Charities Supported By The Israel America Foundation, Inc

(More Detailed Descriptions Below)

1. STUDIES for MEDICAL RESEARCH on CONDITIONS OF THE AGING: Ben Gurion University & Soroka Hospital in the Negev.

2. Holocaust Museums: LoHamei HaGhetaot(The Ghetto Fighter’s Museum)& Yad Yaeled (The Museum of the Child) for Educational Projects on the Holocaust in Poland.

3.  Teaching College:  ORANIM.

4. Repatriation of the Jews of Argentina To Israel: The Chayim Finkelstein Association.

5. Securing the life of a historic HISTADRUT Kibbutz: KIBBUTZ GINOSSAR in Tiberius.

6. RAISING FUNDS to pay bills of ORTHODOX MALE ORPHANS living in Relatives’ Homes:  DISKIN ORPHAN’S HOME, JERUSALEM .

7.  Need and merit-based Student Scholarships:  AMAL –(Top Technological High Schools & Colleges in ISRAEL).

8. MISHAN Retirement Communities and’ Children’s Villages’: The HISTADRUT 

9. HELP FOR PSYCHOTIC & DRUG- ADDICTED TEENS ,YOUNG ADULTS & Developmentally, disabled children: Shalvat Chayim.

10.Programs & Seminars for Senior Citizen’s in the Tri-state Area, legal solutions & medical- help: The Israel America Foundation, inc.

More Information On The 9 Charities:

1. Ben GURION UNIVERSITY & Soroka Hospital

The Center for Multidisciplinary Research in Aging’ & Soroka Hospital (The largest Hospital in the Negev).Studies in the name of one’s family is established here. Ben Gurion University is the only Academic Center in Israel that contains  one  Campus where all the Faculties in which research, relevant to aging, is being carried out, including the Faculty of Health Sciences as well as a comprehensive Medical Center (Soroka” ) that has a department of geriatrics headed by Prof. Sara Carmel, Director, M.Ph., Ph.D.

The Center does research as per the following:

Health & Welfare Services: Models of Medical Services for the elderly are examined & Socio-demographic, and ethnic differences in geriatric rehabilitation in Day-Care Centers and Nursing Homes are explored. Survivors of the Holocaust make up a sizable amount of the Senior Citizens of Israel.

Physical & Cognitive Capabilities of Senior Citizens:  Learning cognition and Memory, visual and special attention, hearing, etc.

Frailty & Disease: covering the medical  conditions of the senior citizen, such as hypertension, osteoporosis, arteriosclerosis, etc.

Nutrition: Study of dietary habits of different ethnic and racial groups of elderly in the Negev Area, and the factors for nutritional deterioration in the elderly

Physiology and biology, etc: Topic covers the physiology of the aging brain, and the regulation of body temperature, etc.

Policies: such as the way – Pension Reform in Israel occurs, political parties made up primarily of elderly persons, policies and services for the aging, etc.

Sociology of health and psychology: Coping with loss, coping with hip-fracture, stroke and death, etc.

Research has to be funded. In the Department of The Aging of Ben Gurion University.  Senior Citizens benefit by research in the aforementioned subjects. The senior citizen is becoming a growing Israeli political force; and these studies on aging are vital to the health of the Israeli people for years to come.Which of the above-mentioned projects, do you want to fund?

2. BEIT LOHAMAI HAGHETAOT: (Ghetto Fighter’s House) The Survivors of the Warsaw -Ghetto crawled through the sewers to link up with the Partisans and from there onward to ISRAEL. They established a Kibbutz and two Holocaust Museums. Contributions here are used for teaching soldiers & children about the Holocaust perpetrated against the Jews of Poland. Rami Hochman is the  General Director.

3.  The Histadrut: NETWORK OF ten OF THE BEST RETIREMENT COMMUNITIES of the Histadrut in Israel, and three ‘CHILDREN’S Villages (housing orphans, Children in need & Disabled children)

4. THE CHAIM FINKELSTEIN ASSOCIATION: is an Archive and Research Center for Jewish education in Israel and its implications for the future.

The organization has its origin in the Jewish Education system in Argentina and specifically in the Scholem Alehem school system established in 1934, a Center for Jewish life and education for over 75 years. The Scholem Alehem School today is the largest Jewish School in Argentina.Parents send their children to this school. {Youngsters decide to make Aliya following the development of their Jewish Consciousness through education in the schools and youth movement. All work is done by retired professionals in Israel and all are volunteers. Asher Porat, MD. Is the Founder & Director. They find a way to integrate professionals into Israeli Life, and the Professionals bring over their families. CFEHC helps with the absorption of all Diaspora Jews, Russian Jews in particular. CFEHC Volunteers know that extricating a people from a country where there is no violent anti-Semitism is more than allowing Jews open migration simply because they are Jewish. Older Jews do not come alone. They are too entrenched, to make a change. They are also too afraid, since they have more to lose. Young professionals are more mobile and come on Visitor Visas” to Israel. However, these young professionals have to be assured that they will get comparable positions in Israel or they will not leave the Country of their birth. It is hard even for younger people to give up the ‘known’ for the ‘unknown’. Jobs have to be found for these people, roughly commensurate with the position that they are leaving, and this is not easy in a competitive atmosphere like Israel to find a ready-made job! This is the mission that the C. F.E.H.C. has carved out for itself. If young professionals leave the country, their elders will follow; and the Jewish community can be saved. It takes time and patience but CFEHC needs increased funding to carry out the ‘nitty-gritty’ of getting a job-fit: 1) The new immigrants may have to learn Hebrew ; 2) Get additional money for traveling to find a job; 3) Job-Training; 4) Living -expenses etc. This takes funding. Most of the burden of funding falls on the volunteers, who privately pay these expenses with their out-of-pocket contributions. They get some funds from the Government. However, they need additional funds. This is a great Mitzvah; the  saving of Jewish Souls

5. ORANIM: (Largest Teaching- College in Northern Israel) known for its outstanding academic training, granting bachelor and master degrees.  It was Founded in 1951 by the Kibbutz -Movement.   The College is fully accredited by the Israeli Council for Higher education and ranked the #1 Institution for studying Education in Israel. )

COURSES  OFFERED INCLUDE:

1. Judaism and Jewish People-hood—Past, Present, Future
Students interested in understanding and affiliating with the tradition and religion of their ancestors, preserving importance and relevance of Israel- Diaspora synergy and mutuality.

2. Global Jewish Leadership
Students interested in becoming leaders in their communities. This course deals with Leadership, in theory and practice, promoting dialogue between students from diverse backgrounds.

