its Allied Jewish Campaign network
like these...
guess I'm pretty lucky to be at Havat Halloar and
working toward my diploma. If I'd stayed at home I
wouldn't be in school today. All my friends left
school and spend their days on the streets,
hanging around, looking for odd jobs. In two
years, I'll graduate and be able to find work as a
designer. Before, there was nothing for me.
Shoshana Itzhaki — a 16-year-old resident of a Youth Aliyah village — is
the youngest of seven children of an impoverished immigrant family
living in Ashkelon, Israel.
Youth Aliyah operates 100 villages in Israel, helping more than 1,700
disadvantaged teens with academic and vocational skills and personal
adjustment. It is one of 60 human service programs overseas that receive
funds from the Jewish Welfare Federation's Allied Jewish Campaign.
At first, I had a lot of reservations about the family camp
weekend. Sometimes when you celebrate at home,
you wonder if you're the only one doing it. But it's
different when you're with other families...
it brings people closer together. You
learn to celebrate in a way you never have
before. The kids loved it and
so did we.
Rob and Rhona Fidler and their two children, Dayna and
Aaron, recently participated in a family camping weekend,
sponsored by Jewish Experiences For Families (J.E.F.F.)
in cooperation with Congregation Beth Shalom.
Under the auspices of the Fresh Air Society, Jewish Experiences
For Families is reaching hundreds of families, in cooperation
with area synagogues and temples. Fresh Air Society is a
camping agency featuring summer and year-round outdoor,
cultural and educational programs for all ages. It is one of many
agencies — like the United Hebrew Schools — that provide
informal and formal educational experiences.
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