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Intergenerational Activities at Reuth’s Subsidized Community Housing – Perach Zahav Matanel

Aging can be a painful process as seniors contend with retirement, loss of friends and loved ones, a decline in functional ability, and more. As a result, many experience debilitating loneliness, and subsequently, a dramatic decline in their mental and physical health. The vision of the project is to improve the quality of life of underprivileged seniors who are living in Reuth’s subsidized community housing.

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Testimonials

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Arnon Stein about the Perah Zahav program in Mitzpe Ramon

Negev Rising- Mitzpe Ramon, Israel

A few days ago we had the most moving gathering of our volunteer students towards the end of the year. Not all the volunteers were able to come, but the majority made the effort and enjoyed an uplifting experience.

The volunteers shared with each other their touching stories and struggles from their experience in the “Perach Zahav Matanel” project and drew strength and ideas from each other.
It is apparent how meaningful the project is for the elderly and not less, for the students.
Some relayed that they are the only ones to walk into their elderly’s house! Besides for their visit during the week, the senior is all alone and eagerly awaits the students visit- almost the only time he’ll turn on the light in the house.

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Histoire juive de la France

sous la direction de Sylvie Anne Goldberg

Réunis sous la direction de Sylvie Anne Goldberg, cent cinquante spécialistes issus de six pays présentent pour la première fois, de manière claire et synthétique, une histoire interculturelle où les Juifs sont vraiment des acteurs, parmi d’autres, du destin français. Une histoire passionnante, en grande partie inconnue du public, exposée de façon accessible dans cet ouvrage de référence unique et richement illustré. De nombreuses cartes, chronologies, encadrés de portraits ou d’explication sur du vocabulaire, renvois, etc, permettent au lecteur de circuler à son gré dans cette originale Histoire de France divisée en quatre grandes parties aux couleurs distinctives.

The Saying of Matanel

See to it that you do not spoil and destroy My world; for if you do, there will be no one else to repair it.

Midrash Ecclesiastes Rabbah 7:13