3. Jewish Education for the Next Generation
Students in education, teaching in different educational settings. This course provides educational -tools, while acquainting students with issues and dilemmas in the field of Jewish education.

*SEEKS AMERICAN GRADUATE STUDENTS

*Cost of the Program Includes: Tuition, food, Social, educational activities, and field -study.

6. Diskin orphanage: In Israel IAF raises funds to help orphan boys who continue to live at home being cared for by relatives until they are grown and married. Diskin is in Jerusalem & its properties are rented out for celebrations and the funds distributed to pay the bills of the Orphans’ relatives.

7. MISHAN Center: Mishan: *Is the Hebrew Word for “Support” Mishan was founded in 1931 (75 years ago) by activists of the Histadrut to help 200 unemployed workers

Mishan Maintains Children’s Villages

Some of the children who come to Mishan were physically or emotionally neglected or abused, some were removed from their homes by Court Order.  Some children have disabilities or behavior problems.

*Alumni Village-Kfar Saba, Israel-

(Last chance for Children at risk)  was established in 1942 (64 years ago) .  It is the home for 250 children and youth (aged 2-18 )with traumatic family backgrounds. Some children were abused, neglected or orphaned,.  Others children have parents who are mentally- ill. Alumni also operate a ‘Day-Center’ which allow youths a chance to receive the necessary help while living at home at the same time attending regular school.

*Onim Village-Kfar Saba, Israel

Established in 1947, (59 years ago),  It is  now home for 200 children & youth for whom assimilation into society poses difficult challenges.  Some have hearing loss, learning disabilities, adjustment problems & behavior problems,  Some children are  victims of abusive or neglectful homes. Onim helped absorb the wave of immigrants from Ethiopia in the 1980s.

*Apple House- Gan Yavne, Israel

Gan Yavne was established in 1954 (52 years ago) now home for 200 children and youth (age 2-18) who suffer from domestic violence and hostility. Through the years, thousands of Apple House graduates have served in the army and gone on to lead normal, stable lives as productive members of society.

For Israel’s seniors: Mishan Maintains

3,950 Israeli seniors are spending their senior years in Mishan’s network of 10 Residences for the elderly. The average life- expectancy in Israel has been increasing; it now stands at 80 years for women and 76 years for men. The rapidly growing senior population makes  for geriatric problems, MISHAN contributes to the study of age-related diseases and lobbies vigorously for the rights of seniors

* Avot Hanegev Be’er Sheva

Most of the 384 residents of the above-mentioned Facilty are Holocaust survivors. Habayit Bagan was built more than 3 decades ago

* Mishan Holon (Herzfeld)
The first Nursing -Home of Mishan was built in 1948. It houses 610 Senior Citizens. The original residents were veterans of the Pre-State Jewish Defense organization. Since then, it has been home to thousands of independent seniors.

*Carmel Haifa
Established in 2956, Carmel is home to 304 retired residents from Haifa and Northern Israel, many of them are from the Country’s pioneering generation.

* Gonen- Jerusalem
Gonen was established after the Six Day War in 1967 and renovated in 1993. Most of the 104 independent residents are from the Jerusalem area.

8. Kibbutz Ginossar

Kibbutz Ginnosar is in Tiberius, Israel. Yigal Nagar, Moshe Awes and Alex Barak are contact persons. Tiberius is the oldest settlement of Jews in Israel. The Romans vacationed in Tiberius in summer. Kibbutz Ginnosar is located parallel to Lake Kinneret. The scenery is breathtaking. Walking to the land that the Kibbutz owns, you have a view of the  beautiful, Lake Kinneret.  They have the best view, but they are short of funds.  Most of the Kibbutzim today are in financial difficulties.  Kibbutz Ginnosar owns and manages the largest Hotel of the Kibbutz Movement, “Hotel Nof Ginnosar”. Tiberius is very close to Lebanon; and in the most recent war with Lebanon, the children of the Kibbutz were forced to stay in the bomb- shelters for the entire length of the Lebanon war. And the bomb-shelters are not “child friendly’. It was very difficult for children to remain there.

Kibbutz Ginossar needs contributions to make the shelters livable for children. Unfortunately, for weeks after the Lebanon war, Israelis avoided Tiberius as a tourist -spot. As you can well imagine, this hurt Kibbutz Ginnossar financially.

Hotel Nof Ginossar & Yigal Allon Museum: Tourists vacationing in Tiberius stay at Hotel Nof Ginossar.   The Management of  Hotel Nof Ginossar is the main industry of Kibbutz Ginossar. The Executives of the IAF, through  contributions of the Late Hadassah Zweig, a  past-member of the IAF Board, who established two synagogues at the Kibbutz Ginossar, some 15 years ago, one in the Kibbutz, and the other in the Hotel.

The Yigal Allon museum is on the premises of Kibbutz Ginossar. In addition to displaying the papers of Yigal Allon, a great patriot and Member of the Labor Party; the Museum houses the “Oldest Boat”. This boat is sometimes called the “Jesus Boat”. It was dredged up from Lake Kinneret after a storm. It dates from the time of Jesus some 2007 years ago.
Tree Planting The IAF has an arrangement with Kibbutz Ginossar in Tiberius regarding tree -planting. Friends of the IAF can plant trees in the’ Palmach- Grove ‘(where a battle for the Independence of the State of Israel was fought in 1948) for $50 and another $50 to inscribe:” in Honor of”, and” in memory of “the designated individual in Hebrew and in English on a Collective Plaque. The trees are tagged in the name of the individual, and should a  tree die, another tree is planted in its stead. A few benches surround this area, contributed by the Late Bella Markowicz, a Survivor of the Holocaust, and a Friend of the IAF .  She contributed the benches so that people can sit and reflect on the trees and life.

Omanit is the craft-shop in Ginossar where Senior Citizens get bussed in from surrounding Kibbutzim.  Seniors work there making crafts which are sold to tourists who visit Hotel Nof Ginossar. When the crafts are sold, the profits are divided between the workers. The Craftspeople of the Kibbutz treasure the money they earn which allows them independence in their elder years.

There is a “Nursing-Home” in Kibbutz Ginossar where the elderly of the Kibbutz reside. The Kibbutz takes care of its own.

9. Shalvat Chayim:  located in Jerusalem helps those suffering from mental illness, children, youth, teen-agers, those suffering from substance abuse,.  Shalvat Chayim provides a home for those who come from everywhere in the world who never felt at home within  themselves. Mental -disease is the most cruel robber of mankind.  It hits the young as well as the old; the rich as well as poor.  It strikes at all religions and all races. Shalvat Chayim is an Organization that manifests kindness as well as the latest Psychological and Psychiatric treatment.

