• How foreign workers feel on Yom Ha’atzmaut

    The Jerusalem Post, April 16, 2010 Do you know Yom Haatzmaut, Israel’s Independence Day? The young woman, a caregiver from the Philippines, smiles, laughs, and shakes her head in response. “Ma?” (What?) says another. But these two migrant laborers have been in Israel less than a year. An informal survey conducted at the Central Bus …

  • Exploited Thais in no man’s land

    The National, December 19, 2009 Over two dozen Thai laborers have spent the last three weeks in the custody of Israeli authorities. But they are not under arrest. Following a complaint on their behalf from Kav LaOved, an Israeli NGO that advocates for foreign workers, immigration police freed the laborers from conditions that some critics …

  • A taste of home

    The Jerusalem Post, November 20, 2009 Halo-halo, the Filipino dessert of American-style shaved ice, Spanish dulce de leche, and Asian mung beans is an edible example of the Philippines’ unique layering of cultures. On the weekends, you’ll find halo-halo at impromptu stands in Tel Aviv’s Tachana Merkazit—and if you take a stroll through the surrounding …

  • Starting a new chapter

    The Jerusalem Post, November 6, 2009 The pulse of drums pounded through Levinsky Park Saturday evening, kicking off the opening of The Garden Library for Migrant Communities in Tel Aviv. The project was initiated by Arteam, an Israeli nonprofit organization, in an attempt to address the intellectual and cultural needs of the many foreign workers …