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Annual Winter Family Retreat For the shocked and overwhelmed parents, the phrase "normal routine" loses all Annual Bereavement Retreat meaning as daily concerns are sublimated to the more immediate and critical Chai lines Ann and Pinky Sohn Fund needs of the sick child. Insurance Support Service COMMUNITY For siblings, who may have little or no understanding of what's happening to their Seminars and Conferences brothers or sisters, the world often becomes a frightening and confusing place. David J. & Dina Lipins Publi­ cations To greater and lesser degrees, the diagnosed youngster's relatives, neighbors, •Mobile Crisis Intervention Team friends, teachers and classmates are also touched by his illness. They may have "Together We questions, fears and concerns that need to be addressed. Make A Difference" High School Award Program Since its inception in 1987, Chai Lifeline has sought to develop and implement Blood and Stem Cell Orives practical and psychosocial support programming that benefits the sick child, the immediate family, and the larger family - the community in which they live. 'IA! UFEUNE is an international non-profit orgonizab·an that pro­ groups, homebound tutorial programs,special trips and holiday fes­ des vital services to seriously ill Jewish children and their fami­ tivities, toy drives, bone marrow drives, family retreats and ?S. Through its regional offices in New York, New Jersey, Florida, a celebrated summer camping program - Camp Simcha. is Angeles, Chicago and Detroit, Chai Lifeline maintains a wide Most recently, Chai Lifeline established the Stella K. Abraham Respite :twork of psychosocial support programs that includes medical Center - a country getaway far Jewish families coping with cat­ ferrols, insurance support services, emotional support astrophic illness. 51 WEST 30TH STREET, NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10001 • (212) 465-1300 • FAX (212) 465-0949 WWW. (HA I LI FELINE. 0 RG Helping the child, the family and the community MOVEMENT OF THE :EYLJJ1\ eyear fKTute HUM: The Campaign our partners in this to Enroll Children in Torah Schools historic achieve­ in Bretz Yisroel has surpassed all expectations. Well ment, the Torah school networks who, by accepting over 7 ,000 newly registered these children with open arms, have children ,.. from secular, not as yet helped us create a united Torah coalition welcoming the children of observant homes ,.. are in place in Israel as they come home. Yeshivas and BaisYaakov Torah Educational Networks scho.ols and on their way • Chinuch Atzmai to IiVing Torah lives. • Ma'ayan HaChinuch {Shas) Experience ha~ proven • Keren Nesivos Moshe thattheir families will • Bais Yaakov soon follow, as'the • Ohr HaChaim {Rav Elbaz) beauty of Torah U'Mitzvos • Reshet Torani Ramo! begms to permeate {Rav Abba Swiatickil their homes. • Sha'arei Tzion {Bucharim) • Shuvu {Russians) • Chesed L' Avrohom {Skulen) • Migdal Ohr {Rav Grossman) • Ohr Chadash (Rav Tanami & Rav Melamed) • Ganei Agudas Yisroel • Ganei Margalit {Shas) ~ILLING TO CAPACITY The telephone hotline continues to ring with pleas from AND REQUIRING parents throughout the country who wish to switch their TllE EXPANSION Of children to Torah schools as soon as possible. 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To him, this assume responsibility for the of any product, publication, or was Kiddush Hashem. advertised in its pages Dr. Bodenheimer was intimately involved in each issue of The Jewish Observer, © Copyright 2000 from its inception in September 1963, until a little over a year ago - just before his final illness. We of The Jewish Observer will il"'N continue to strive to live up to October 2000 VOLUME XXXlll/NO. 8 the challenge of his vision of discussing the concerns of Kial Yisroel in ~~a~µ."1' L---------------------------Y;.·.{;',;·:;,;-;y;s'commensurate with its mission. A more detailed tribute is planned for a fU):l.!1'~:~U!";'; those that come ;from . non-religiou~>i · •;.backgrounds/;} \•i:J~c•i\;· · ·immen~e. ~fll'!Y,1Wills~" .t.!lke··. o~ ~.~. n. o n ~.fl;~~f.!,•c#.g; .• < \\fork,k w)\il~ . S~f!l.~ ..··• \\fill; S~?dYil)•·•SJ?~fii'lJ ···• · ~l1!f~lil)!.'.