JVN Blog

Seeing as how we have just begun the Jewish new year of 5773, it seems apt to talk about one of JVN’s key projects for the – albeit the Gregorian year of 2012. The Jubilee year has brought with it the Jubilee Hour initiative, the idea being that we all donate 60 minutes of our […]

There were many different types of volunteers over the London 2012 Games, each of which had a very important role to fulfil. This week we are featuring the blogs of two T3 drivers at the Games. First up is Trevor Salomon, who talks about his ‘awesome’ volunteering experience at the Olympics and the Paralympics… It’s […]

Because the last blog was so long and your eyes may be feeling a bit sore from all that reading, I’ll keep this one short. But I had to share with you 3 things: Firstly, we have a fantastically cute remark from Jonah Marks, aged 6¾, about his grandma’s Olympic volunteering. My grandma is a […]

The London 2012 Games may be over (boo!) but we still have Olympic and Paralympic volunteers waiting to tell their stories (yay!). We firmly believe in special treats for those who read our blogs, so here’s two stories for you today. First up we have Charlotte Leigh, a Games Maker and it would seem a […]

This week saw the 40th Anniversary of the terrible events of the 1972 Munich Olympics, during which 11 members of the Israeli Olympic team were murdered in a terrorist attack. To commemorate the Munich 11 in the JVN spirit, this blog post shows how, 40 years on, the memories of that day inspired one man […]

Here at JVN, we sometimes are pleasantly surprised by the extent to which people get excited by the important matters of the day, whether it’s to do with volunteering or Jewish life in general. And occassionally we receive something so brilliant that we can’t wait until the end of the week to put it up. […]