I volunteered in the association of "live with dignity" that provides hot food and a loving hug to Holocaust survivors and the elderly who cannot take care of themselves.
With complete faith that we all need to remember the Holocaust survivors and take care of them especially now, Most of them do not have families to take care of them, and they live on very low allowances (sometimes even 1,349 NIS per month) which with the cost of living brings them to a situation that they can't afford to buy food
They don't care about buying brands
They don't care about eating in restaurants
They don't mind ordering products from AliExpress
הם הקריבו את החיים שלהם ושל המשפחות שלהם בידי הנאצים… ועכשיו זה הזמן שלנו להחזיר להם מעט כדי שיוכלו
Many times when I arrive at the survivors' home and I give them the meal, the first thought we will have is that they will immediately attack the food.
A person who is really hungry will immediately open the dish and start eating... to silence the unbearable hunger..
They are trying to seize the only opportunity they have today to sit down and talk to a human being! Instead of bringing a knife and fork and start eating...
They bring a spoon and ask how much sugar.
I sit with them, listen to their stories, be there for them in the short time I have until the next address
I leave every meeting like this with tears in my eyes and great pride in my heart that I have the privilege of helping these people. זכות, לא פחות!
For 3 decades now, the volunteers at the association 'Live with Dignity' have been providing Holocaust survivors and the elderly who live in famine with hot, nutritious and healthy food, providing them with the most basic need - to live with dignity!
At every moment we work with the goal of reaching more and more Holocaust survivors and the elderly, and providing them with the necessities of life they need out of respect and a lot of love and attention
!Our goal: To provide hot food to every Holocaust survivor or elderly person living in famine
*The food served is strictly kosher by the Jerusalem rabbinate
Eyal Shani, Idan Habib, Meir Adoni, Hana Laslau, Itai Levy, Shaul Ben Adrat, Anna Zak and many other senior chefs, comedians, singers, network stars and nostalgia stars that we all know!
Today it's you, tomorrow it's him and two days later it's them
Each time someone else joins the circle of giving
If there is someone who receives more than the person who receives the donation, it is the person who gives!
It is impossible to describe the power of giving!
We come to the housing areas of the elderly and encourage them to maintain physical fitness and do it in a fun and enjoyable group!
They are waiting for these meetings!
Nicole Zalitzman (Olympic gymnast) comes to some of the training sessions and makes sure that the hot food we give them will also go to the muscles.
We also take care of them for social events! Allow them to ventilate and meet new people.
Sometimes it's an event at the hair salon where we bring all the elederly women in honor of Women's Day!
Sometimes it is a Bar Mitzvah celebration at the Kotel for an elderly person who has never had a Bar Mitzvah celebration before.
We are also there for them in their social life and show them that we are here for them - even in their routine days!
Our volunteers come to the homes of the survivors and the elderly, מכירים אותם אישית, מקשיבים להם מתחברים אליהם, ממש נהיים החברים הכי טובים שלהם!
משחקים איתם שש בש ושותים איתם קפה, You come home to them and just have fun with them
The feeling they get as soon as we knock on the door with the daily meal, the understanding that there is someone who thinks of them and cares for them - this is what fills our volunteers! And after one time..
they cannot stop!