Yael is married with 4 children. Both she and her husband work. She is a cleaner and works two different jobs a day, both only pay minimum wage. Her husband also has a minimum wage job but due to Corona is on call and only works part time. Her work recently reduced her work week […]
Meet David
David suffers from Arthrogryposis Aaron and Miriam have six children, the youngest being eighteen months. David is the middle child. He was born still born but revived. He was later diagnosed with Arthrogryposis which is a congenital muscle problem that causes movement around a number of joints through tendon and muscle shortening. He first started […]
Meet Oren The Scribe
One of my favorite verses in the Tanach comes from Psalms 119: 9,10 “How can a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed according to Your word. With my whole heart I have sought You; Oh, let me not wander from Your commandments!” I have wanted it written in Hebrew so I could have […]
Meet Abagail
Abigail (who asked not to be pictured) is a Special Ed teacher during the school year. During the summer break she tutors children that have fallen behind during the school year. She does this at no cost to the students who are so desperately in need of the help. She uses a small two room […]
A Moti Update…
Back in November of last year we told you about Moti, one of our volunteers and how he was hit by a car on the way home from work. At the time the police were not sure if it was a terrorist attack of a case of hit and run. Since then Moti had to […]
Thanking Our Solders (Who are Just Kids)
In Israel within a few months after you graduate high school; whether you are a boy or a girl, you begin your two year mandatory service in the military. Because of the ever present threat on the people and the state of Israel these eighteen and nineteen year old solders (kids) walk around with loader […]
From Bad To Worst
From Bad To Worst Almost three years ago I started to write a story about a family we were helping with food at the time. For some reason the story was never published and I am not sure why that happened; it might have been held up because I needed some pictures to go along […]
Hit and Run or Terrorist Attack?
Moti, Our good friend and one of our first volunteers, normally does not work on Fridays but last week he did. As he got off the bus near his home he stopped to light a cigarette and started to cross the street. The next thing he knew he was flying through the air; he had […]
April, A Month of Remembering
This month we were called to “Remember” several times. First we were called to “Remember you were once slaves in Egypt” as we celebrated Passover. (3 Apr 2015) Next we were called to “Remember” the six million Jewish people that were kill during the holocaust on Holocaust Remembrance Day (Yom HaShoah) 16 Apr 2015). This […]
Remembering Ayala-Haya
You won’t actually ever be able to me Ayala-Haya in person; in fact the only way you will ever be able to meet her will by reading this article or any other article that has been written about she… She was killed Jan 21, 2005 by a terrorist rocket attack. Ayala was killed on a […]