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The Hebrew Free Burial Association (HFBA) devotes its resources to performing chesed shel emet (the ultimate act of lovingkindness- for the deceased who are unable to repay the kindness). It is the only agency in the greater New York metropolitan area dedicated to assuring that every Jew, regardless of financial means or religious affiliation, receives a dignified, traditional Jewish funeral and burial.
At the heart of Heifer’s work is a notion similar to tzedakah: that it is our duty to help those in genuine need.
Our founder, Dan West, felt the call to do what he could for others. As a farmer from Indiana, he spent time as a relief worker during the Spanish Civil War. He soon discovered that a meager cup of milk rationed once a day to weary refugees was not enough. AND THEN HE HAD A THOUGHT: What if they were given cows?
Heifer International grew from that thought, not a cup but a cow. For more than 70 years we have remained true to this idea – though we now give many different types of livestock. Our work, which also provides environmentally friendly agricultural training, is the spark families need to lift themselves out of poverty. Since 1944, we have helped more than 30 million families in 125 countries, including the United States.
HomeFront is a social service agency whose mission is to end homelessness in Central New Jersey by harnessing the caring, resources and expertise of the community. They lessen the immediate pain of homelessness and help families become self-sufficient. HomeFront works to give their clients the skills and opportunities to ensure adequate incomes, and they work to increase the availability of adequate, affordable housing. HomeFront also helps homeless families advocate for themselves individually and collectively.
HOSTS for HOSPITALS (HfH) is a nonprofit agency providing free lodging and support at volunteer-host homes as a caring response to the housing needs of patients and their families who come to the Greater Philadelphia area for specialized medical care. For the first eighteen years of operation through October 2017, over 500 host-families have now been provided 3,000-plus patient-families a combined total of almost 130,00 nights of lodging, thus saving these guests an estimated $8.75 million in equivalent hotel expenses.
IDF Widows and Orphans Organization is a non-profit charity that was established in 1991 as the sole organization recognized by the State of Israel to represent the widows and orphans of Israel’s fallen soldiers. Today we work with over 8,000 women and children who have lost their spouse or parent serving in the IDF and Israel’s security forces. Although it is impossible to fill the void of a lost spouse or parent, IDFWO works tirelessly to be the helping hand of warmth that these families need, by means of a therapeutic network of social, emotional, and educational programs, along with financial aid.
Innovation: Africa is a New York based 501(c)(3) organization with a mission to bring Israeli solar, water and agricultural technologies to rural African villages. Since its founding in 2008, Innovation: Africa (iA) has completed over 150 solar installations bringing light, access to clean water, improved education, refrigeration for vaccines and medicines, and proper nutrition and food security to over 1 million people in the most remote villages in Africa. iA currently operates in eight countries: Uganda, Malawi, Tanzania, Ethiopia, South Africa, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Senegal and Cameroon.
Our mission is to do all of this, while promoting a positive image of Israel around the world.
Established in 1984, Israel Elwyn’s vision is to achieve a society in which people with disabilities will be citizens with equal rights; a society in which we all aspire to determine our own future and way of life. Israel Elwyn (IE) develops and operates a wide range of supports and tools for individuals with disabilities, while constantly striving to provide excellent service and to create a just society. Together with people with disabilities and society at large, we shall continue working as an innovative and cutting-edge organization. Over 4,000 children, teenagers and adults with disabilities throughout Israel, many of whom are employed, receive support services from IE that have helped thousands of children and adults lead dignified and productive lives while making decisions about their own lives.
Israel Guide Dogs provides Guide Dogs for people in Israel who are blind or visually impaired. They also provide Service Companions to children with Autism and soldiers with PTSD.
J-ADD was founded in 1986 and it has remained true to its original mission of serving New Jersey’s special needs community.
The agency was the brainstorm of prominent UJA Federation Board members, Dr. Sandra O. Gold and Inge Wettreich, who identified a growing need within the Jewish (and non-Jewish) community for services for individuals with developmental disabilities within community settings.
Jerusalem Hills provide both a warm home and therapeutic framework for over 125 children ages 7-18, all of whom are children-at-risk with severe emotional, behavioral and learning disorders. The children come from all parts of Israel. Many of them have been victims of abuse – emotional, physical and sexual – and some are placed at our facilities by court order.
