Tag Archive for 'donation'

Giving blood for Yom Hazicaron + woman who needs platelets.

I figured I’d share this email I just sent to friends in the Jerusalem area, since the more people who can, the better:
Hey guys -
I meant to write this email to like two people and then I figured, why not let everyone know… I was thinking of donating blood in honor of Yom Hazicaron (thanks, [...]

A Passover bonus for everyone.

This is sweet. My company gave us our usual Passover bonuses in the form of gifts bought via Sderot, so that Sderot vendors make some money off of the deal as opposed to vendors elsewhere.
Since the population of Sderot has been suffering for years now, and business has suffered along with it, there has been [...]

A Passover theme to helping Sudanese refugees in Israel.

Pessach is a week and a half a way. Obviously I’ve been leaving everything until next week, but if you’re not, good for you.
And if you’re trying to figure out what to do with all your leftover chametz - breads, pastas, crackers, snacks etc. - there’s a new idea beside selling it:
The Jerusalem YMCA’s gym, [...]

King Gaydamak of Jerusalem.

Charity is good and all, and everyone likes a nice project now and again. But this is going a little far for a hobby, right? Walking through the streets of Jerusalem, I turn my head and see the giant face of Arkadi Gaydamak:

I guess it’s unnerving because no one really knows what the Russian-Israeli billionaire’s [...]