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April 16, 2004/Nisan 25 5764, Vol. 56, No. 30
Local fund contributes to Israeli service providers
BARRY COHEN
Editor
Despite the fact that the founder of the Tzedakah Fund, Stanley Mayersohn, died on Jan. 16, the fund is going strong. The Tzedakah Fund recently contributed $25,500 to nine small-scale social service providers in Israel.
"I want to thank everyone for their continual support and keeping it alive and a strong memorial to Stan and Betty Mayersohn," said Elaine Hammerschlag, Tzedakah Fund co-president. Since its inception by Mayersohn in 1984, the fund has contributed more than $420,000 to various causes.
This year's recipients include Woman to Woman - the Jerusalem Shelter for Battered Women, which provided shelter for more than 56 women and 100 children in 2003; the Linda Feldman Rape Crisis Center; and Clara Hammer - Chicken Lady, a 95-year-old woman who has been providing Shabbat dinners for the Jerusalem poor since 1980.
For information about the fund, contact Hammerschlag, 602-955-7955. To make a contribution, make checks payable to "Tzedakah Fund" and mail to Tzedakah Fund, P.O. Box 9806, Phoenix 85068.
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