Category Archive: Bat Mitzvah

From the Nazi Gallows to Israeli Hero: Max Hilowitz’s Miraculous Story of Survival

Max Hilowitz, Holocaust survivor, fighting in the Israel Defense Force

One month from now, Sarina Hilowitz of Savannah, Georgia will be celebrating her Bat Mitzvah, which she is twinning with one of our girls at the Rubin-Zeffren Children’s Home in Netanya, Israel. The sponsorship is in memory of her Zeyde whose life story is truly inspirational and miraculous. In honor of  Yom HaZikaron - Remembrance Day for …

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May 2011 Family Album

Check out our newest pictures, including the special visit from Naomi Hyman whose Bat Mitzvah project inspired her community to donate a gorgeous new playground for our girls! The Lev LaLev Family Album – May 2011

For the Twelve-Year-Old in Your Life

My mother grew up in North Jersey. Her father was a uniform salesman and her mother was a homemaker with a a propensity for anything crafty. The needlepoints my grandmother made practically wallpaper my parent’s house. Mom attended shul growing up, and as sundown approached on Friday evenings, she lit candles with her mother and …

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