Shalvat Chayim was founded by Rabbi Nissim Edery, an IDF Army Officer and professor at Bar Ilan University,  who worked with soldiers injured both mentally and physically  in the Yom -Kippur War.    Soldiers, suffering from severe Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome were  languishing in mental hospital.  Rabbi Edery pioneered the concept of transferring soldiers from the hospital to residential environments.  The program enjoyed great success as the soldiers healed in their warm therapeutic settings.

A beautiful Group -Home in Ramot, overlooking the Jerusalem- Hills, today takes in people from Israel and abroad.  This Facility houses 15 men (18-40 years).  These men suffer from a variety of mental disorders:  schizophrenia, obsessive-compulsive disorders (OCD), paranoia,clinical -depression, disabling- anxiety, and personality -disorders. Shalvat Chayim manages an additional number of Group Homes as well as Assisted-Living Apartments,and Foster- Homes throughout Israel.

 

An apartment was recently opened in Jerusalem to help teenage substance abusers and youth-at- risk, and return them to their normal lives.  Staffs are composed of  a team of Psychologists, social workers, occupational therapists, a head-nurse, a chef and other professional counselors who assist the patients in their recovery.  Each patient is treated with a personally tailored program, under the expert guidance of Tamar Shefer, Chief Resident Psychologist.  Many of these man have been in and out of  mental Hospitals.

In the largest of Shalvat Chaim’s Group- Homes, a majority of the patients are from overseas,.  Individual sessions are conducted in English and Group -Sessions are conducted in Hebrew and English.  Shalvat Chayim is the only program bringing people from New York and New Jersey to Israel. WHILE SOME AID IS AVAILABLE FOR ISRAELI CITIZENS, overseas -patients receive little or no government assistance.   SHALVAT CHAYIM must raise funds to provide the desperately -needed care these men, women and teens are not able to get at any other place.   Now, they and their families have a better chance for a more viable future. YOUR  CONTRIBUTION WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED!

10. Israel America Foundation: in the United States, raises funds to help the elderly remain independent by helping with Estate & Financial Planning.

*Contributions to any of the charities listed can be made by calling Israel America Foundation at (212) 869-9477 or from the link below

IAF Donation Page

I.A.F. POST -PURIM GALA

Please Note This event has been cancelled due to Coronavirus health concerns. It will be postponed to a later date to be determined) Thursday March 26, 2020, Studio 353,353 W. 48th St., (Bet. 8th & 9th) NYC (Ring 2nd Floor bell) 1:30-4:00 p.m. Kosher Hamantashen, bagels & Coffee Limited Seating-R.S.V.P. at least 24 hrs. in advance #(212) 869-9477

RABBI PAUL LEVENSON  (singing & guitar playing)

RABBI MEYER LEIFER   (Reading the Megillah)

BERNARD GORDON, Educator, & Teaching-Fellow

Lori Leifer- Singing & Piano-Playing

Holocaust Museum, Wash. D.C. PURIMSPIEL:

“The Story of Esther”(Audience Players)

New year for Trees: Tu Bishvat And Financial Planning Seminar

Thursday, February 20, 2020 from 1:30-4:00 P.M. At Studio 353, 353 W, 48th St., 2nd Floor, Complimentary Bagels, Danish, Coffee, Tea: Reservations a Must!(212) 869-9477

Mishnah 1. There are four New Years. On the first of Nisan is the New Year for Kings and for Festivals; On the first of Elul is the New Year for the Tithe of Animals-R. Eliezer and R. Simon say, On the first of Tishri is the New Year for years, for Sabbatical years, for Jubilee years, for planting and for vegetables, and On the 15th of Shevat is the New Year for Trees.

& IAF SENIOR -ESTATE & FINANCIAL SEMINAR

People live longer in 2020’, and although medical research booms, chronic health problems plague the aging & don’t seem to be addressed fast enough by Researchers and Physicians in crowded cities. Less children are born, but more Seniors with chronic health problems live on.

Home -Health- Care- Aides are the most expensive addition to the crippling cost of aging. The burning question is not how much will be given to the new generations, but how can older citizens continue to pay their bills!

FEATURING: LAWYERS, FINANCIAL-PLANNERS, INSURANCE- SALES

LEGAL INSTRUMENTS-Last Wills and Testaments, Disability- Trusts, Long Term Health Insurance, Sheltered Trusts, HOSPICES: (MJHS) & (CALVARY) REHAB. UNITS in Nursing-Homes, Independent-Living & Assisted-Living

Children Of Survivors

Thursday, January 23, 2019, from 1:30-4:00 at Studio 353, 353 W. 48th St., (between 8th & 9th Ave.) NYC. Kosher bagels with Trimmings, Danish, Coffee and tea, Limited Seating. Must R.S.V.P. at least 24 hrs before function, # (212) 869-9477

Featuring: 

Mikhal Dekel-Born in Haifa, Israel to a Holocaust Refugee Father and an Israeli Born Mother.  She teaches English and Comparative Literature at City College and CUNY Graduate Center, and directs CCNY’s Rifkind Center for the Humanities and Arts.

Dr. Debbie Joffe Ellis- Born in Australia to Holocaust Refugee Parents who originally came from the Warsaw Ghetto in Poland. Co-authored several books with Dr. Albert Ellis, President and founder of RBT Therapy.  She is an adjunct professor at Columbia.

The Story Of Chanukah

Thursday, December 26, 2019, from 1:30-4:00 at Studio 353, 353 W. 48th St., (between 8th & 9th Ave.) NYC. Kosher bagels and Danish, Coffee and tea, Limited Seating-Must R.S.V.P. at least 24 hrs before function, # (212) 869-9477

Featuring: 

RABBI MEYER LEIFER: Emeritus Rabbi, Emunath Israel & Pelham-Parkway Synagogues

RABBI PAUL LEVENSON: Emeritus Rabbi, Temple Chayai Shalom, Easton , Massachusetts, Treasurer, L’CHAIM Fund.

BERNARD GORDON: Educator, Director of Mittelshul, N.Y., Teaching-Fellow, Holocaust- Museum, Washington, D.C.

LORI LEIFER: Playing Piano and Singing

DR. DEBBIE JOFFE ELLIS: Adjunct Prof. Columbia Univ.

I.A. F. ESTATE & FINANCIAL SEMINAR

Thursday, November 21, 2019, from 1:30-4:30 at Studio 353, 353 W. 48th St., (between 8th & 9th Ave.) NYC. Kosher bagels and Danish, Coffee and tea, Limited Seating-Must R.S.V.P., # (212) 869-9477 at least 24 hours in advance

Featuring:

LAWYERS, Estate & Elder Law Attorneys( (Trusts dealing with Disability)(Trusts -sheltering assets) Powers of Attorney-Living Wills and Health Care Proxies) & Last Wills & Testaments; joint Bank Accounts, and survivor accts.

