Tag: Tzedaka
Give it up for the (Israeli) kids: Hanukkah and winter drives
The staff and volunteers at Yad Ezra V’Shulamit’s children’s center in Jerusalem began noticing that one little girl only came to the after-school program every other day.
And when they asked her why, she told them.
“It’s because...
Israeli, Jewish organizations provide disaster relief to storm-stricken Bahamas
Several Jewish and Israeli humanitarian aid groups are providing aid or relief teams to the Bahamas following the catastrophic devastation unleashed by Hurricane Dorian.
The storm struck the Bahamas as a powerful Category 5 storm...
More than $186,000 donated to family of Israeli man shot dead in parking dispute
As many as 3,200 people donated to an online fundraising campaign for the disabled wife and three daughters who survive Ofir Hasdai, 40, who was shot dead after getting into an argument over a...
As Funders Abandon Support for Jewish Arts and Culture, Nonprofits Are Close
When BimBam recently announced that it was shutting down for lack of sustainable funding, people involved with Jewish arts and culture were upset—but not shocked—by the news. “Everything is ending,” sighed Alicia Jo Rabins,...
Largest donation to youth group yet made to BBYO
Chicago industrialist Theodore Perlman and his wife, Harriette, pledged $25 million to BBYO, making it the largest single donation to a Jewish youth group in the United States.
The couple announced the $25 million gift on...
Jewish synagogue serves Christmas breakfast to homeless residents
LAS CRUCES - The smell of eggs and pancakes filled the air Christmas morning just outside Las Cruces' tent city for homeless residents.
About 20 members of a local Jewish synagogue were wielding spatulas, manning portable...
Endicott College student helps raise funds for Mexico
Fuerza Mexico. It was the phrase that flooded social media beginning on Sept. 19. After an earthquake devastated Mexico City, this message of hope was shared millions of times on social media, and is...
Charity. Tzedakah. What’s the difference, anyway?
Where do you keep your hands? Where do you keep your wheat?
Rosh Hashanah is well behind us, but another new year draws near, and with it comes the last-minute impulse to donate to charity....
Jewish community organizes relief efforts for Puerto Rico
With Puerto Rico still reeling from the devastation left by Hurricane Maria, Valley residents and Jewish organizations are working together to help the beleaguered island.
Joe Berman and the two other owners of Altitude Trampoline...
Gift from the heart: Azrieli Foundation donates $26M to Jewish General’s cardiac centre
After receiving the largest donation in its history, the Jewish General Hospital inaugurated its new heart centre on Monday, the Azrieli Heart Centre.
Already renowned as one of the best heart centres in North America,...