Whenever there’s a call for volunteers in her community, Federation supporter Julie Constantine-Kohlhaas is there. But after a natural disaster cost her family their home, belongings and even lifelong friends, Julie suddenly found herself on the other side of the equation.
“We’ve a…
Like most kids, brothers Yossi and Dor Ben Yishai dreamed about pizza. As adults, they transformed that dream into owning their own pizzeria. With the help of Federation partner The Jewish Agency for Israel, they opened a successful Italian restaurant in the largest mall in Be’er Sheva.
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Yuri Sohriansky calls the situation in his hometown of Lugansk, in eastern Ukraine, “the end of the world. The houses across from ours in Lugansk were constantly under falling shells and rockets. There is no food, no medicine, everything is shut up. Roads are closed and in the nighttime th…
Gavin Mason almost couldn’t go to summer camp.
A 9-year-old boy with Down Syndrome, Gavin was rejected by a summer program that couldn’t accommodate his significant developmental delays. His mother, Lynne, was used to fighting for him, but with money scarce and expenses high, it look…
A message from Laura Axler, a PJ Library mom:
It’s funny, but on the same day that Federation asked if I would participate in the PJ Library program, I was rearranging our children’s bookshelves. Like most young families, we have lots of children’s books that my eight-year-old, Jordan…
