Youth from Israel’s southern Eshkol region have chosen to spend their year of service close to home, helping their communities—and themselves—recover physically and emotionally from the horrors of October 7.

Jewish National Fund-USA President, Deb Lust Zaluda, addressed the Jerusalem Post Conference in Miami.

I feel so lucky that Jewish National Fund found me. I started this job with very low expectations, having completely lost confidence in myself. I never thought I could end up in a workplace like this one, because I had let myself get to a place where I genuinely didn't think I deserved to. But every time I screw up; every time I lose; every time I'm wrong; every time I'm right; every time I win - I learn. I grow.