Mickey Levine never imagined he’d be spending his Sundays doing home construction and repairs. He’s not a professional contractor. But now? “I do it all. I’ve retiled, put in sinks, put in ramps, painted, patched ceilings,” he said. All because he answered a Federation call for vol…
Winter in the former Soviet Union. The temperature is -27 ˚ F, and snow and ice have closed the roads. But Tania is riding a borrowed horse and sleigh packed with food and supplies from Federation partner JDC for Tatiana and Bronislav. She’ll make this hour-long trek every day because Tat…
Thirty years ago, our community came together as one tremendous force to create monumental change. On a cold winter day in 1987, 250,000 of us marched on Washington to free Jews trapped in the Soviet Union. The Genesis Philanthropy Group presents this new view of our collective story — o…
Shawn Golan’s 80-year-old grandmother, a Holocaust survivor, was stranded on the island in her kitchen while the floodwater rose all around her. For nearly six hours, strong currents on the streets around her house made it impossible for rescuers to reach her.
“I would have put on my wa…
Growing up in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Nela Hasic never heard the words “breast” and “cancer” together. It just wasn’t discussed
But she saw the terrible effects of hiding the disease. The lack of health education in schools. The taboos surrounding women’s health issues.
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