volunteer Archives - Canadian Friends of Yad Sarah

Interview Zohar Margi Kfar Saba Volunteer

January 19, 2021

Meet Our Volunteers Short Questions & Answers Allowing You to Get to Know our Volunteers Who Perform "Sacred Work" In this article, we will highlight Zohar Margi who volunteers in Kfar Saba Q: Tell us something about yourself. A: I live in Tel Aviv and volunteer by supporting the branch in Kfar Saba. I have …

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Yecheskel Herman in Maintenance Workshop in Yad Sarah

Thanks to volunteering, I live

December 19, 2020

Ezekiel Herman with Uri Lupolianski and the chanukiah composed of wheelchair parts (Photo: Yad Sarah) Menorah from Wheelchair Parts Volunteer Token of Appreciation As a token of appreciation for the activities of Ezekiel Herman (92), a Holocaust survivor and the oldest volunteer in the Yad Sarah organization, he received a menorah composed of wheelchair parts, …

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Eshet Chayil: Avigail ben Nun

October 29, 2020

A Veteran and Dedicated Yad Sarah Volunteer Hello to readers of Yad Sarah News. My name is Avigail Ben Nun and I was born in Belgium. I am a Holocaust survivor and was privileged to immigrate to Israel in 1949. After the birth of my third child I felt great happiness but also felt great …

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Samira Alaa Abu-Rukun, a Druze volunteer at Yad Sarah sits beside her son, Brig.-Gen. Alaa Abu-Rukun, aide to President Rivlin of Israel. Samira is holding a microphone and making a speech at the 45th anniversary of Yad Sarah

Marking the 45th Year of the Establishment of Yad Sarah

January 23, 2020

ב“ה January 5, 2020 Honourable President of the State of Israel, Mr. Reuben Rivlin Honourable Chairman of Yad Sarah, Rabbi Uri Lupolianski Honourable Director General of Yad Sarah, Mr. Moshe Cohen Dear friends and family of Yad Sarah, Allow me to express great appreciation for choosing the President's House as the location of the main …

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Celebrating 45 Years of Giving

January 23, 2020

On 5 January 2020, President Rivlin honored 45 veteran volunteers at his official residence in Jerusalem. We Salute Our Volunteers Yad Sarah is marking its 45th year of giving with a tribute to its volunteers. The celebration kicked off in the sukkah of the Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel, Rabbi David Lau, and continues with …

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When you give to others, you get so much in return

December 5, 2019

Ninety-two Year Old Man Volunteers to Help the Elderly Translation of article from Israeli newspaper, Yediot Aharonot Most people who come to Yad Sarah House in Jerusalem come to borrow medical equipment – a walker, a wheelchair, an oxygen generator. Yechezkel Herman, a Holocaust survivor, comes every day to volunteer. "I tell everyone, just don't …

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Yad Sarah volunteers stand behind wheelchairs prepared to assist physically disabled reach the gravesites of their lost ones on Memorial Day 2018.

Yad Sarah Ready to Help Disabled Bereaved on Memorial Day

April 26, 2018

Yad Sarah helps family members get to the grave sites, as well as holding memorial ceremonies at their rehabilitation centers. BY JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH APRIL 15, 2018 18:22 The Jerusalem Post Disabled people from bereaved families may be taken free to and from military cemeteries in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Haifa and Beersheba by Yad Sarah’s Nechonit …

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Hagit Yasu glamour shot for her singing career

Hagit Yasu Yad Sarah Volunteer

March 27, 2018

Hagit Yaso Gives Back Customers who come to the Yad Sarah branch in Sderot are surprised to see Hagit Yaso sitting in front of one of the computers. (pictured) Hagit is well known as the winner of the "Kochav Nolad" (A Star is Born) program six years ago and received lots of publicity following the …

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