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Jan 5, 2016

Building a Network of Support for Israeli Families With Special Needs

Every parent knows how tough it is to balance work and family. But for Bader, an Israeli Arab construction worker and father of eight, the struggles of daily life are multiplied by his eldest son’s many special needs. Problems with hearing and vision as well as cognitive difficulties make …

Dec 23, 2015

The Makings of an Ambassador

Growing up, Masha Shumatskaya was eager to become a leader in the Jewish community in her hometown of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine. A proud alumna of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC)’s Metsuda leadership program for young Jews, she also graduated from her town’s Jewis…

Dec 3, 2015

A Journey to Justice in Ukraine

In late 2014, Nikita Didenko was living a dream. In his small hometown of Alchevsk, in eastern Ukraine, he was a counselor at the local Jewish youth club and a proud graduate of Metsuda, a program of Federation partner agency the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) that develo…

Nov 25, 2015

Sparking a Future for an Orphan in Uzbekistan

Angelina had lived through more by age 8 than most people will experience during their entire lives. Growing up in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, she lost both of her parents, then lost her 23-year-old brother shortly afterward in a construction accident.

 

Orphaned and alone, the young girl moved…

Nov 9, 2015

Exodus to a New Life

When he left the Soviet Union with his family at age 7, Michael owned nothing but the shirt he was wearing—complete with grease stain on the front pocket.

 

He had safely tucked the butter served on his flight to Israel there because he couldn’t imagine a life different than the one h…