Rachael Stone, at The Blogs

Apr 10, 2022, 11:38 PM

Last week, I had the privilege of sitting down with Yaacob Ibrahim, director of High School Programs and Arab media spokesperson at The Abraham Initiatives. I was interested to hear his experience as an Arab man teaching Jewish teens...

Jan 17, 2022, 10:16 AM

Solidarity and Partnership – tackling crime in Israel’s mixed cities

Last Sunday evening, I heard multiple rounds of machine gun fire. I hurriedly texted my friends who also live in Lod, asking if they had heard the shots too. They did. I then googled “Lod Shooting” to see if...

Oct 24, 2021, 2:12 PM

What Are You Doing in Lod?

A synagogue, church, and mosque next to each other in Lod, Israel

Last week, a taxi driver asked me what I was doing in Israel. I explained I was here on a 9 month service-learning fellowship based in Lod. He asked what I did wrong to be living in Lod. Over the...

About Me

Rachael graduated from the University of North Carolina in 2020 with a degree in political science and peace, war, and defense and studied Arabic. She is currently a Yahel Social Change fellow and lives in Lod, Israel, where she volunteers to teach English in primary schools and to Eritrean refugees. She is also an intern for the Abraham Initiatives, which aims to create social and political equality between Jewish and Arab citizens of Israel.