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A Visit to the Yvel Design Center in Israel

Posted on January 30, 2017May 8, 2025

I am not much of a jewelry person, I am more of a camera lens person and believe me the camera lenses are as expensive. I have browsed through jewelry displays before but it was at Yvel Design Center (Israel) that I stood and took notice! It is another matter that almost everything was way too expensive for me to afford! I could book a trip to Antarctica for the price of some!

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Jewelry by Yvel

Yvel is mirror image of Levy. It was founded by Orna and Issac Levy in 1986. Pearls are their main strength and they make beautiful things with it. In Issac’s words, “While most jewelry designers design a piece of jewelry and then look for a pearl or stone, at Yvel we first look for the pearl or stone and then we fashion the jewelry around it,”

However, what impressed me most is their social connect. Over 90% of their workforce is made up of immigrants from 23 countries. In 2010 they started a special program for the Ethiopian Jew community in Israel and therein I got to hear a tale!

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Daniel Sahalo at the Yvel Design Center!

I met Daniel Sahalo a young man who is the US sales manager in the company. He immigrated from Ethiopia via Sudan at the age of 5! They walked for 9 weeks to reach Sudan, where they lived for many months in a refugee camp before they were airlifted to Israel. In that 9 week walk the family buried Daniel’s sister and continued to walk. He says they used to mix coffee with milk and even today he can’t stand the smell of coffee! You can search about Operation Moses to know more about the operation.

He learned English by watching TV. Daniel became responsible for the household at a young age, as he was the first to learn Hebrew in the family. And today he handles US sales for Yvel! You can read more about him in this article.

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My Earrings from the Megemeria Collection!

He was proud to introduce us to the Megemeria Collection, which is a line developed by the graduate students of Yvel. All the proceeds from the sale of this line goes back to the social activities. It was the only line where I could afford something. I bought an earring which is my most expensive earring till date other than a few gold ones I have! That was my small contribution to the initiative.

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The Wine Cellar at the Yvel Design Center!

Yvel is open to visitors and it includes a visit to their in-house wine center which is fabulous.

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I went to Yvel wondering what on earth would I do in a Jewelry design center and came back with a heart warming story!

My Trip to Israel was Sponsored by the Tourism Board of Israel.

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12 thoughts on “A Visit to the Yvel Design Center in Israel”

  1. TravelerInMe says:
    January 30, 2017 at 9:53 pm

    Pretty earrings

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    1. Mridula Dwivedi says:
      January 31, 2017 at 4:42 pm

      Thank you so much!

      Reply
  2. rupam { xhobdo } says:
    January 31, 2017 at 8:22 am

    Awesome

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    1. Mridula Dwivedi says:
      January 31, 2017 at 4:42 pm

      Thank you Rupam!

      Reply
  3. Jyotirmoy Sarkar says:
    January 31, 2017 at 8:58 am

    Interesting.

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    1. Mridula Dwivedi says:
      January 31, 2017 at 4:44 pm

      Thank you Jyoti!

      Reply
  4. Nandhini Chandrasekaran says:
    January 31, 2017 at 11:30 am

    Buried a close one and continued their journey? What tough lives! Sometimes we get to hear such rare takes from the most unexpected places.

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    1. Mridula Dwivedi says:
      January 31, 2017 at 4:45 pm

      Nandhini all when he himself was 5 year old!

      Reply
  5. Yogi Saraswat says:
    January 31, 2017 at 12:15 pm

    My Earrings from the Megemeria Collection! These are earrings really ? Inspirational story of Daniel Sahalo .

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    1. Mridula Dwivedi says:
      January 31, 2017 at 4:46 pm

      Yes they are earrings! 😀 Yes Daniel’s story is amazing.

      Reply
  6. Rajeev Moothedath says:
    January 31, 2017 at 3:21 pm

    “Jewelry by Yvel” picture is lovely…

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  7. Mridula Dwivedi says:
    January 31, 2017 at 4:47 pm

    That is because the ornament is so pretty 😀

    Reply

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I am Mridula Dwivedi and I started this blog in 2005. It has been an amazing ride. I have visited 33 countries till date! I have worked with many tourism boards and prominent travel companies. My blog was featured on the BBC and the Guardian.

I did my Ph.D. from IIT Kanpur. I worked full time in academics till 2015! I quit my job as a professor, thinking I will take a break for one year, which turned into five.

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