Your donation will be tax deductible in the US to the extent allowed by the IRS.
To make a tax-deductible donation by wire transfer in the US, please contact:
Avrum Lapin, North American Representative
Toll-free: 1-866-830-3321
Email: schechter@thelapingroup.com
To make a tax-deductible donation in Israel, please contact:
Dina Gudai, Israeli Representative
Phone: 074-7800643
Email: dina@schechter.ac.il
Please mail your check to:
The Schechter Institutes, Inc. (a 501(c) 3 tax exempt organization)
Box #3566
PO Box 8500
Philadelphia, PA 19178-3566
Attn: Mr. Avrum Lapin, North American Representative
Toll-free: 1-866-830-3321
Email: schechter@thelapingroup.com
Please indicate the donation is "for your joint Schechter Institutes program."
Checks should be made payable to the Jewish Theological Society of Canada and mailed to:
Jewish Theological Society of Canada
c/o Camp Ramah in Canada
3845 Bathhurst St., Suite 310
Toronto, ON, M3H 3N2
Phone: 416-789-2193, ext. 2139
E-mail: accounting@campramah.com
Please mail a check to:
The Schechter Institutes
Attn: Dina Gudai, Finance Department
PO Box 16080,
Jerusalem, 9116002
Israel
For assistance, please call Dina Gudai at 074-780-0643 (8:00 AM – 3:00 Israel time Sunday through Thursday).
Your donation will be tax deductible in the US to the extent allowed by the IRS.
To make a tax-deductible donation by wire transfer in the US, please contact:
Avrum Lapin, North American Representative
Toll-free: 1-866-830-3321
Email: schechter@thelapingroup.com
To make a tax-deductible donation in Israel, please contact:
Dina Gudai, Israeli Representative
Phone: 074-7800643
Email: dina@schechter.ac.il
Please mail your check to:
The Schechter Institutes, Inc. (a 501(c) 3 tax exempt organization)
Box #3566
PO Box 8500
Philadelphia, PA 19178-3566
Attn: Mr. Avrum Lapin, North American Representative
Toll-free: 1-866-830-3321
Email: schechter@thelapingroup.com
Please indicate the donation is "for your joint Schechter Institutes program."
Checks should be made payable to the Jewish Theological Society of Canada and mailed to:
Jewish Theological Society of Canada
c/o Camp Ramah in Canada
3845 Bathhurst St., Suite 310
Toronto, ON, M3H 3N2
Phone: 416-789-2193, ext. 2139
E-mail: accounting@campramah.com
Please mail a check to:
The Schechter Institutes
Attn: Dina Gudai, Finance Department
PO Box 16080,
Jerusalem, 9116002
Israel
For assistance, please call Dina Gudai at 074-780-0643 (8:00 AM – 3:00 Israel time Sunday through Thursday).
03/05/2022
Alex*, an orphan originally from Kharkiv, who grew up attending Sha’alavim Day School and Camp Ramah Yachad, spent three weeks in the Midreshet Schechter Ukraine/Masorti Olami refugee center in Chernivtsi before arriving in Israel. And finally, on Wednesday, April 6th, Rabbi Irina Gritsevskaya, Executive Director of Midreshet Schechter, drove him to his boarding school where he started his new life in Israel. Many people made possible this young man’s aliya: Maria, the principal of the Sha’alavim Day School in Kharkiv, found his legal guardian and dealt with bureaucratic steps to allow Alex to leave Ukraine. Lev Kleiman, the leader of the community in Chernivtsi, oversaw Alex’s safety and wellbeing while he was in the city and orchestrated Alex’s border crossing from Ukraine, including finding a family to accompany him over the border (pictured below).
Rabbi Gritsevskaya was waiting for him in Bucharest, where the process was much smoother than expected, thanks to Lev who helped by contacting the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Nativ, a program that helps young men and women make aliya from the Former Soviet Union. The two returned to Israel several days later. For the first time in his life, Alex got to fly on a plane and see Israel.
By chance, Alex celebrated his birthday in April, and as a birthday surprise celebration, some of his Ramah Yachad counselors threw him a party.
Alex is now in the north of Israel and is being taken care of by Nativ. He is adapting to the new culture and making many friends.
*a pseudonym
The Schechter Institutes, together with our partners at Masorti Olami, are currently spending $25,000 each week to house, feed, and meet travel expenses for hundreds of people in Ukraine:
To donate via The Schechter Institutes or via Masorti Olami.
