Imagine a World Without Hate (Official Video)
source: ADLNational YouTube Channel
Featured Cause – Melabev – Leader in Alzheimer’s Care in Israel
MELABEV – A Leader in Alzheimer’s Care for over 30 years!
Website link: http://www.melabev.org/
Kickstarting – the Dry Bones Blog
Here’s a neat project we want you to know about from Yaakov Kirschen, the creator of the witty Dry Bones comic strip.
Yaakov has started a fundraiser on Kickstarter to raise money to create a Dry Bones inspired Hagadah.
Check out the link for more details.
Kickstarting - the Dry Bones Blog
Featured Israeli Non-Profit: Friends of AKIM USA
About AKIM USA:
“In Hebrew, AKIM is an acronym for the “Association for the Habilitation of the Developmentally Disabled”. Friends of AKIM USA is dedicated to supporting this population.
Akim was founded in 1951 by Israeli parents to improve the State’s welfare system and enhance the quality of their children’s lives.”
“Today, AKIM is the largest and most comprehensive provider of programs and services for the developmentally disabled — serving 30,000 children, teenagers, adults, and senior citizens throughout Israel.”
Website link: http://akimusa.org/
To donate to AKIM online: http://www.akimusa.org/?page_id=154
AKIM is a new managed list at Negev Direct Marketing Inc.
Featured Cause: IDFWO Otzma, Help Send an IDF Orphan to a Passover Camp
The only thing more tragic than loosing a loved one in the IDF is dealing with the loss and emptiness that each family of the deceased has to cope with every day for the rest of their lives.
IDFWO is a non-profit that supports the families that have lost a father, a mother or a spouse while that person was serving in the IDF.
The IDFWO has a variety of support programs including a summer camp in Eilat, wedding gifts, sholarships, vacation opportunities and more.
The current IDFWO project that needs your support is the “Help send an IDF orphan to a Passover camp” project
From the Give 2 Together website:
“Help send an IDF orphan to a Passover camp by sponsoring a teen who has lost a parent while defending Israel.”
“Sponsor your camper with an unforgettable camp experience in Eilat , together with over 120 IDF orphans. The kids will be hiking in the desert, camel riding and, as an icing on the cake, completing a scuba diving course in the Red Sea. The camp experience is absolutely crucial for these brave teens, as it is much more than just fun and games; the camp gives them a chance to be children again, without having to worry about responsibilities they have taken on themselves prematurely due to the terrible tragedies that they deal with on daily basis.”
“Sponsor your camper with an unforgettable camp experience in Eilat , together with over 120 IDF orphans. The kids will be hiking in the desert, camel riding and, as an icing on the cake, completing a scuba diving course in the Red Sea. The camp experience is absolutely crucial for these brave teens, as it is much more than just fun and games; the camp gives them a chance to be children again, without having to worry about responsibilities they have taken on themselves prematurely due to the terrible tragedies that they deal with on daily basis.”
Links:
Description of IDFWO and to donate online: http://www.give2gether.com/projects/idf-widows-and-orphans-organization/
IDFWO website: http://www.idfwo.org/homePage.htm
Featured Cause: P’TACH – Jewish Special Education
This video tells the story of P’TACH (Parents for Torah for all Children). P’TACH is a New York-based non-profit organization whose goal is to provide the best Jewish and secular education to students with learning differences.
Video by Adam Irving.
To learn more or to donate visit P’TACH’s website: http://www.ptach.org/
BGU Blood Test for Early Cancer Detection
New Blood Test for Early Cancer Detection Developed by Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Researchers 90 Percent Detection Rate in Clinical Tests for Multiple Types of Cancers
BEER-SHEVA, February 20, 2012 – A simple blood test is being developed by researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) and Soroka University Medical Center in Beer-Sheva, Israel that may provide early detection of many types of cancer. Prof. Kapelushnik of BGU’s Faculty of Health Sciences and his team developed a device that illuminates cancer cells with less than a teaspoon of blood. The test uses infrared light to detect miniscule changes in the blood of a person who has a cancerous growth somewhere, even before the disease has spread. Various molecules released into the bloodstream cause it to absorb infrared light slightly differently compared to that of healthy people. In the latest clinical trial with 200 patients and a control group, the test identified specific cancers in 90 percent of the patients and found other types of cancer, as well. The researchers are focused on detection of common cancers, such as lung and ovarian cancer. Doctors believe that it is critical to increase cancer detection in early stages to prevent the need for long, difficult and costly treatments in more advanced stages.
“This is still research in the early stages of clinical trials,” clarifies Prof. Joseph Kapelushnik, who is also head of the Department of Pediatric Hemato-Oncology at Soroka hospital. “But the purpose is to develop an efficient, cheap and simple method to detect as many types of cancers as possible. We want to be able to detect cancer while a patient is still feeling good, before it has a chance to metastasize, meaning fewer treatments, less suffering and many more lives saved.” More clinical trials will be conducted in the next 18 months.
