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Read these personal stories brought to us by social services professionals around Israel. The names of all applicants have been changed to protect individual privacy. The names of the verifying social worker and agency are real. Photographs are illustrative only.
Moshe can no longer work as a bus driver or do any physical work because of his poor health. He suffers from diabetes, a ruptured disc, and dental problems so severe that he cannot eat solid food. He is in on-going pain. In addition, his dire financial straits are causing him...
Seeking meaningful Army service, Tzvika applied and was accepted to an atuda program, which allows him to complete college before entering the Army. He is studying communications and will go directly into the Air Force after earning his degree. Tzvika, 20, has committed himself fully to this program, despite his...
Zohar’s divorce from her husband has dragged on for three years. In the meantime, he has broken off all contact with her and with their children, Aya, 6, and Leah, 3. All three of them have been traumatized by the process and by the financial distress that it has caused...
When Ya’akov, the tenth of 11 kids born to a Charedi family, decided to leave his family’s way of life, he broke with them entirely, dropping out of school, living in the street, even engaging in minor criminal activity. With the help of social services over the past two years,...
Batya, 40, is a caring and diligent mother, doing all she can to take care of her son’s many needs. Lior, 2, has Downs Syndrome and a host of accompanying medical problems. Batya supports the two of them on her salary as an aide in a Town pre-school. But she...
In light of all of the difficulties Penina has faced over the years, her social worker is impressed with her ability to continue her fight to get the most out of life and to manage on a daily basis. Penina, 62, has lung, heart, and knee problems that cause her...
Five years ago, when Mazal and her husband split, she moved back into her parents’ house. The home was crowded and Mazal’s brother, who also lived there, showed less and less patience for her son, often resorting to verbal abuse. This past summer, Mazal was finally able to move them...
Hadas finished 11 years of schooling. She has held many short-term jobs but has had trouble staying employed because she suffers from physical ailments (pain in her head, neck, and back, and headaches) that make showing up consistently difficult. This has kept her from breaking out of the cycle of...
Alex and Natasha have had a difficult aliya experience. They found the transition to life in Israel stressful and, with almost no Hebrew, had trouble finding jobs. Before they did so, they ran up many debts, which they are now working diligently to pay off. Natasha, 41, makes cables for...
After his divorce four years ago, Ido underwent an emotional crisis. He left the kollel where he had been studying and found himself without a job and temporarily homeless. Ido now lives in a two-bedroom apartment and works as a cleaner for the Israel Railway Company. Ido has a very...
After many years during which Miriam could not work, she has recently taken a job stocking shelves in a store. At the moment, Miriam, 40, and her two children (ages 13 and 7) cannot stay in their public housing unit, as it is so run down and neglected that it...
Project ONWARD 2019
for the benefit of women in distress
Project ONWARD is an ongoing fund, created in order to address the needs of Israeli single mothers and young women who are attempting to overcome the challenges of poor housing conditions and inadequate resources and support. Project ONWARD funds basic needs (fridges, beds, ovens and washers), educational and vocational programs and computers that...
Project BOOST 2019
for the benefit of At-Risk Youth
Through our work with social services departments around the country we know how badly at-risk youth need our continuous support. We have therefore established Project BOOST, an ongoing fund, so that together, we can help them. The goals of Project BOOST are: To empower at risk youth to complete schooling...
Project RESPECT 2019
for the benefit of elderly Ethiopians
We’d like you to meet Moran and Dinah! Moran Yosef is the director of the Seniors Center for Elderly Ethiopian Immigrants (Ha’Moadon le’kshishei Yotz’ei Ethiopia) in Hadera and Dinah is the sports director. There are approximately 600 elderly Ethiopians living in Hadera. In our work with the municipal social services department over the...
Recently Funded Personal Stories
Rina has had one dream since childhood – to study Eastern-style dancing, to teach it, and to perform it in order to make others happy. Nothing brings a smile to her face or lifts here spirits the way dancing does. Life took Rina in other directions, however. She married young,...
Eliya has seven children ranging from age three to age 15. They have seen a lot of violence in their young lives, most of it from their father, directed at their mother. About a year ago, they divorced, after her repeated attempts to live safely with him failed. Most of...
10-year old Ariella could benefit from a psychological assessment to identify her behavioral issues and understand how best to help her. She is generally closed and uncommunicative and erupts with anger, taking her frustration out on her parents. School staff have noticed she lacks motivation and is uninterested in learning....
Ilanit, 15, is in 9th grade. She comes on time to school, is prepared, and is highly motivated to excel in her studies. A laptop – so necessary in middle school these days – would help her achieve her goals. Ilanit lives with her mother; her parents divorced when she...
Rotem is a young single mother to a 6-month-old and and three-year-old daughters. She has been helped by Social Services since the birth of her first child in 2016. Yogev, the father of her first child was involved in drugs and abuse. He tried to participate in a detox program...
Danny and Gila keep their home neat and orderly. But they are struggling with little income and high debts, which make it difficult to raise their six children and meet their monthly needs. Gila was at home for many years, taking care of the children, but despite health problems that...
In 2000, Vardina made aliya from Russia with her husband and their baby girl. Their son was born in Israel. The stress of the cultural adjustment was too much for the relationship and the two divorced seven years later. Vardina soon met another partner, with whom she had two children,...
Although Sarah’s parents abandoned her when she was young, they re-entered her life when she was 16 and, despite her resistance, forced her to marry. Her husband was violent toward her, a problem that only got worse after the family moved to Israel from Ethiopia in 1991. At first, Sarah’s...