Cooking Concepts and Meir Panim Join Forces
The program for the evening began with a d’var torah and welcome from Rabbi Moshe Teitelbaum, Rabbi of the Young Israel of Lawrence/Cedarhurst, followed by a sushi demonstration by Naomi Ross, Director of Cooking Concepts and 3 able assistants from the audience. There was a presentation by Meir Panim, and the evening closed with an […]
Blanket and Warm Clothing Distribution Campaign for the Needy
Only a few of these people have requested heaters, due to their inability to pay electricity bills. Many elderly people remain at home, and leave only to warm up in heated public places. You can also lend them a hand… The Meir Panim –Power of Giving branches have reported a rise of 30% in the […]
Israel Together Coalition Rallies to Support Residents of Gaza Periphery Towns
The coalition, an initiative of Meir Panim chairman Dudi Zilbershlag, will provide solutions for needs such as supplies, children’s activities, psychological help and medical aid. Due the deteriorating security situation in Sderot and other western Negev towns, the Israel Together Emergency Coalition renewed its operations last Friday. The coalition, which was active during the Second […]
Creative Program in the Safed Meir Panim After-School Club
The dedicated teaching staff at the Safed Meir Panim after-school club does its utmost to provide the children there with enriching programs above and beyond the routine activities. The staff has recently adopted a policy to strengthen the relationship between the after-school club and the children’s families, and to turn the club into an experiential […]
The Best Time Ever
After two hours of standing on their feet and acting as busboys/waiters/social workers one might have expected a different reaction, but Elgie and Barbara Gibson finished their volunteer shift eager to return and work some more. The Gibsons, from Seattle, Washington, were encouraged by a good friend to visit Meir Panim and see another side […]
Back to school with the Scherl's
The family, extended family and friends all piled into the Meir Panim–Power of Giving Home Center in Jerusalem and spent the afternoon packing pencil cases and school bags to be delivered the next day to needy children across Israel. The families organized themselves into assembly lines and no one was left out – every hand […]
An experience to remember – Becoming a Bat Mitzvah elbow deep in Israeli salad!
On Thursday, April 12, Jenna, her siblings and her parents woke up early in the morning to travel to Kiryat Malachi to prepare hot lunches for needy children in Kiryat Malachi. Elbow deep in Israeli salad, Jenna became a Bat Mitzvah – a doer of good deeds – and as the Kershenbaums say: “The rest […]
Bar-Mitzvah Celebration for Children of Meir Panim –Netzach Yisrael
The Bar-Mitzvah ceremony left a powerful impression which will not be quickly erased from the memories of its star participants, members of the Ethiopian community who come from complicated family backgrounds and live under difficult circumstances After receiving a gift from Meir Panim – an ornate set of Tallit and Tefillin- the Bar-Mitzvah boys donned […]
From Antwerp to Kiryat Malachi
The visit included the participation of the students in a “Kindness Day” in which they enthusiastically volunteered in Meir Panim’s soup kitchen in Kiryat Malachi and packaged thousands of hot food portions for children in the local Netzach Yisrael School. Later, these guest students, dressed in shirts and hats with the Meir Panim logo, marched […]
A Bar Mitzvah Goal
In addition to all the other preparations necessary for this very important event, Zach expressed a desire to do something to help children less fortunate than him. On a visit to Kiryat Malachi, Zach, his brother Joshua, and his parents met the children of the Meir Panim after school program. When a shared love of […]
