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Growing Up In Boxes
Thursday, November 12, 2009Dov Weisel grew up surrounded by boxes...
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...
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...
Saving Chaim
Thursday, August 26, 2010The Big Brothers program started with a few loving adults getting together to make a difference in the lives of children from high-risk homes...
Purim is coming!
Wednesday, February 26, 2014As Purim approaches, the preparations begin: costumes, shaloch manos, meal arrangements and more. At Yad Eliezer, preparations of a different sort have begun...
Twin a Bar Mitzvah
Sunday, January 25, 2015Help us improve Israeli families lives in Israel From the donor, Refael S...
Back to Life
Tuesday, April 10, 2018Helping Children and Families Living in Poverty in Israel The haggadahs have been read, the matza has been eaten, the special dishes have been packed away...
A North Carolina Tzedakah Box
Thursday, November 08, 2018One Family's Weekly Custom Brings Help to so Many in Need The tzedakah box (charity box, or "pushka") is among the most quintessential Judaica items found in Jewish...
And...We're Back
Monday, April 29, 2019Pesach is behind us but poverty remains. Help us support the needy. The haggadahs have been read, the matza has been eaten, the special dishes have been packed away...
Voices of the Needy
Monday, July 29, 2019Yad Eliezer is a Voice for the Voiceless "Our refrigerator is empty-literally empty-there is no bread, no cheese or eggs, no milk-mamash nothing...
Yad Eliezer Always Remembers...
Thursday, October 03, 2019Judaism places an important emphasis on the act of remembering We remember what Amalek did to the Jewish people on the way out of Egypt...
The Faces Behind Yad Eliezer
Sunday, November 17, 2019“Yad Eliezer” may be two of the most recognized words in the chesed world...
Man Plans...
Thursday, March 19, 2020Man Plans....well, you know how the rest of the saying goes… Remember Purim? I think I can speak for most people when I say it feels like it was a really long time ago...
Social Distancing (Somewhat) at Yad Eliezer
Sunday, June 07, 2020Ok, I’ll admit, the title is a bit misleading-I don’t want to scare anyone off...
Yad Eliezer and Bank Mercantile Celebrate 12 Years of Partnership
Sunday, August 30, 2020As a leading Israeli charity, Yad Eliezer is lucky to have friends and supporters worldwide, who help us with our programs in a myriad of ways...
“We Believe in You, We Are Here For You…”
Thursday, October 01, 2020If you’re familiar with Yad Eliezer, you’re probably familiar with the myriad programs we run. We have, after all, over twenty of them...