Meet Nadav, Therapeutic Horseback Riding Counselor at Zoharim Youth Village

Behind the changes that our pupils succeed in making to their lives, stand the amazing teachers and counselor staff, who have never ever given up on them for a minute. Nadav is one such person, a therapeutic horseback riding counselor at Zoharim Youth Village, which was established by Israel Prize Recipient, Rabbi Yitzchak David Grossman. Nadav’s story at the youth village began in 2009:  “I worked at the youth village as a horseback riding counselor for a year and a half.  I later left to become the director of ranch at a special education school.  Three years later, I returned to the youth village as the director of the horse ranch, and today?  I am in my sixth year at the youth village as the ranch director.  I always had a good connection with children and youth.  Work with youth at-risk has always attracted me very much.  The added value in this work surpasses everything.  I was looking to do something with meaning.  The connection is natural – these are amazing teens”. We asked Nadav what he likes most about working with youth at-risk. “The connection with the teens, the profound in-depth conversations.  Their dedication, fierce desire to learn something new, to invest in it, to see progress.  The moment others believe in these teens, they soar forward.  It is amazing.”