FINANCIAL Planners discussing stocks, bonds and annuities

REGISTERED AGENCIES FOR HIRING AIDES

PRE-NEEDS FUNERALS & BUYING PLOTS from CEMETERIES

REPRESENTATIVES from (1) Nursing-Homes

(2) Independent-Living Residence & (3) Assisted-Living Residences

Hospice Representatives- Medical Institutions-Hospitals {& Physicians)

HOLOCAUST DOCUMENTARY FILM (Film is 1 hour & 20 minutes)- “SHADOWS FROM MY PAST” GITA KAUFMAN & Kurt Kaufman, Authors, CINEMATOGRAPHY by Kurt Kaufman.

Thursday, October 24, 2019 from 1:30-4:30 p.m. at Studio 353, 353 w. 48th Street (between 8th & 9th Avenue) NYC. Kosher bagels and Danishes, coffee & Tea, Limited Seating-Must R.S.V.P: # 212 869-9477. Please RSVP at least 24 hours in advance

· Story of a Young Girl who survived the Holocaust.

· Interviews with Kurt Waldheim, Ronald Lauder, Eric Pleskow (among others)

“DAYS OF AWE & THE HARVEST HOLIDAYS”

Thursday, September 26, 2019 1:30-4:00 P.M. At Studio 353, 353 West 48th Street, NYC (Between 8th and 9th) 2nd Floor Complimentary Kosher Refreshments RSVP.#(212) 869-9477. Please RSVP at least 24 hours in advance of the event!

Elul is traditionally a time for introspection and a comprehensive review of one’s deeds and spiritual progress over the past year and a time to prepare for the upcoming “DAYS OF AWE” Rosh Hashanah ((September 29, 2019-October 8, 2019)

Dr. Debbie Joffee Ellis: ”Taking Stock & Remembering”

Rabbi Paul H. Levenson,

Meaning of Judaism & The Jewish New Year

Bernard Gordon, The Humanistic Background of the Holidays

Lori Leifer, Singing & Piano-playing, songs for the Holidays

Rabbi Meyer Leifer, The Mysticism of the Shofar

IAF ESTATE & FINANCIAL-PLANNING SEMINAR- “A Life-Well-Lived in the Jewish Tradition Can Only Occur, if Preparation is taken to make the end of life Good!

Thursday, August 22, 2019 1:30-4:00 Studio 353, 353 W. 48th Street (Between 8th &9 th), NYC-2nd Fl. ,Complimentary Kosher Refreshments: Space Limited, R.S.V.P (212) 869-9477

PRESENTERS:

LAWYERS

FINANCIAL PLANNERS

ACCOUNTANTS

AIDE AGENCIES

Legal Instruments: HEALTH CARE PROXY ,‘DISABILITY-TRUST’,LAST WILL & TESTAMENT  and “GRANTOR TRUST”

JEWISH COLONISTS IN AMERICA AT THE TIME OF THE REVOLUTION

Thursday, July 25, 2019 1:30-4:00 Studio 353, 353 W. 48th Street (Between 8th &9 th) NYC-2nd Fl. Complimentary Kosher Refreshments: Space Limited, R.S.V.P (212) 869-9477

In 1654, a group of Jews escaped from the Portuguese Inquisition in Recife, Brazil and landed in Manhattan, which was then the Dutch settlement of New- Amsterdam. It was the same anti-Semitic Inquisition that caused their ancestors to flee from Spain in 1492, and Portugal in 1497. Peter Stuyvesant, Governor of New Amsterdam (later known as New York) was no friend of the Jews, but the “Dutch West India Company,” the owner of the colony, ordered that the small group be allowed to remain.

Find the Answers to These Questions and others:

1. HOW LONG AGO DID THE JEWS ARRIVE IN THE NEW WORLD?

2. HOW, WHY AND WHEREFROM DID THE JEWS ARRIVE?

3. WERE JEWS ABLE TO LIVE IN ALL THE 13 COLONIES AS

CITIZENS BEFORE THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR?

4. WERE THERE JEWISH SOLDIERS SERVING AT VALLEY-FORGE UNDER GEORGE WASHINGTON?

5. Were JEWS IMPORTAnt to the HISTORY of colonial America?

SHAVUOT & ALTERNATIVE-MEDICINE SEMINAR FOR PAIN

Thursday, June 20, 2019 1:30-4 p.m. STUDIO 353, 353 W. 48th Street, between 8th & 9th Avenue) Kosher Refreshments, RSVP. Space Limited. Call #212 869-9477

Medical Doctors are human and imperfect. Patients are human beings and also imperfect. Patients cannot be cured by all medications. Some patients are allergic to medications that could potentially cure them, and others suffer side-effects from medications that could cure their conditions but cause other conditions. Some medical conditions are not amenable to recognized pain medications!

There are alternatives to medications, and alternatives to medical Disciplines. Bring your physical problems to this seminar and learn what these alternative disciplines and their practitioners can do for you.

Practitioners of these Disciplines will participate:

Homeopathy

Physical Therapy

Alexander Technique

Acupuncture & Chinese Medicine

Feldenkrais Technique

Hypnotism

Yoga

Tai Chi

Rational Emotive Behaviorial Therapy

Israel America Foundation, Inc. CELEBRATES: ISRAEL INDEPENDENCE & the BIRTH OF THE JEWISH STATE (71 YEARS 5/9/19) YOM HATZ’MAUT

Thursday, May 30th, 1:30-4:00 P.M. Studio 353, 353 W. 48th Street (between 8th & 9thNYC) To Attend: RSVP: #212-869-9477

FEATURING:

• Speaker from the General Consulate of Israel Office:
• ESTATE -PLANNING
• FOR SENIORS
• LAWYERS,
• INSURANCE AGENTS,
• SOCIAL WORKERS,
• NURSE

The Israel America Foundation, Inc. Invites You: ANNUAL PRE-PASSOVER

TUESDAY, April 16, 2019, 12:00-3:00 P.M At ABIGAEL’S KOSHER RESTAURANT,1407 BROADWAY, NYC 10018 (Between W. 38th & W.39th Street.  *Go into building, take elevator to basement where IAF has its own room) Traditional Kosher Lunch- $30, PRE-PASSOVER PROGRAM with Special HAGGADDAHS.  To Attend: RSVP: #212-869-9477

