More families from Orlando visit Kiryat Motzkin!

Burt and Barbara Chasnov visiting Lea Ganor at the Mashmaut (Holocaust and Cultural) Center in Kiryat Motzkin, the Jewish Federation of Greater Orlando's partnership city in Israel. The wall they are standing in front of exhibits photos dedicated to the strong partnership between the Jewish community of Orlando and the community of Kiryat Motzkin.

Also pictured is the Ganor family welcoming the Chasnovs into their home for an authentic, Israeli Shabbat dinner. This dinner marks the incredible connection between Orlando and Kiryat Motzkin, as the Ganor family was also welcomed into our Jewish community last year, when Lea and her husband Yair renewed their wedding vows in a special ceremony held in Orlando.

TRIP OF A LIFETIME: OR HADASH, HDS, & FEDERATION ISRAEL VISIT

This March, the Orlando Jewish Community brought over 70 visitors to Israel representing Or Hadash, the Hebrew Day School (HDS), and the Jewish Federation’s Israel Partnership Program Steering Committee for incredible tours of Israel, fun, friends and a trip they will never forget! The trips also included site visits for Or Hadash and HDS, as well as steering committee meetings in Kiryat Motzkin, Orlando’s Israeli Partnership city. The visit included tours of schools, Holocaust and community cultural centers, dinner parties with teens and host families, and so much more! More than 200 have visited Kiryat Motzkin since the very recent start of the program.

MAYOR HAYIM ZURI AND THE CHILDREN OF KIRYAT MOTZKIN THANK ORLANDO’S JEWISH COMMUNITY

FEBRUARY 29, 2008

Mayor Zuri, of Orlando’s Israeli partnership city Kiryat Motzkin, visits a new after school program for 3rd and 4th grade children in need, supported by an overseas allocated donation from The Jewish Federation of Greater Orlando. Mayor Zuri participates in the giving of a Tallit prayer shawl to an Ethiopian child in need, and listens to the students tell the exciting stories of their new successes in the classroom. This new after school program is implemented by The Jewish Agency for Israel and provides hot lunches as well as after school tutoring, giving many Ethiopian and Russian children a chance to a new beginning in Israel. This project has been a huge success, and many of the Ethiopian and Russian students have made huge progress in the classroom thanks to The Jewish Federation of Greater Orlando.