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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Jerusalem Post Article (Notice Anything Missing?)
May 28, 2007 – 10:19 am
Audio Interview with NBN
January 15, 2007 – 1:25 pm
Courtesy of Nefesh B’Nefesh, you can listen to a two-part interview with Crossroads Center director Caryn Green in which she discusses the special needs of Anglo teen olim.
Part 1
Part 2
Jerusalem Post: Tour De Funny
June 25, 2005 – 7:09 pm
by Jordan Roth
For the past few years, successful American Jewish comedian Avi Liberman has organized comedy tours throughout Israel with other American comedians, simply to make Anglo crowds laugh - despite what might be at times an unfunny
situation in the country.
Liberman returned to Israel this year with stand-ups Bruce Smirnoff, Dwayne Perkins, and Cathy Ladman […]
The Jewish Week: On Their Own And Using Drugs
January 28, 2005 – 7:04 pm
by Michele Chabin
For some U.S. students in yeshivas, Jerusalem can be a tempting place; last week’s arrests are shining a light on a taboo subject.
Jerusalem — When the parents of North American yeshiva students learning in Israel for the year visit their children, they often frequent the restaurants in Nahalat Shiva, a picturesque neighborhood just […]
Haaretz: Zion Square’s West Side Story
November 21, 2003 – 6:59 pm
By Daphna Berman
In Jerusalem, troubled English-speaking teens hang out in groups of their own, separated from native Israelis. The Crossroads NPO helps get them off the streets.
‘Zoe’ was three when his parents moved from Manchester to Israel, 13 when he first smoked Marijuana, 14 by the time he moved out of his parent’s home in […]
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