Conducted by: RABBI MEYER LEIFER, Emeritus, Rabbi & Teacher

RABBI PAUL LEVENSON, Emeritus, Rabbi & Teacher

Medley of songs & piano music: LORI LEIFER

“Passover-Out of Egypt:….Out of Slavery” BERNARD GORDON, Educator, Holocaust Museum Teaching-Fellow

“ 40 Years in the Desert. Taking slavery out of The Jews”…… DR. DEBBIE JOFFE ELLIS, Adjunct Prof. R.E.B.T. Psychology

Israel America Foundation presents: PURIM PROGRAM

Thursday, March 21st, 2019, from 1:30-4:00 P.M at Studio 353, 353 West 48th Street (Between 8th & 9th Ave) NYC Press outside Bell, 2nd Fl. Kosher Hamantashen Served, Limited Seating: Must R.S.V.P at (212) 869-9477

FEATURING:

* Rabbi Meyer Leifer, singing & reading from Megillah

* Lori Leifer, singing & playing piano

* Rabbi Paul Levenson, singing & Playing Guitar

* Dr. Debbie Joffe Ellis, Psychologist

* PURIMSPIEL, featuring the Audience

SEMINAR “CARING FOR THOSE WHO NEED CARE”

Thurs. February 28, 2019, Studio 353, 353 W.48th Street (Bet. 8th & 9th Ave.) 1:30-4:00 P.M., R.S.V.P. Call #212-869-9477.

FROM: INDEPENDENT -LIVING QUARTERS:

MANHATTAN: The Hallmark of Battery Park City, Atria, 86th Street,

The Esplanade, The Village, 74th Street Home, Carnegie

BROOKLYN: Menorah Home and Hospital for the Aged, Sephardic Skilled Nursing and Rehab Center

BRONX: Hebrew Home for the Aged at Riverdale; Hebrew Hospital

Home of Coop City, Workmen’s Circle Multi-Care Center

MANHATTAN: The Isabella Home

DAY-NIGHT CARE AGENCIES: Pella Care

ASSISTED-LIVING HOMES:

MANHATTAN: The Hallmark, The Esplanade, The Village

The Lott Residence

QUEENS: Flushing House

HOSPICES

BRONX: Calvary Home Health Agency and Hospice

BROOKLYN; Metropolitan Jewish Geriatric Center

“IAF ESTATE & FINANCIAL-PLANNING SEMINAR :Confronting Older-Age & the Future”

Thurs., January 31st, 2019 12:30-3:30 P.M, Basement Level. (Please Note updated date, time, and floor)., Studio 353, 353 W. 48th St.(btw. 8 &9th Ave.) Complimentary Kosher Refreshments: Bagels, Cream-Cheese, Danishes, Coffee, Tea, Please call#: (212) 869-9477 to R.S.V.P.

PRESENTERS: LAWYERS, Funeral Homes,  FINANCIAL -PLANNERS Medical Insurance Life Insurance, ACCOUNTANTS, Hospice Agencies for Aides, Psychologists

*Explanation of the following Legal Instruments & Terms

*Health Care Proxies Filing Will in Surrogate Court

*Last Will and Testatment Probate

*Disability Trusts

ALTERNATIVE THERAPY’ WORKSHOP The ‘Go-To’-Therapy for Seniors

Thursday, December 27, 2018: From 1:30-400 p.m.at Studio 353, 353 W. 48th St. (Bet. 8th & 9th Ave)  **Please Note: This meeting will take place in the building’s Basement) Ring Outside bell. Complimentary Kosher bagels, Danishes, Coffee,.Please R.S.V.P.: to (212) 869-9477

There are more Seniors in the world! Seniors are living longer and are active longer! However, when something is no quite right, and one’s primary physician can’t ‘fix -it’- What to do? Where to go? I.A.F. invites a group of Therapists from the following disciplines for your edification, perusal and ultimately to help you live a more comfortable and happy longer life

Presenters:Acupuncture, Akashic Records-Past Life Regression, Alexander Technique, Bio-Energy, Cognitive Therapy, Feldenkrais, HYPNOSIS, Massage, Reiki, Shiatsu or Acupressure, etc.

THE MIRACLE OF THE LIGHTS: The Story of Chanukah IAF Seminar: What is Chanukah? AND WHAT WAS THE REAL MIRACLE?

Thursday, November 29, 2018, 1:30-4:00 P.M,Studio 353, 353 West 48th St. (between 8th & 9th Avenues) NYC, 2nd Fl., Kosher Refreshments: Latkes, Donuts, Coffee,Complimentary.

To Attend, please RSVP to (212) 869-9477

What is Chanukah? AND WHAT WAS THE REAL MIRACLE?

• WAS IT; the band of devout Jews who fought & defeated one of the Super-Powers (The Greco-Syrian Empire) of that day?
• WAS IT: the sacred oil (enough for one day) that burned instead for eight days?
•  WAS IT Traditions and memories of a People refusing to die, and today are back in their own land

Seminarians:

BERNARD GORDON: Educator, Teaching-Fellow, Holocaust Museum, Washington, D.C.

Rabbi Meyer Leifer: Emeritus Rabbi, Emunath Israel (NY) Pelham Pkwy., Bronx Synagogue.

MUSIC: Devorah Peck & Yani -El( Shirat Halev))

WORKSHOP: “HOW TO BEGIN LASTING RELATIONSHIPS”

Thursday, October 25, 2018=Studio 353, 353 West 48th Street (Between 8th & 9th Ave.) 2nd Floor, from 1:30-4:00 p.m.-Complimentary Refreshments

Start New Relationships at this Unique Seminar

The seminar will be lead by:

Debbie Joffee Ellis

Dedicated to her Late Husband, the great pioneering & remarkable Psycho-Analyst, ALBERT ELLIS, Ph.D. They worked together for many years, writing, giving public presentations, and training professionals in the use of RATIONAL EMOTIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY (R.E.B.T.) Dr. Debbie Joffe Ellis is an Adjunct Professor at Columbia University. An author, she has a Doctorate in Alternative Medicine (MDAM) from the Indian Board of Alternative Medicine in affiliation with the WHO and is in private practice in NY, delivering lectures, workshops and Seminars throughout the USA and across the Globe.

Elaine Levitt

Elaine Levitt: is President of the Israel America Foundation & was a teacher in Washington D.C. in Public and Private Schools for 10 years and a Social- Worker, for Old Age Survivor’s Insurance (OASI) for 3 years (The pre-cursor of Medicaid (Human Resources) in Manhattan. She was an Executive Fund-Raiser for the Israel HISTADRUT Foundation for 23 years and has been affiliated with the IAF for 22 years in an Executive Capacity.