Beit Issie Shapiro wins ‘most efficient charity in Israel’ award
Helping AMIT Help Israel
This summer, Vivint, one of the largest home automation companies in North America, is giving away more than one million dollars to charities through its GiveBack Project.
We LOVE Vivint for it’s innovative approach to charitable giving.
We also LOVE AMIT. With 85 schools in 24 cities throughout Israel, AMIT sets the standard for quality education in Israel.
Now, you can help AMIT receive a grant of up to $250,000 from Vivint. Here’s how:
Step 1: Like Vivint on Facebook
Step 2: Search for Amit
Step 3: Endorse Amit
You can start voting today and continue voting once a day until August 27th.
Vote for AMIT early and often.
David
Names In The News
The Power of the Brand
Facebook is tremendously popular in Israel.
Check out the statistics here. Almost half of the county uses Facebook.
And if you want further proof of popularity, here it is:
Ha’aaretz reports that Lior and Vardit Adler of Hod HaSharon have named their newborn baby girl Like.
She joins her older siblings Dvash (honey) and Pie 
Meanwhile, In Beersheva…
Salons for the Savvy Organization
Today’s eJewish Philanthropy features an article by Susan Weidman Schneider, one of Lilith Magazines founders, on the concept on Salons.
She writes…Salons, popular among intellectually curious and avant-garde Jewish women from the eighteenth century onward, are re-appearing in the 21st century as an opportunity for thoughtful women to get together to mull over some of the most exciting thinking of the day. Lilith Magazine has created contemporary salons where ideas hatch and are nurtured, places where small groups of women meet for informal discussions. Salon conversations can pull in women of all ages to talk and act on many progressive fronts – reproductive freedoms, diversity in Jewish families, rights for Israeli women, and much more.
Are salons right for your organization? Read the full article here.
Both Lilith Magazine and the National Council of Jewish Women (mentioned in the article) are long-time clients of Negev Direct Marketing and we support their fine work.
David
Chabad In Japan
Israel First to Set Up Field Hospital In Japan
While we like any connection between Israel and Japan, this one makes us especially proud.
Israel is also providing tons of aid assistance – including mattresses, blankets, coats, gloves and chemical toilets.
Get the details on this story at The Jerusalem Post.
David
How you can help Japan earthquake relief, right now
- Convoy of Hope. The organization’s disaster response team is currently working with in-country partners affected by the damage to identify those needs that Convoy can satisfy most effectively. Text TSUNAMI to 50555 to donate $10 to Convoy or visit the Convoy website to donate.
- American Red Cross. You can donate $10 to support Red Cross earthquake relief efforts byvisiting the Red Cross website or texting REDCROSS to 90999.
- International Medical Corps. The medical relief group is also coordinating its efforts to send medical aid teams to affected areas with partner organizations in Japan. Text MED to 80888 to donate $10 to the IMC or donate online.
- Save the Children is accepting donations to its Japan Earthquake Tsunami Children in Emergency Fund. “We are extremely concerned for the welfare of children and their families who have been affected by the disaster. We stand ready to meet the needs of children who are always the most vulnerable in a disaster,” the organization says in a statement on its donation website.
- GlobalGiving.org has created a Japan Earthquake and Tsunami Relief Fund that will distribute money to several organizations working to provide assistance to stricken areas in Japan.
- World Vision is addding Japanese earthquake and tsunami aid for children to its already lengthy list of projects supported by its Disaster Response Fund.
- Shelterbox, a relief organization based in the UK with 18 international affiliates, is mobilizing to deliver its emergency-shelter-in-a-box kits to areas hit by the earthquakes and tsunamis in Japan. You can donate any amount towards the cost of a box ($1,000 covers the entire cost of one box) at its website. (This link takes you to the USA affiliate site; to reach affiliate sites in other countries, use this link.)
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How you can help Japan earthquake relief, right now
Happy International Women’s Day – Interview with Widney Brown
Source: AmnestyInternational Youtube channel.
“One hundred years ago, more than a million people marched in streets across Europe on the first International Women’s Day, calling for an end to discrimination and for women to have the same rights as men to work, vote and shape the future of their countries.”
DoGooder Awards Promo 2011
Is This Really the Israel You Know? Israel As a House…
Salvador Dali, Zionist
Who knew?
In 1968 Dali produced a limited edition set of 25 colored lithographs to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the founding of the State of Israel. The title piece of the suite, reproduced here, was also made into a fine art poster.
One of the copies will on display at the Hillel at Emory University in March. Negev Direct is proud to be the exclusive list manager and broker for the Hillel Foundation.
Read a detailed report on the exhibit by our friends at E Jewish Philanthropy.
David
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