Myriam's Dream NEWSLETTER

MYRIAM'S DREAM, INC.

1500 Palisade Avenue
Fort Lee, New Jersey 07024
. . . Continuing the vision of Myriam Mendilow in Israel and throughout the World
WEBSITE: www.myriamsdream.org

Today we celebrate those who imagine how life can be, and who act to turn their dreams into reality. We acknowledge Myriam Mendilow’s vision which has become a reality, and her hopes which remain unfulfilled, beckoning us to further service.

Myriam Mendilow wanted old people not to be judged by the wrinkles in their skin, but by the fire in their eyes. She dreamed of a community that could bring back to the old people the meaning and the understanding that age doesn’t mean the end of the road, that you have to sit and wait for death. But Myriam did more than hope.... she created a workplace, where the elderly could work and teach the young how to care and how to share.

Myriam challenged others to share in her dream. The dream of one petite woman became the dream of hundreds of people over several decades, people who crossed her threshold and emerged with a shared vision and the challenge to change what is to what could be.

MYRIAM’S DREAM INC., a not-for-profit corporation, in pursuit of Myriam’s vision, was founded to raise funds and awareness of the isolation of the elderly in the United States, Israel, and around the world.

Thanks to the generous support of donors, all funds raised by MYRIAM’S DREAM are distributed as grants. The needs are great and your help and support are a necessity for the future. Join with us to meet the challenge and make the promise for a better future.

MYRIAM'S DREAM GRANTS 2001 – 2002

  • ACTION FOR POST SOVIET JEWRY
  • AMIT, GILO ISRAEL
  • BEIT FRANKFORTER, JERUSALEM
  • CAPE SENIORS, CAPE TOWN SOUTH AFRICA
  • CLICK, HOD HASHARON ISRAEL
  • DAUGAVPILS, LATVIA
  • EILAT, ISRAEL
  • EZRAT AVOT, JERUSALEM
  • L'VIV, UKRAINE
  • MATE YEHUDA, ISRAEL
  • MYRIAM'S DREAM BOOKBINDERY, NJ
  • RIGA, LATVIA
  • TEENS DO CARE, WILKES BARRE, PA
  • UKRAINE, BELARUS, AND MOLDOVA
  • YAAKOV MAIMON VOLUNTEERS, ISRAEL

For more details click on GRANTS.

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BEQUESTS:

In keeping with our moral position of sharing our blessings with others, we ask you to consider a longterm gift to MYRIAM'S DREAM, INC. Please feel free to contact our legal department for free assistance and information on deferred gifts.

In doing so, you can take deep satisfaction in having declared your intent to assure the survival of MYRIAM'S DREAM, to help pay for the materials, the space, the food, the teachers, the transportation, and the health care... for all of the necessities that make MYRIAM'S DREAM a BOND connecting ELDERLY and YOUTH.

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REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS!

Please, spread the word.
We are actively seeking grant proposals. On your travels, especially when you make contact with Jewish communities in areas of Eastern Europe, Asia, or rural Israel, let the local leaders know that MYRIAM'S DREAM is eager to support their efforts to create new programs for the elderly.

Our intention is to encourage and support new programs and projects based on Myriam's philosophy that cherishes an elder's abilities and uniqueness. With this in mind, we invite individuals and groups to dream with us and Myriam and to submit proposals, addressed to:

Chair, Grants Committee
David B. Salzman
11 Pebble Beach Drive
Bedford NH 03110
Fax 419-831-1514
Tel: (603)641-2855 Summer
Tel: (941)351-8766 Winter
Email: davesalzman@aya.yale.edu

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FOR BEGED KEFET FOLKS

Concert dates coming up:

Nov 11 – 3 p.m.
B'nai Israel Congregation
6301 Montrose Rd
Rockville, MD
Contact: 301-881-6550

March 23 – 7:30 p.m.
Woodlands Community Temple
50 Worthington Rd.
White Plains, NY
Contact: 914-592-7070

May 5 – 3 p.m.
Temple Beth El
301 Monmouth Rd
Oakhurst, NJ
Contact: 732-222-8320

May 19 - 3 p.m.
Beth El Temple Center
2 Concord Ave.
Belmont, MA
Contact: 617-484-6668

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DEPOT

To order "hands-on" educational modules for classroom learning about the elderly, contact Piper Lutbak: tel: 518-584-8563, 59 Crescent Ave, Saratoga Springs NY 12866 or by e-mail: batray53@aol.com.

