Tag Archives: New York

Soccer for Peace

Soccer for Peace www.soccerforpeace.com 240 West 98th Street; Suite 12A  New York, New York 10025 Contact: Ori Winitzer, Director, ori@soccerforpeace.com ,  (917)582-5060 Soccer for Peace exists to unite children of war-torn regions through their shared love of sports. Our programming occurs in Israel and consists of soccer camps and after school programs for Arab and Jewish children, always represented in equal number. We aim to work with 10-13 year olds who for practical reasons tend to live within close geographic proximity. The programs themselves consist of three components: Athletic, Educational and Social, all of which have integrity as a core value. Since you […]

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Project Harmony Israel

Project Harmony Israel 318 W 100th St, Apt 6A, New York, NY 10025 Contact: Meg Sullivan, Co-Founder/Co-Director meg@projectharmonyisrael.com 917-476-6296 Project Harmony is a 4-week English language summer camp that aims to create a safe social space for Arab and Jewish children from Jerusalem to relate to one another as kids. We believe in working towards peace through shared experience, one summer at a time. See our website for fun pictures from previous summers!  Launched in the Summer of 2010, Project Harmony is a 4-week English language summer camp that aims to create a safe social space for Arab and Jewish […]

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Lev LaLev

Lev LaLev 14 Melnick Drive PO Box 1210 Monsey, NY 10952 Contact: Sheena Levi -Director of Outreach 845-367-7130 x 105 sheena@levlalev.com Lev LaLev Fund is a non-profit organization that works to support the Rubin-Zeffren Children’s Home in Netanya, Israel. The home supports all the needs for over 100 girls, ages 5-18+, who have been abused, neglected and abandoned by their families. Beyond basic needs they often also require mental health facilities. The girls are mainstreamed and given the same opportunities as anyone’s own daughter would including higher education and assistance in paying for their weddings. Lev LaLev has a special Bat Mitzvah Project […]

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Keren Or

Keren Or 350 7th Ave., Suite 701 New York, New York 10001 (Center is located in Jerusalem) Contact: Elizabeth David Dembrowsky info@keren-or.org, 212 279-4070 Keren Or (Hebrew for ray of light) is the only center of its kind in the world under Jewish auspices devoted exclusively to the care and rehabilitation of children with visual impairment who are also physically and/or mentally disabled. Keren Or’s state-of-the-art facilities, dedicated staff, and individualized therapy programs allow each of their students to reach his or her maximum potential. There are several ways to make a difference in the lives of blind children with multiple […]

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North American Conference on Ethiopian Jewry (NACOEJ)

North American Conference on Ethiopian Jewry (NACOEJ) 255 West 36th Street, Suite 701 New York, NY 10018 Contact: Danielle Ben-Jehuda, Director of Development & Donor Relations, donors@nacoej.org NACOEJ is the only major American organization exclusively committed to the welfare of Ethiopian Jews. NACOEH helped Ethiopian Jews survive in Ethiopia, assisted them in reaching Israel, and is now focused on aiding in their absorption in Israel, primarily through education programs, and helping preserve their unique and ancient culture. Numerous Bnei Mitzvah have enjoyed the challenge of fundraising for NACOEJ programs through their mitzvah projects. For recent mitzvah projects go to: http://www.nacoej.org/get-involved/mitzvah-projects For mitzvah […]

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SIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER/MUSEUM OF TOLERANCE NEW YORK

SIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER/MUSEUM OF TOLERANCE NEW YORK 226 East 42nd Street, New York, New York 10017 Contact: Julie Silver, Associate jsilver@wiesenthal.com 212 697 1180 ext. 1180 The Simon Wiesenthal Center is a global Jewish human rights organization that confronts anti-Semitism, hate and terrorism, promotes human rights and dignity, stands with Israel, defends the safety of Jews worldwide, and teaches the lessons of the Holocaust for future generations. The Center challenges visitors to confront bigotry and racism, and to understand the Holocaust in both historic and contemporary contexts. Through interactive workshops, exhibits, and videos, individuals explore issues of prejudice, diversity, tolerance, […]

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JNF-Jewish National Fund

JNF-Jewish National Fund 42 E. 69th St., New York, NY 10021 Contact: Nina Woldin, Education Content Manager 212 879-9305 Over the past 107 years JNF has evolved into a global environmental leader by planting 240 million trees, building over 200 reservoirs and dams, developing over 250,000 acres of land, creating more than 1000 parks, providing infrastructure for over 1,000 communities, bringing life to the Negev Desert, and educating students around the world about Israel and the environment. Create your own JNF mitzvah webpage to raise money for your mitzvah project. The proceeds will go towards a JNF project of your […]

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Pajama Program

Pajama Program 34 E. 39th Street, Suite B New York, NY 10016 Contact: Kathleen Stuart, National Pajama & Book Distributor kathleen@pajamaprogram.org Pajama Program provides new pajamas and new books to children in need, many who are waiting and hoping to be adopted. Thousands of the children live in group homes and shelters and are shuffled often between temporary living facilities. Many of them have been abused or abandoned, and have never enjoyed the simple comfort of having a mother or father tuck them in at bedtime and read to them. Pajama Program needs volunteers to help collect new pajamas and […]

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