What is beauty? Living with cancer gracefully, bravely... http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/01/jill-brzezinski-conley-sue-bryce-breast-cancer-photos_n_2599843.html?utm_hp_ref=fb&src=sp&comm_ref=false Jill Brzezinski-Conley, Breast Cancer Patient, Stars In...
Her youngest child committed suicide while in the army. Two other children are mentally handicapped. One of these children was adopted by a family in Jerusalem when Nina became unable to care for him. Her adult daughter helps her, but she is a widow herself, with four...
Can we ask you to please LIKE our page, http://www.facebook.com/IBCERF? Thanks!The Israel Breast Cancer Emergency Relief Fund, IBCERF, was founded to provide short-term and immediate financial assistance to Israeli breast cancer patients during their first year of...
No time to write a lot right now, but glad to talk about something other than rockets or ceasefires. I do want to mention that I was often struck by how 'normal life' struggles to push through, no matter how harrowing the conditions. I imagine this must be true on...
Recipients of Lemonade Fund grants say that money is not the only good thing about being getting a grant. Many have said that they love knowing that there are people 'out there' who care about them. We could even say...this is our own brand of medicine....
Yesterday evening, David and I were driving to a doctor's appointment in Rishon Letzion, a suburb of Tel Aviv. I wasn't anxious about the appointment, nor was I nervous about venturing out of our relatively sheltered northern community. Life in the center of Israel...
HOT APPLE CIDER LEMONADE 1 gal. apple cider 6 oz. lemonade 6 oz. orange juice 1/2 c. brown sugar 1 tbsp. whole cloves 1 tbsp. whole allspiceCombine cider, lemonade, orange juice and brown sugar in pan. Heat over medium heat. Place spices in cheese cloth and add to...
A huge thank you to a young woman who did an exceptional thing recently for the staff and patients at the Meir Hospital Breast Center in Kfar Sava, Israel. Jennie Kaufmann, 12, from Raanana, Israel, took on a Chesed project in honor of her Bat Mitzvah which was...
IBCERF Grant made this morning, September 13, 2012, to G.: G., 31, was smuggled into Israel, by way of Egypt, from the Ukraine. Like so many other young women, she was promised work in Israel, only to discover, too late, that the 'work' was forced prostitution. After...
Apples, Honey and Lemons... In last week's Torah portion, which is always read in the period leading up to the High Holidays, we read about the practice of tithing produce in the land of Israel. The Torah says, 'Then you shall say before Hashem, your God, …'I have...