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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...
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...
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...
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...
Letters: Thank You For All That You Do
Thursday, September 02, 2010As always, it was great seeing you last week. Thank you so much for once again distributing the holiday funds for me...
NEW PHOTO ESSAY!
Monday, October 04, 2010Ever wonder what a day at the Yad Eliezer warehouse is really like?Check out our new photo essay and join in the fun! (Hey, is that your mom?)At The...
The Audit
Tuesday, November 02, 2010It was just a standard audit. Every charity is legally obligated to have one every few years. But in Israel, even a standard audit can be nerve-racking...
The Keychain
Wednesday, November 17, 2010Aliza* was only twenty two. Her father, a prestigious university professor, and her mother, a comfortable homemaker, had earned their way into the elite upper echelons of Israeli society...
How to Make a Ten-Year-Old Smile
Thursday, November 18, 2010Remember Robin Treistman? She’s the one whose creative charity projects made her kids’ bar and bat mitzvah parties such a splash...
A Chanuka Story
Monday, December 06, 2010It was the seventh day of Chanuka 2009. Throughout Israel, men and women would be leaving work in just a few hours to rush home and light Chanuka candles...
Nothing Like A Home Cooked Meal!
Monday, September 19, 2011One of Yad Eliezers more remarkable programs is the Home Cooked Shabbos Food program. This program matches up young women living in Jerusalem with their impoverished neighbors...
Back 2 School
Tuesday, September 20, 2011I remember waiting in line with my mother at the book store, just a few days before the new school year. There was a feeling of newness and excitement in the air...
Everything in Perspective
Wednesday, July 18, 2012When I came in this morning, I heard Meira on the phone with a family that was coming to visit Yad Eliezer...
