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Growing Up In Boxes
Thursday, November 12, 2009Dov Weisel grew up surrounded by boxes...
The Fight for Hope
Sunday, November 29, 2009Yitzchak Weingott had been a teacher with three small children when cancer changed his life: “It was Erev Succot, 1993...
What Would You Have Done?
Thursday, December 17, 2009What would you have done? A neighbour knocked on the Weisel family’s door asking to borrow a bag of flour. Mrs...
A Purim Adventure
Sunday, February 14, 2010Purim with Yad Eliezer is an adventure...
The Looks on Their Faces
Monday, February 15, 2010I wish you could have seen the looks on their faces. Milka Benziman and Rabbi Yaacov Weisel are two of the most genuinely compassionate people I know...
Creative Charity
Sunday, February 21, 2010When her son celebrated his bar mitzvah four years ago, Robin Treistman turned to Yad Eliezer for a different kind of help...
Shulamit’s Purim Miracle
Thursday, March 11, 2010This Purim, the Yad Eliezer telephones were buzzing as matanos l’evyonim donations were phoned in from all around the globe...
The Greatest Gift of All
Monday, March 22, 2010It was a beautiful March afternoon and 10-year-old David* was outside playing with his friends. They were getting ready for Purim...
Great Kids
Sunday, April 18, 2010Yoni and Eli Schwartz had some pocket money. It was all theirs. They had earned it babysitting. They had plenty of good ideas about where their money could go...
Featured Community: Newton, Massachusetts
Wednesday, May 26, 2010In September and October of 2009, Yad Eliezer had a hard decision to make. Several cities around the country had to be cut from the Yad Eliezer roster due to the recession...
How You Are Making a Difference: Feed-a-Baby
Wednesday, May 26, 2010Severe birth complications have left Sara* in a coma for the past three months. Her impoverished family would have been without recourse were it not for Yad Eliezer’s assistance...
The Poor Man in the Hallway
Monday, June 28, 2010Dov Weisel is a modest man who runs from honor...
Touching the Kotel From Far Away
Thursday, July 08, 2010The Kotel looms large and golden above you. You reach out your hand to touch the stones. Soft vibrancy runs through your body. You are touching the history of your people...
Hunger of the Spirit
Tuesday, July 27, 2010When financial straits forced Yad Eliezer to consider closing the Big Brothers and Big Sisters program in 1999, word got around to Rav Chaim Kanievski...
Volunteering at the Yad Eliezer Warehouse
Sunday, August 15, 2010It was a bright and sunny day. A cool breeze swept along our cheeks as my brother Yona and I approached the huge double doors of the Yad Eliezer warehouse...
Tears of Joy
Thursday, August 19, 2010Asking for help isn’t easy. It’s even harder when you know that the answer might be no...