 Please RSVP To The WORKSHOP: “HOW TO BEGIN LASTING RELATIONSHIPS” by calling #212-869-9477

DAYS OF AWE & THE HARVEST HOLIDAYS”

On Thursday, September 20, 2018-1:30-4:00 P.M. At Studio 353, 353 W. 48^th St, NYC (Between 8^th & 9^th Ave.,2^nd Fl.) Ring Outside bell, Complementary Kosher Refreshments,  R.S.V.P. # (212) 869-9477

LAST MONTH OF JEWISH YEAR 5778

Elul is traditionally a time of introspection and a comprehensive review of one’s deeds and spiritual progress over the past year and a time to prepare for the upcoming ‘DAYS OF AWE” Rosh Hashana (September 9) and YOM KIPPUR (September 19) & SUKKOT (THE HARVEST HOLIDAYS) Sept.24-Oct. 2, 201

ISRAELI CONSULATE SPEAKER-  Israeli Update

RABBI MEYER LEIFER  -“The Mysticism of the Shofar”

RABBI PAUL H. LEVENSON-  The meaning of Judaism & The                                              Jewish New Year”

BERNARD GORDON-  “The Humanistic Background of the  High Holy Day”

LORI LEIFER -Singing & Piano

ISRAEL AMERICA FOUNDATION SEMINAR:  CAN ONE PREPARE FOR A FUTURE EMERGENCY? SHOULD ONE?

WHEN A WILL IS NOT ENOUGH!

On Thursday, Aug. 23, 2018 from 1:30-4:00 p.m. at Studio 353, 353 West 48th St, between 8th & 9th Avenues) NYC

As the body ages, physically and mentally, there is increased risk of decline and sudden emergencies. How can you prepare without anxiety?

PLAN IN ADVANCE!

FEATURED PANELISTS:

Lawyers, Financial Planners, Social -Workers, Psychologists ‘Visiting Nurses of NY.’ HOSPICE, Nursing-Homes, Rehab.

Physical Therapists, Assisted & Independent-Living facilities, Employment Organizations for Aides, “Pre-Needs Funerals”

Complimentary Kosher Refreshments: Bagels, cream-cheese, coffee & Tea, Danish. Space Limited Must R.S.V.P.(212) 869-9477

The Israel America Foundation Salutes America on: AMERICA’S INDEPENDENCE 1776- 2018  Featuring the Jewish Americans who made America their Home in Revolutionary Times

Thursday, July 26, 2018, at the Israel America Foundation’s Suite, 108 West 39th Street (39th & 6th) Suite 1001, 10th Floor.

Complimentary Kosher Refreshments: Bagels, cream-cheese, coffee & Tea, Danish. Space Limited Must R.S.V.P.(212) 869-9477

FEATURING: INFORMATION CONCERNING: EARLY AMERICAN JEWISH PATRIOTS; ASHER LEVY, HAYM SOLOMON, COMMODORE URIAH LEVY, AND SERGEANT LEPOLD KARPELES:

ENTERTAINER: LORI LEIFER: On Keyboard, Singing early American Songs

BERNARD GORDON- Educator and Teaching-Fellow, Holocaust Museum, Washington, D.C.: Historical Information regarding the American Revolution and the Jews in America at that time.

RABBI PAUL LEVENSON- The beginnings of Reform Judaism in the Revolutionary Period

ISRAEL AMERICA FOUNDATION presents: ESTATE & FINANCIAL- PLANNING WORKSHOP for seniors ( How to PREPARE FOR THE EXPECTED AND THE UNEXPECTED)

THURSDAY, JUNE 14, 2018, Studio 353, 353 West 48th Street, between 8th and 9th Avenues, 2nd Floor from 1:30-4:00 p.m. Complimentary Kosher Refreshments: Bagels, Cream-Cheese, Danishes, Coffee and tea. Please call (212 869-9477

PRESENTERS:

Police Department Pre-needs-

Special Victims Bureau Funeral Arrangements

Lawyers Agencies for Aides

Financial -Planners Independent-Living Facilities

Hospices Assisted-Living Facilities

Nursing-Homes

GEORGE ZILBERGELD, PhD, Political Scientist, Author, Adjunct Professor, RUTGERS UNIVERSITY, New Brunswick, NJ LECTURE: POLITICAL- INCORRECTNESS AND THE JEWS”

THURSDAY, MAY 17, 2018, STUDIO 353,353 West 48th Street, (Between 8TH & 9th Avenues) NYC

1:30-4:00 P.M. Complimentary Bagels & Danish. Coffee & Tea.   Space Limited. Call: (212) 869-9477 to RSVP

Nicholas Arena Esq. presents LECTURE: “Russia and Putin, a comparison of PUTIN, with Tzar Nicholas the First of Russia”(1825-1855) Thursday, April 19, 2018 -From 1:30-4:00 P.M. at Studio 353, 353 W. 48th St.(Bet.8th & 9th Ave.,2nd Fl.) Kosher Refreshments, Bagels, Danish, Coffee and tea. Must R.S.V.P. Space Limited. Call: (212) 869-9477

Nicholas Arena, Fellow, Columbia University worked on the Staffs of the United Nations, Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty on Soviet and Eastern European matters, a lawyer specializing in criminal and family- law, and fluent in Russian, taught Jury trial techniques in Russia. No longer going to Court, he writes and lectures on legal topics,as well as issues regarding Russia. In 1994-95, he did mock jury trials. throughout Russia to train lawyers and Judges. He was an advisor on Human rights to the Kazakh Parliament.

I.A.F. Estate & Financial -Planning WORKSHOP FOR SENIORS-Thursday, May 17th 2018, Studio 353, 353 West 48th Street (between 8th & 9th Avenues) NYC ( 2nd Fl.) 1:30-4:00 p.m.

ESTATE- ATTORNEYS, FINANCIAL PLANNERS, INSURANCE-EXECUTIVES-What are the Legal documents you must have?

AGENCIES FOR THE EMPLOYMENT OF PERSONAL AIDES

Independent-Living; Assisted-Living; and Nursing- Homes (with Sub-Acute units for Rehab.) Hospice Care, Funeral Parlors & Cemeteries

Complimentary Kosher Refreshments, Bagels, Cream-Cheese, Danishes, Coffee & Tea. For Reservations, please call: (212) 869-9477

PASSOVER -INVITATION Event Day:

Tuesday Event Date: March 27,2018 Time: 12-3 P.M. Event Name: Model Passover or Third Seder ‘Abigael’s Restaurant’ on Premise Event : 1407 B’way (between 38th and 39th Streets) NYC.  Please R.S.V.P to (212) 869-9477

Menu:· Mixed Field Green Salad

· Chicken Soup

· Skilled Roasted Chicken with cranberry and Dijon white wine- sauce,

. Potatoes and seasonal vegetables.

