By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Kohelet was excluded in January from a list of some 140 nonprofits eligible for benefits.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The Ari Fuld Project is committed to advancing projects Fuld was working on at the time of his murder by an Arab terrorist, especially those that lend assistance to Israel Defense Forces soldiers.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Distribution will be based on population size, distance from the border, socio-economic status and the percentage of evacuated residents.
Belmont Medical Technologies founder Regina Herzlinger donated 50 rapid blood infuser devices to Israeli hospitals and trauma centers.
“Some very courageous women who have faced unspeakable tragedy during the current war, are joining the swim this year, as well as a group of young women from Sadnat Shiluv, who are a source of inspiration for the other swimmers.”
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
"I am deeply saddened at the virulent hate that continues to grow on campus and throughout our country," the Jewish philanthropist said.
By Josh Hasten
The synagogue, at the Lamed-Hey base in Gush Etzion, was also dedicated in memory of Ari Fuld, who was murdered by an Arab terrorist in 2018.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Ruth Gottesman, who is part of a prominent Jewish family that has donated to many organizations, including Yeshiva University, is supporting students at YU's former medical school.
Amichi said "I felt that it wasn’t appropriate to have a party now. When I saw the soldiers eating and enjoying themselves, I felt that it was 1,000 times more meaningful."
The next morning, the delegation visited the places where they have been helping people live and escape, said JNFA head Eric Fingerhut.
The nonprofit feeds more than 250,000 people annually with kosher and halal meals.
Yossi Margaretten of Chaverim of Rockland, N.Y., told JNS how and why his second night of Passover was different from all his other second Passover nights.
Despite being shot in the head and arm, David managed to shoot back at the terrorist and save his and his wife's life.
100 dancers return to the stage in ballet, jazz, hip hop, Mizrachi, tap, Broadway, Bollywood and more – raising money for families of Special Needs Children.
The ultra-Orthodox sector, in particular, reports the highest volunteering rate, with as many as 60% engaging in such activity on a regular basis.
By Josh Hasten
Ari Fuld fought for the Jewish people on the battlefield and on social media.
The prize is awarded to activists who have dedicated themselves to building Eretz Yisrael and defending the Jewish people.
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By COLlive.com
“Now, our friends with and without disabilities can come together in harmony and make music to uplift others."
Ribo was so moved by what he saw in a visit last October that he took out his guitar to entertain his new friends.
By Hadassah Bay
Nir Salomon, Executive Director of EFRAT, added that “there is no doubt that Dr. Schussheim’s tireless efforts have changed Israeli society for the better by empowering women and fighting poverty at the most basic level.”
Watergen’s devices are deployed in more than 80 countries around the world, as well as Gaza.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Banking and business billionaires Petr Aven, Mikhail Fridman and German Khan were sanctioned by the European Union and the United Kingdom due to their ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
So far we've evacuated nearly 1,000 children, young families and staff out of Odessa and immediate danger.
“As the fighting continues in Ukraine, we can only expect the number of refugees traveling across the country’s western borders to grow,” IsraAid said.
Amid Rising Tensions in Ukraine, United Hatzalah Teams Throughout The Country Maintain Vigilance
The Ari Fuld Project is on its next mission...
The initiative was launched after a tumultuous summer of violence last year.
The organizers of the operation were surprised by the mobilization and the large amounts of money that it raised.
A young couple’s project brings free food to thousands of needy families, in a respectful and normative setting.
The bride and groom could not stop thanking the volunteers for their kindness.
Gabriel Network is an Israeli startup that develops smart technology for security and safety incidents.
“The ambulance is a memorial to my parents and what they taught me."
They drove around the city in one of United Hatzalah’s ambulances and distributed warm blankets to the homeless.
By Israel Hayom
The contribution will allow construction to commence on the Adelson National Center for Advanced Cancer Therapy, which will include an oncology institute, inpatient units, clinics and Israel’s first proton therapy institute.
