Julia Hack, at The Blogs

Julia Hack

Jan 16, 2022, 2:08 PM

‘Calling for increasing civilian power is calling for a civil war’

Since my arrival in Lod three months ago, I’ve experienced the reality of crime and violence, involving the rising use of firearms, as a parallel reality I learned how to differentiate gunshots from fireworks, and how to stay decisively uninvolved...

Dec 8, 2021, 1:48 PM

Arriving in a mixed city

A mural in Lod, reading "Lod, mosaic of cultures."

In September this year, I started a nine-month Yahel fellowship in Lod. Their concept of Service Learning allows me to develop an understanding of educational challenges and to grasp the actual meaning of “social change” through encounters with diverse...

About Me

Julia graduated from the University of Vienna, Austria in 2021, where she studied Science of Education. She immersed into Israeli culture through volunteering in a variety of places. The last year she spent on qualitative research regarding educational transitions of Israeli youth between High School and professional career. Currently she volunteers in schools and the community theatre in Lod and interns at the Abraham Initiatives