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MYRIAM'S DREAM, INC. is a not-for-profit tax deductible organization founded by a national group of dedicated volunteers vitally interested in helping older people through work and programs in Israel and around the world. We were founded as and continue to be an ALL VOLUNTEER organization. There are no administrative, facilities, or staff costs.

 

September 2001

Contents

2001-2002 GRANTS

BEQUESTS

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS

BEGED KEFET

DEPOT

"We have touched on the fringe of a huge problem. Hundreds more claim our help. We want to be able not to turn away old people who claim work. We want other cities to copy our project. We feel that charity in itself is not enough. We have a new concept of charity. Our charity means rehabilitation. " M.M.

Karen Kushner, a long-time Board member, now has several wonderful books to her credit:

How to be a Jewish Parent,
by Anita Diamant with Karen Kushner
Nothing Looks Like God,
by Lawrence and Karen Kushner
Where is God?
by Lawrence and Karen Kushner

A note from Oceanside: "I recently filled a tzedakah box and have decided to donate its contents to your cause. Enclosed in this letter is my check for Myriam's Dream. Thank you for sharing your dream with me."

"Your generous contribution to the aged in Hod Hasharon and tremendous partnership with CLICK is an inspiration to all our residents..." Ezra Binyamini, Mayor of Hod Hasharon.

". . ."If you want to make human beings happy, treat them as human beings. Give them the possibility to do, the possibility to love, the possibility to feel wanted, and the country will benefit, the families will benefit, and the old people will benefit."
Myriam Mendilow

Linda S. Kantor, President
52 Wellington Drive
Orange CT 06477
Tel 203-795-4580
Fax 203.795-3291
E: LSKANTOR@snet.net

Florence Schiffman, Treas.
1500 Palisade Avenue
Ft. Lee NJ 07024
Tel/Fax 201-947-2140

Paul A. Flexner, Sec.
West Orange NJ

Phyllis Hertzberg
Englewood NJ

Daniel Laitman, Esq.
New York NY

Chair, Grants Committee
David B. Salzman
6603 Virginia Crossing
University Park, FL 34201
Fax 419-831-1514
E:davesalzman@aya.yale.edu

Chair, Education
Iris Schwartz
Suffern NY

Co-Chair Contributions
Dr. Richard & Nancy Mendelsohn
505 Hillside Terrace
South Orange, NJ 07079
Tel 973-763-7383

Board of Directors
Rabbi Albert Axelrad
Boston MA

Abe Dansky
Boca Raton FL

Naomi Eisenberger
Millburn NJ

Miriam Friedman
Atlantic City NJ

Joel Grishaver
Los Angeles CA

Jules Gutin
New York NY

Sharon Halper
Spring Valley NY

Charlotte Hershberg
W. Orange NJ

Phyllis Horvitz
New Bedford MA

Phyllis Kamm
Avila Beach CA

Rabbi Elliott Kleinman
Beachwood OH

Robert Kraus
Wayne, NJ

Karen Kushner
Sudbury MA

Rabbi Yechiael Lander
Northampton MA

Rabbi Morton Leifman
New York NY

Harry B. Lifsec
University Park FL

Piper Lutbak
Saratoga Springs, NY

Jonathon Mendilow
Lawrenceville NJ

Sidney Ozer
San Antonio TX

Danny Siegel
Rockville MD

Martin Zafman
North Bergen NJ

BEGED KEFET:
Cantor Ellen Dreskin
c/o Hebrew Union College
One West Fourth St.
New York, NY 10012
(O) 212-824-2217
E: edreskin@huc.edu

Rabbi Lester Bronstein
Cantor Ellen Dreskin
Rabbi William Dreskin
Cantor Riki Lippitz
Cantor Benjie Ellen Schiller
Elizabeth Sher, Esq.
Cantor Leon Sher
www.myriamsdream.org