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Helpdesk in Israel:
Servas Israel welcomes travellers arriving from all
over the world
Servas Israel - History
• 1966 : Servas Israel was established by Benjamin Yeremias, from Nahariya
• 2000 : an executive committee was established to centralize and manage all volunteer activities
• 2010 : nearly 300 hosts in Israel
Highlights of Hosting in Israel
We wish to:
• Introduce our guests to our colorful culture / customs / traditions / food
• Create an experience which satisfies our guests’ goal to :– understand Israel’s melting pot– variedness of the Israeli society
• And help our hosts meet and create meaningful communication with people from afar
• North - Galilee and Golan area
• Center north – Hasharon area
• Center – Tel-Aviv and Dan area
• Center east – Jerusalem area
• South – Negev
• Palestinian Authority – listed in Jerusalem area until they establish their own Servas organization.
Jerusalem
Israel areas
JaffaTel AvivNegev
Who are Servas Israel members• Members from cities, villages, moshav, kibbutz• Religious and non-religious• Jews, Arabs, Christians, Muslims,
Druzes, Bedouins
Servas Israel is trying to be a melting pot and to facilitate the communication between various populations in Israel
Tel Aviv
Galil
NahalalKibbutz Beeri
We believe that:• Servas at home = Education for
tolerance and peace• Servas = way of life• Servas = know how to accept and
coexist with the other and the different
Social activities• Social area meeting at least once a year in
each area, usually before the Jewish New Year and other holidays
• Country assembly at least once a year including guided tours, lectures, … …every year in another area
and visit our website in English:
http://israel.servas.org/?CategoryID=161
Contact us by email: [email protected]
See you in Israel