Support Israeli Youth in Southern Israel At this time, the OU is working with a number of neighborhoods in Ofakim, Sderot, Dimona, Yerucham, Kiryat Malachi, and Kiryat Gat, as well as a number of communities that have been exposed to rockets such as Beit Shemesh. They are currently taking a significant number of kids (younger adolescents as well as high school students) out of these communities and bringing them for multiple day retreats and extended Shabbatonim to the Northern part of the country, which is out of Gazan rocket range. Over the course of these retreats, the kids are being mentored by their advisers, as well as by psychologists and trauma therapists, and enjoying educational sessions with leading educators and quality Rabbeim. My hope is that we will be able to collect necessary funds to sponsor at least 50 youth (or an entire bus) by the end of this day. We are half way there! Please send in your pledge to Joelle TODAY at [email protected] so that we can include you in this important initiative. Special thanks to R. Steven A. Weil for his ongoing critical work with the OU in this area.
Posted on: Mon, 14 Jul 2014 18:10:14 +0000
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