. When people think of Crossroads it puts a smile on their faces. -Caryn Green (TY ‘84-’88, YC ‘88-’89), Founder […]
Wurzweiler School of Social Work Marks 50 Years Since Founding: Focus on a YU/Wurzweiler alumna in Israel: Caryn Green
January 16, 2008 – 10:40 am
written by Joel Katz, IRAC
This year, YU’s Wurzweiler School of Social Work (WSSW) is celebrating fifty years of educating students. Since its inception, Wurzweiler graduates have been making impressive contributions to improve the lives of vulnerable populations and strengthening communities throughout the world. Wurzweiler is the only graduate social work education program in the US […]
American Comedians Stand-Up For Israeli Benefit
July 1, 2007 – 12:00 pm
IsraelNationalNews.com: “American Comedians Stand-Up For Israeli Benefit”
by Ezra HaLevi
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 […]
Comic Relief, Israel-Style
July 1, 2007 – 11:12 am
Comic Relief, Israel-Style
by Judy Lash Balint
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 […]
Comedy at a Crossroads
June 25, 2007 – 12:53 pm
Jerusalem Post, “Arts & Entertainment,” 25 June 2007: “Comedy at a Crossroads”
by Alissa Gold
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 […]
This is What Our Volunteer Has to Say
June 6, 2007 – 11:25 am
[First is the Crossroads-centered excerpt; below is the full article by Shirah Rosin, a 2006-07 Center volunteer.]
“…[F]or 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 […]
Jerusalem Post Response #2
May 28, 2007 – 10:33 am
[Lightly edited for privacy, accuracy, and punctuation.]
Jerusalem Post, Up Front, 25 May 2007: “Letters”
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 […]
Jerusalem Post Response #1
May 28, 2007 – 10:31 am
[Lightly edited for privacy, accuracy, and punctuation.]
Jerusalem Post, Up Front, 18 May 2007: “Letters”
Sir, -There was a significant omission in Larry Derfner’s “Lost Generation” (Cover story, May 11). Nowhere did he mention the high number of adolescents who turn to drugs, alcohol and the streets as a result of sexual abuse (see Paul Slier’s In […]
Jerusalem Post Article (Notice Anything Missing?)
May 28, 2007 – 10:19 am
The Jerusalem Post, Up Front, 11 May 2007: “Lost Generation,”
by Larry Derfner
It is a chilly, late Thursday night in downtown Jerusalem, and the mood among the teenage runaways hanging out there isn’t as weightless as usual. Recently there has been a run of tragedies. Between mid-February and early March, three young street people in the […]
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