Topics: Social Service Featured Grants
Croatia: Opatija Retreat
“Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. I cannot say any more than thank you,” Lea Kriesbacher quietly and earnestly whispers into the phone. She rushes on, “If I have one word, it is a dream. A dream which every winter for the past four years has come true.” Lea is one of about 70 survivors […]
Supportive Communities
Supportive communities in Israel provide home modifications, counseling, security, and socialization programs.
Pro Bono Dental Program Helps Washington-area Holocaust Survivors
About 150 Nazi victims in the Washington, D.C. area have received free dental care since 2011 through a partnership of three area organizations, Jewish Social Service Agency (JSSA) in Rockville, MD.; the Alpha Omega International Dental Fraternity’s public service arm, the Alpha Omega Foundation; and the Maimonides Dental Society of Greater Washington. Iosif Fikhman, a […]
Centropa Budapest Cafe
In Budapest, elderly Holocaust survivors in need of a hot meal, a social worker, or medicine can find these necessities through programs funded by the Claims Conference. But sometimes there is a need for companionship and stimulation that goes beyond these daily, life-sustaining needs. Café Centropa, a program of the Vienna-based Central Europe Center for Research […]
