Thanks to the Jack Fogel Orphan Fund and the Keren Chanan and Miriam Vim Widow and Orphan Fund, Yad Eliezer ensures that the widows and orphans of Israel can live with dignity. The Big Brothers and Big Sisters Program brings a father or mother figure back into the lives of bereft children. Food Boxes, Surplus Produce, Shabbat Chicken, and other Yad Eliezer food programs ensure that Israel’s impoverished widows and orphans do not have to live in hunger. Yad Eliezer also supports some 180 widows and orphans with an average of $800 per home every month. Along with Yad Eliezer’s other social welfare programs, the Widow and Orphan Fund receives no Israeli advertisement or media attention in order to maintain utmost discretion for recipients.
Help Them in Honor of Tammie's Bat Mitzvah
In honor of my Bat Mitzvah I have decided that in lieu of gifts donations should be made instead to Yad Eliezer/Keren Yaakov Zev. I realize just how fortunate I am to have two loving parents willing to do anything for me. Unfortunately, some people are not as privileged as I am. I am so blessed and lucky and want to use my Bat Mitzvah as an opportunity to help others.
I have chosen this charity specifically because it is an organization close to home. This charity was created in memory of my grandfather’s brother, Jack Fogel (z'l). I am named after my grandfather, Joseph Fogel (z'l), and wanted to pick an organization related to the family.
I want to thank you all for donating in honor of my Bat Mitzvah and really hope that I raise a substantial amount of money to be able to help the widows and orphans improve their lives.
The Widows and Orphans Fund supports hundreds of families monthly with dignity, by coordinating a range of services for those who have experienced untimely loss.
Thousands of families in Israel can barely afford food year-round, let alone the exorbitant prices of matza, wine, and chicken at Pesach time. We can change that.
With impoverished kids stuck at home, leaving parents unable to go to work, the loss of income makes an already difficult situation even worse. No money to buy food or pay the electric bill makes summer unbearable. We can bring relief.
Help a bar mitzvah boy from a needy family celebrate his special milestone, with sponsorship of tefillin or a bar mitzvah package. Twinning with your loved one's bar mitzvah is a beautiful and meaningful way to commemorate your simcha.