The boxes of packed rice were delivered to 325 families each week.
Israel’s Counsel General to Atlanta Anat Sultan-Dadon, whose post includes Kentucky and the Southeast, said she wanted to convey Israel’s support for the people of Kentucky, and “our love and friendship during these difficult days.”
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Funds are earmarked towards purchasing food and other necessary items, such as medications and home heating fuel
Fellows in the new program are learning from Ari Fuld's teaching to help disseminate them to future generations of Jews.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The need in the north has become a concern, especially due to the severe lack of public shelters and Lebanon’s growing economic crisis.
The David Geffen Auditorium is the most prominent philanthropic support for an Israeli cultural institution from Geffen.
Pinto is a former employee of The Ruderman Family Foundation and a member of its network of young activists who are passionate about social justice and inclusion.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The money will help increase supply to a food pantry for low-income New Yorkers; provide Jewish summer-camp scholarships for children impacted by COVID-19; and create a center for preschoolers who need physical, occupational and speech therapy.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The country is facing a skyrocketing number of infections and an overstretched medical system.
The event also featured a new rendition of the Marvin Gaye hit “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough,” sung in English, Hebrew, Arabic, and Farsi.
Jay Leno headlines list of celebrities in support of Israel's United Hatzalah and honors EMS volunteers in kickoff event of year-long campaign highlighting the stories and experiences of its 6000+ volunteers and the people they saved .
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
More than 20,000 people have been displaced with some 12,000 in public shelters since the La Soufriere volcano began erupting on April 9.
This new appointment follows eleven women who have been appointed to leading positions at TAU over the past year.
Amid an arctic freeze, members of the Lone Star State opened doors to friends without power, cooked meals, arranged for medication pickups for the homebound, and, in one extreme case, mobilized to ensure that hundreds of doses of coronavirus vaccines would not go to waste.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
A total of 200,000 needy families will be assisted through the effort.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
The new neighborhood was named “The Jerusalem neighborhood.”
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Bonds leadership approached Israel’s Finance Ministry, requesting a higher goal to secure additional funding necessary to help Israel offset economic challenges expected due to the coronavirus pandemic.
“Providing oxygen is one of the most essential roles of a medical first responder,” said President and Founder of United Hatzalah Eli Beer.
At the inclusive kindergarten, children born with multiple disabilities and their non-disabled peers are integrated throughout their daily activities.
The platform helps people join and lead social initiatives and organize them in a simple and effective way.
He once confided to me that the rhetoric and backlash was so intense at the time that he contemplated resigning.
Workers from all municipal departments are participating in the effort and conducted more than 37,000 phone calls to date.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
After learning that the price quote was for a Jewish synagogue, the Arab contractor decided to donate the materials and work for free.
During the week of Sukkot, FIDF has been distributing tens of thousands of nourishing meals, personal hygiene kits, and other products.
Masbia Soup Kitchen will be reopening for communal sit-in meals, starting on Rosh Hoshanah 2020.
Masbia Soup Kitchen Network, the only kosher soup kitchen in NY, has had a drastic increase in demand at all three of their locations since the start of the COVID-19 crisis.
By Israel 21C
For five years, IsraAID has been helping tens of thousands of Syrian, Iraqi and Afghani refugees in Lesbos. Last week, it burned down, leaving 12,000 people homeless.
“Unfortunately, the Covid-19 crisis is here to stay, and therefore this dialogue is a unique opportunity for the NGOs to build up their impact on the field."
September begins the seventh month of the COVID-19 emergency food relief at Masbia Soup Kitchen Network. It will also be the beginning of a concerted effort to modernize the breadline. Due to the unprecedented 500% increase in demand since the start of the pandemic, the breadlines have been snaking around the block with hundreds of […]
I'm writing this letter to you with much pain and embarrassment. My name is Moshe B., a long time Brooklyn, NY resident.
