“Secure justice for the fatherless, give to the needy, and defend the orphan…”
It is another snowy Ukrainian afternoon, but 4-year old Yuri is excited. Today is Friday and that means it's time for his weekly field trip to a Hesed Jewish community center in Dnepropetrovsk. Soon, the Hesedmobile van pulls up to the State orphanage where Yuri lives, and along with nearly a dozen other children, he hops on board.
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DONETSK, Ukraine - The Jewish Community of Donetsk has announced the enrollment to the Educational Center "Warm House for Schoolchildren." This boarding school accepts boys and girls aged 7 - 15.
LIPETSK, Russia - Fosterlings from a group run by the Orphanage in the village of Dobroye, located near the border city of Lipetsk, welcomed a visit by Rabbi Shaul Adam, the Chief Rabbi of the region.
This summer, 8,790 Jewish children, aged 6-14, from all over the former Soviet Union will be spending four weeks in one of thirty-seven Gan Israel Summer Camps. Many of the campers come from orphanages, unstable homes, or extreme poverty.
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The UK organization World Jewish Relief is seeking donations of clothing, toiletries, food in bulk, bedding, household goods, children’s toys, shoes and socks, medical and pharmaceutical products, and computers for needy Jewish communities in Belarus, Bulgaria, Hungary, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, and Ukraine.
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The Abayudaya Jewish community of Uganda, along with their Muslim and Christian neighbors, produces kosher, organic, free trade coffee that’s available in the US.
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Many Jewish Ugandan students, including orphans, come to school hungry, which makes learning difficult.
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“For six grueling days, [a group of British Jewish women] were required to navigate through steep and winding valleys in the Negev, set up tents in the dark, change flat tires, read maps to find huge water containers and carry them back to the jeep, build fires, cook bread in ashes, prepare a meal from raw chicken and vegetables, haul 45 pounds of ice up Masada and then back down again, and fill out crosswords while floating in the Dead Sea and race camels across a long stretch of sandy terrain” – all in aid of children’s homes in Israel.
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“As Daniel's bus slowly negotiated a narrow Jerusalem street, another bus - three car lengths in front - suddenly exploded. Traffic stopped.
Daniel, shaken, left his seat and walked out to the smoking pavement. He told his sister he didn't know what compelled him. Perhaps he thought he could help someone or perhaps it was macabre curiosity. He climbed aboard the burnt out bus. …
To get help for her brother, Daniel's sister had been referred to Kids For Kids (K4K), a youth organization that supports the recovery of young victims of terrorism, and soon Daniel was receiving help there, too.”
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Jewish Orphans in Ukraine Rejoin Community through JDC's Children's Initiative
It is another snowy Ukrainian afternoon, but 4-year old Yuri is excited. Today is Friday and that means it's time for his weekly field trip to a Hesed Jewish community center in Dnepropetrovsk. Soon, the Hesedmobile van pulls up to the State orphanage where Yuri lives, and along with nearly a dozen other children, he hops on board.
For the rest of the story, click here.
Jewish Boarding School Announces Enrollment
DONETSK, Ukraine - The Jewish Community of Donetsk has announced the enrollment to the Educational Center "Warm House for Schoolchildren." This boarding school accepts boys and girls aged 7 - 15.
Jewish Community Aids Orphanage
LIPETSK, Russia - Fosterlings from a group run by the Orphanage in the village of Dobroye, located near the border city of Lipetsk, welcomed a visit by Rabbi Shaul Adam, the Chief Rabbi of the region.