In Israel, a recent survey showed that 40,000 children - at lease 1.5 percent of the total child population - are victims of parental incompetence, cruelty, neglect or emotional, physical and sexual abuse. However, the problem has existed, along with denial and lack of public awareness, for a much longer time, and led to the founding of ELI in 1979...
Giving their "strength, time and energy" to the Jewish community is a vitally important part of giving tzedakah for Fran and Larry Chelder. The 70-year-old couple are heading a drive for the fourth year for used cell phones for domestic-abuse victims and the frail elderly. "We just do," said Fran. "We're people of action." An initiative of the Jewish Federation...
Samuel J. Greenblatt recently offered some advice to volunteers and staff working on the 2006 annual campaign of the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia: "Remember that what you are doing is important and good," stated the campaign chair. "Believe in what you do, and do it with enthusiasm." Greenblatt, who has an undergraduate degree in business from Temple University and...
Signs have begun appearing on the lawns of various synagogues, agencies and schools from the Main Line to the Northeast and through the Old York Road corridor as well. Their message? "It's time for Super Sunday 2006." The message the signs relay: "A New Year. A New Day. A Day of Giving." Hands on either side of the words reach...
Teen attendance is expected to be on the increase for the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia's Super Sunday 2006 on Feb. 12, because of new initiatives that have been planned just for them. "It's important to bring this population into the Jewish community, and help them understand what Super Sunday is and have them feel that they are part of...
Sivan 9, 5773
