Chanukah parties and day camp programs for hospitalized children in various cities throughout Israel. Services are provided in 18 hospitals and benefit approximately 1,600 children. Bar and Bat Mitzvah training for 1,000 Russian immigrant children, plus a full ceremony at the Western Wall attended by dignitaries including the Chief Rabbis of Israel and the Prime Minister, followed by a day of food and entertainment. Each boy receives a pair of tefillin and each girl a candlestick. Each child receives a uniform.
Contact is maintained through a monthly magazine.
The Ashdod Center. Will house, on a seven acre site, a day care center, senior citizens center, free kitchen, after-school programs for Russian immigrant children and a synagogue. To be completed in 5758. Free Passover Seders for Russian Immigrants. Catered community seders for 12,500 immigrants at 53 sites throughout Israel.