The Shira Pransky project is proud to announce that we have united with the Association of Americans and Canadians in Israel to join their klitah (absorption) programming! We will be providing content support for AACI’s klitah counselors, keeping their info up to date, sharing new resources on health-related rights, and doing research for specific questions Read More...

We like to keep track of Israeli healthcare news at The Shira Pransky Project. Here's a roundup of some interesting pieces from the past month, in case you missed them: Read More...

[Editor’s note: For several reasons, not least of which is the difficulty of expressing the strong emotional connection many of those involved in The Shira Pransky Project feel for its namesake, this blog and website does not contain many personal notes about her legacy. For this reason we are supremely thankful for Chaim Goldberg’s following Read More...

According to information released by Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics, nearly 1.7 million Israelis ages 20 and above, do not consider their Hebrew to be “Very Good”. The ramifications this has on access to healthcare and government services cannot be emphasized enough. According to the statistics, which were taken from the 2011 Social Survey, about Read More...

I do not have any athletic goals. I did not participate in this year's Jerusalem Marathon because I love to exercise, need to break a record, or want to loose weight. The Jerusalem Marathon has options of full, half or 10k routes. I chose to sign up for the 10k, and prepared myself for the worst. I joined SPP team to help raise money and awareness for a cause I believe in. Read More...