In an intimate setting outdoors attended by prominent American Jewish philanthropists, while adhering to social distancing, Ribo played his well-known hits to the audience, and for one song was joined on the stage by Ambassador Erdan.
By Eliana Rudee
Like most countries around the world, Israel has experienced economic hardships exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic, with many reporting being hungry and unable to afford food.
Eli Mizrachi will turn 80 this week and is the oldest, active volunteer EMT, first responder in United Hatzalah, and perhaps in Israel.
“Typically, I shop for about five families a day,” she says. “If I do a big order for one family, I will fill up a cart and take it back to my car, and then go back into the store.”
Ari fought hard to get into the IDF reserves, and served in a special forces paratrooper unit.
An historic virtual concert called “Together as One” on Lag B’Omer, Tuesday May 12th
Hundreds of intensive care beds were inaugurated at Sheba Medical Center, to serve in times of national emergencies.
The concert is in addition to the IAC’s community efforts to support healthcare workers.
“Challah and Chicken Soup for the Quarantined Soul” includes rolls, grape juice, candles and homemade soup (matzah balls optional).
Miriam Fuld was concerned for the welfare of the Efrat counter-terrorist unit, when they would go outside on emergency calls.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The challenges have affected every sector of Jewish communal life, including organizational closures, staff layoffs, canceled programs, a pivot to online education and an increase in financial-aid needs.
A parking lot was turned into a 22-station field hospital, while 2 departments have been converted into Coronavirus units.
The Israeli government tasked Colel Chabad with providing Passover food security for 30,000 households affected by the Coronavirus economic crisis.
The emergency number for the new dispatch center is the same as United Hatzalah’s regular number of 1221.
The project involves more than 250 volunteers who deliver cooked meals to the elderly and other home-bound residents in each of Modiin’s 13 neighborhoods three times a week.
This fund will primarily support elderly Israelis, some of whom are Holocaust survivors, with packages of food and other essential items.
By Eliana Rudee
"We are here to help those enterprises and people who are not appealing for the financial system."
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The first recipients of the grant will help strengthen seven small European communities in Helsinki, Finland; Riga, Latvia; Oslo, Norway; and Warsaw, Szczecin and Wroclaw, Poland.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Critical donations are being sent in the wake of the massive brush fires that have resulted in the death of millions of species since September.
By Raphael Poch
Only a handful of United Hatzalah medics have EpiPens. You can change that!
The Ptil Tekhelet Education Center is making the mitzvah of Tekhelet accessible, fun and relevant.
The Hebron Fund is raising $1 million for Israel’s most ancient and most strategic Jewish community – Hebron.
It’s time to LIV! It’s time to GIV! It’s time to NETIV!
The charity brings children to Israel from Africa and other parts of the world for life-changing heart surgery at Wolfson Hospital.
The Ari Fuld Project is asking for help from the public to locate Ari's best clips from the thousands of videos he made.
By Baruch Lytle
Eliana Cohen was diagnosed with SMA Type 2, a rare genetic condition that prevents Eliana from being able to stand or walk.
To my amazement, the WJC reported that "too many nations and leaders turned a blind eye to the magnitude and geographic extent of Hezbollah’s crimes."
"I do not worry about what is happening in Israel, because it puts its values first."
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The Embassy has already donated more than 75 portable bomb shelters to Israeli towns and villages along the Gaza border.
Aryeh Lurie started by delivering food baskets to 50 Jerusalem families each week. Now, on Pesach and Rosh Hashanah, 30,000 food baskets are distributed throughout the country.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Celebrity comedian Jay Leno has expressed his public support for Israel and hosted the 2014 Genesis Prize awards in Jerusalem.
The IDF is Leket’s largest contributor. The organization collects the leftover lunch from some 40 bases around Israel and provides the food to soup kitchens.
By Yacov Segal
Team 'Lions of Tzion' will commemorate Ari Fuld by running in the Jerusalem Marathon on Friday, March 15, 2019
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