. Fresh Fruit

*Soda and tea

32.00 (all inclusive)

FEATURING: Our Own IAF Passover HAGADDAH

With:  RABBI MEYER LEIFER, LORI LEIFER, DR.DEBBIE JOFFEE ELLIS, and BERNARD GORDON

Israel America Foundation Purim Party, Thursday, February 15, 2018, Studio 353, 353 W. 48th Street, 2nd Fl.(48th between 8th & 9th Avenues) NYC. Kosher Refreshments 1:30-4:00 p.m. Call (212) 869-9477 to RSVP

This year Purim falls on FEBRUARY 28. Events take place in the Persian Empire during the reign of King Ahasuerus (485-465 B.C.E) as described in the Book of Esther (The Megilah)

Prime Minister, Haman, planned for the eradication of all the Jews of the Persian-Empire. Haman cast lots to determine the day of the massacre; the lots fell on the 13th day of Adar. Mordechai, uncle of Esther, the queen, thwarted Haman’s plot through Esther.

FEATURING: 

RABBI MEYER LEIFER

Emeritus Rabbi, Emunath -Israel & Pelham Pkwy. Synagogues “PURIM- A JEWISH HOLIDAY”

LORI LEIFER, Entertainer, Singer & Piano-Player———————-

Playing a Medley of Purim Songs

BERNARD GORDON- “IS PURIM A SECULAR HOLIDAY?

RABBI PAUL LEVENSON, Emeritus Rabbi in Kansas City & Boston

PURIMSPIEL

SENIORS’ SEMINAR: “AGING IN STYLE” Thursday, January 18, 2017 from 1:30-4:p.m. at Studio 353, 353 W. 48th St.,(between 8th and 9th Ave.) 2nd Fl. Complimentary Kosher Refreshments: Bagels, Danishes, coffee & tea.

SENIORS ASK THEMSELVES: “SHOULD WE STAY WHERE WE ARE ?,OR SHOULD WE MOVE TO ‘INDEPENDENT-LIVING OR ASSISTED-LIVNG QUARTERS or “CARE -HOMES

COME TO OUR SEMINAR & BE INFORMED:

INDEPENDENT – LIVING:

The Long Island Living Center, Far Rockaway, NY

Flushing House, Flushing, NY.

Bronxwood Home for the Aged, Inc., Bronx, NY.

ASSISTED-LIVING:

Amber Court, Brooklyn

Harbor View, Brooklyn, NY

Castle Senior Living at Forest Hills

WHERE SHALL WE GO FOR REHAB WHEN WE LEAVE THE HOSPITAL?

Brooklyn: Haym Solomon Home

N.Y. Amsterdam Nursing

Home Where shall we go for hospice?

Bronx: Calvary;

NY. Hospice of NY

THE MIRACLE OF THE LIGHTS!

‘The Story of CHANUKAH’

Thursday, December 14, 2017, from 1:30-4:00 p.m.

Studio 353, 353 West 48th Street (Bet. 8th and 9th Avenue, Latkes and Apple Sause

Will be served.

FEATURING

RABBI MEYER LEIFER-Emeritus Rabbi, Emunath Israel Synagogue & Pelham Parkway Synagogue. Retired Chaplain, Morningside Nursing Home-Bronx

LORI LEIFER- Playing Piano & Singing

BERNARD GORDON- WHO WERE THE MACABEES?,Educator, Director of Mittleshul N.Y., Teaching Fellow-Holocaust Museum, D.C

I.A.F. ESTATE & FINANCIAL SEMINAR

THURSDAY, November 16, 2017, Studio 353, 353 West 48th Street, between 8th and 9th Avenues, 2nd Fl. NYC -From 1:30-4:00 p.m.

Complimentary Kosher Refreshments: Bagels, Cream-Cheese, Danishes,

Coffee and Tea. Please call # (212) 869-9477

Life is complicated and getting old and dying are the most complicated areas of all. Let’s make it easier!

Let us meet and greet the professionals in the areas

Of: Law, Finance, Insurance, Pre-Needs-Funeral- arrangements-Hospice, Monuments, Development -Directors for Home /Care Agencies for Aides, Independent, Assisted and Nursing -Home Care and we’ll put a gloss on it with a talk by Dr. Debbie Joffee Ellis, who I’m sure will say: “Since It is a process that all we humans go through; let’s make it as positive as we can!”

ISRAEL AMERICA FOUNDATION

‘P A I N – C L I N I C’

ALTERNATIVE MEDICAL THERAPIES to

ALLEVIATE CHRONIC PAIN

WHEN OPIATES CANNOT BE USED! Thursday, October 19th from 1:30-4:00 p.m. at Studio 353, 353 W. 48th Street (between 8th & 9th Avenues) 2nd Fl. Complimentary Kosher Refreshments R.S.V.P.# (212) 869-9477 

ACUPUNCTURE, HYPNOTHERAPY, YOGA,

TAI -CHI, ALEXANDER- TECHNIQUE, Religion, FELDENKRAIS, COGNITIVE- THERAPY, REIKI, HOMEOPATHY, REFLEXOLOGY, CHINESE- MEDICINE, NATUROPATHY, MASSAGE

Days of Awe & The Harvest Holidays: Thursday, September 14, 2017 1:30-4:00 P.M.,At Studio 353, 353 W. 48th St., NYC (between 8th & 9th Avenues,2nd Fl.),Complimentary Kosher Refreshments, R.S.V.P.# (212) 869-9477 

DAYS OF AWE & THE HARVEST HOLIDAYS Featuring:

Rabbi Meyer Leifer/The Mysticism of the Shofar

Rabbi Paul H. Levenson/The meaning of Judaism & the Jewish New Year

Dr. Debbie Joffe Ellis/ -Psychologist Every year you have to take stock

Bernard Gordon/Educator/ Humanistic Background of the High Holidays

Lori Leifer/ Singing and Piano (Songs appropriate to the occasion)

ESTATE & FINANCIAL – PLANNING WORKSHOP: Thursday, August 17, 1:30-4:00 p.m. Complementary Kosher Refreshments Studio 353, 353 W. 48th St.NYC-2nd Fl. Space limited: Must R.S.V.P. (212) 869-9477

“’A WILL IS NOT ENOUGH FOR SENIORS!!”

