Welcome to our ESRA website! 

I know that after browsing through the site, you will feel - as I do - that we have something in ESRA for YOU!

You will discover that ESRA is a dynamic, pluralistic, multi-faceted community organization - and it is run by English speaking volunteers. Its flexibility and innovativeness allow it to pinpoint and respond quickly to the current needs of the people that ESRA serves.

Participation in ESRA's activities enhances the integration of English speakers into Israeli life, and gives them an opportunity to express their own unique abilities and interests. Thus, the talents and culture that they bring with them from their native countries find fertile ground in Israel, and result in ESRA's broad range of cultural, social, educational, and support programs in English, which the volunteers both create and enjoy.

Furthermore, ESRA's caring and humanistic philosophy translates into the belief that helping others is meaningful for all involved - those doing the helping, as well as those being helped. This philosophy is implemented by reaching out to immigrants from distressed countries and others in disadvantaged sectors of the Israeli society, and in the tens of community projects we have developed.

ESRA’s credo, that volunteers are capable of creating and carrying out projects in a professional manner, offers encouragement and empowerment to the 1000 versatile and talented people who accept the challenge eagerly.

Come join us in this exciting and fulfilling enterprise. Together, we can help ourselves and others - and enjoy and grow in the process.                                                    



MERLE GUTTMANN                                           
Honorary Life President of ESRA

Various administrative tasks - hours convenient for you.
Computer literacy and fluent English are required.
Join our admin team in supporting social and cultural activities.
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Arranging, sorting, and selling for a few hours a week in Ra'anana and/or Modiin, English and Hebrew required.

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Help with sorting, organizing, and selling for 5 hours a week in Kfar Saba/Ra'anana. Basic Hebrew is required.

Contact Nicoline: 058 781 8856

Professional music instruction for 20 teenagers to help develop their musical talents in Netanya.

Early childhood experts work in kindergartens in the socio-economic periphery, helping 50 children prepare for first grade both educationally and emotionally in Netanya.

Professional training in seweing for 18 adults in two community centers in Netanya.

Remedial teaching and special enrichment programs are provided in an afterschool welfare center in Modiin, to 15 schoolchildren who live under difficult home conditions that affect their wellbeing.

In partnership with SYL and in accordance with the UN model, 25 8th-9th grade students are trained to become ambassadors of Sderot through debating.