A NEW LOOK AT:

Last Will & Testament, Executorship

Living Will and Health Care Proxy

Disability Trusts & ‘Special-Needs’ Trust

Trustee’s- Duties

Guardianship-Duties

Financial Investments as we Age

Cognitive-Therapy (as we age)

PRE-NEEDS FUNERALS-CEMETARY PLOTS

HOMES, WHEN YOU AGE

PANELISTS: LAWYERS, insurance agents, Financial -ADVISORS,  and PSYCHOLOGISTS

“JEWS IN AMERICA IN THE COLONIAL PERIOD”, Thursday, July 20, 2017 from 1:30-4: p.m. at Israel America Foundation Quarters: 108 West 39th Street, Suite 1001, NY.,Y. 10018-Complementary, kosher Refreshments

Space limited: Must R.S.V.P. (212) 869-9477

FEATURING: Lori Leifer-Singing, Playing Piano

RABBI MEYER LEIFER, Emeritus Rabb Emunath Israel & Chaplain Morningside N.H. Bx.

RABBI PAUL LEVENSON, Emeritus Rabbi & Trustee, L’ChayimFund/Kansas City, Boston

Bernard Gordon, Educator, and Teaching -Fellow, Holocaust Museum, Washington, D.C.

Dr. Debbie Joffee Ellis: Adjunct Prof. Columbia

“CARING FOR THOSE WHO NEED CARE”-SENIOR- HOUSING WORKSHOP’  THURSDAY, JUNE 22, 2017, 1:30-4:00 P.M. Studio 353, 353 West 48th Street, 2nd Floor Space limited: Must R.S.V.P. (212) 869-9477

Meet and Greet Representatives from:Independent -Living/Assisted- Living& Nursing Homes ·

ASSISTED- LIVING: Harbor View, Brooklyn, Village -Care, NY. Carnegie East. NYC. (Enhanced A.L) The Long Island Living Center, INDEPENDENT-LIVING: Flushing House, Queens, Bronxwood for the Aged, Bronx,

NURSING-HOMES: Jewish Home Life Care, NYC, Haym Solomon Home for the Aged, Brooklyn, Gurwin Jewish Nursing & Rehab Center, Commack, Sephardic Nursing & Rehab Center, Brooklyn, Hebrew Home At Riverdale, Bronx.

· Hospice: Calvary, Agencies for Aides: Pella Care & Emanual

· Funeral Arrangements-Pre-Needs Plaza, Riverside, etc.

· Financial Planner & Cognitive Therapist

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE SEMINAR, THURSDAY, MAY 18, 2017, 1:30-4:00 P.M. Studio 353, 353 West 48th Street, NYC, Complimentary Kosher Refreshments

Medical Doctors are human and imperfect. Patients are human and imperfect. Patients cannot be cured by all medications. Some patients are allergic to the medications that cure their conditions, but cause other conditions. Some medical conditions are not amenable for cures by recognized medications. There are alternative medications and alternative disciplines. Bring your physical problems to this seminar to learn what these alternative disciplines and their practitioners can do to help you.

Practitioners of these Disciplines will participate:

HOMEOPATHY PHYSICAL THERAPY

ALEXANDER TECHNIQUE, FELDENKRAIS TECHNIQUE

ACUPUNCTURE, MaSSAGE THERAPY,

COGNITIVE –THERAPY, ETC

*Space Limited, Call: (212) 869-9477 to reserve a seat

Featuring:

Special Haggadah’s

Passover Service conducted by: Rabbi Meyer Leifer Lori Leifer ………………Playing Piano-Keyboard & singing

Candle-Lighting Service by Survivors of the Six Million

Bernard Gordon……………”The Meaning of PASSOVER”

POST-PURIM – GALA, Thursday, March 16, 2017, 1:30-4:00 p.m. Studio 353 353 West 48th Street, between 8th & 9th Avenues-2nd Fl. NYC (Complimentary Kosher Refreshments, ‘Hamantashan’ & Bagels, Coffee & Tea

PURIM, a very exciting holiday, celebrates the liberation of the Jewish people from an annihilation plot, instigated by the evil Haman, a descendent of the Jew-hating tribe of Amelek. Haman was an advisor to the Persian King. Had it not been for the last minute intervention of Achashverosh’s Jewish Queen, Esther, Haman’s plot would have wiped out the entire Jewish population of Persia in one day!

Featuring:

RABBI MEYER LEIFER –Emeritus Rabbi
RABBI PAUL LEVENSON, Emeritus Rabbi
BERNARD GORDON, Educator, & Teaching-Fellow
LORI LEIFER-Entertainer
Devorah Peck & Yani Leitner –Entertainer

‘TU B’SHEVAT’ (Observed Sat/ 2/11/17) –THE NEW YEAR FOR TREES)-THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2017, 1:30-4:00 P.M. at STUDIO 343; 343 west 48th Street (Between 8th & 9th Avenues) 2nd Floor-Complementary Refreshments, Please call to reserve seats (212) 869-9477, Bagels Danishes, Coffee & Tea.

IN THE HEART OF WINTER, WHEN THE EARTH IS FROZEN FAST, THERE IS THE STIRRING OF LIFE IN THE ROOTS OF THE TREES; THE ROOTS UNDERGROUND, PREPARING THE WORLD FOR SPRING, THE WARMING SUN AND HOPE ANEW

F E A T U R I N G:

RABBI MEYER LEIFER, Emeritus Rabbi, Emunath Israel, Pelham Pk’wy Syn‘ ‘The Importance of TU B’SHEVAT’

RABBI PAUL LEVENSON…..Emeritus Rabbi, Kansas City, Northeastern ‘The Trees of Israel’ (In song & story) LORI LEIFER……………………. Singing & Playing Piano for Tu B’SHEVAT

BERNARD GORDON………..’The Historical Significance of Tu B’Shevat’

Dr. Debbie Joffee Ellis…….Psychologist, Cognitive Therapy “R.E.B.T.

ISRAEL AMERICA FOUNDATION ESTATE & FINANCIAL PROGRAM, THURSDAY, January 12, 2017, 1:30-4:00 p.m. at Studio 353, 353 W. 48th St. (between 8th & 9th Ave) 2nd Floor, NYC. Complimentary bagels & Danish. Reservations a must! Please call (212) 869-9477

We get older. There is a way to look at our lives at an older Age so that we get all the important thing done, and leave our Estates in good order for those who come after. Please cometo hear the important information of the professionals.

FEATURING: Lawyers, Financial Planners,Insurance Agents,Employment Agencies for Aides, Jewelry Appraisers, Hearing Loss Experts,Pre-Needs Funeral Directors, etc.