Emunah 2018 Yearbook

EMUNAH

BELIEVING
IN ISRAEL'S FUTURE

2018
Yearbook

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“ And all who are involved with
EMUNAH (faithfullness) in
the needs of the community
- may Hashem grant them
their reward
”
(‫ מי שבירך לקהל‬- Blessing for the

Community from the Shabbat prayers)

CONTENTS

MISSION 7

WORK 8

IMPACT 10

STORIES 12

PROGRAMMES 16

FINANCIALS 18

LEADERSHIP 20

Emunah leadership celebrates 80 years of achievement at Beit MAKE A DIFFERENCE 23
HaNassi with President Reuven Rivlin

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‫בס’ד‬

Message from our Presidents

One of the most popular and moving Our gift is the impact of Emunah on the
contemporary Israeli songs, sung on Jewish character of Israeli society, by
various occasions by Emunah children is promoting legislation and encouraging
Small Gifts” composed by popular Israeli discussion regarding key issues.
musician Rami Kleinstein. The book of Pirkei Avot (Ethics of the
Fathers) speaks positively of people who
“Little gifts “carry the burden on the behalf of others”.
This is one of the primary attributes of the
Someone sent me little gifts outstanding members, staff, volunteers
and leadership of Emunah, who work
Fragments of intention, circles of faith tirelessly, to provide for many of Israel’s
most vulnerable. We take our responsibility
Little gifts seriously. For Emunah – “The Shekel stops
here”.
Like the power to accept what is and what isn’t?” This is our first annual yearbook in which
we hope to provide a glimpse into the work
Our gifts are the smiles of the children of of Emunah and our impact. We hope that
Emunah, who overcome their hardships in after reading this report we will all know
Emunah children’s homes, thanks to the much more about Emunah and that it will
professional support we provide. inspire us to fulfill the prophesy of Ezekiel
Our gifts are the achievements of students
in Emunah High Schools. “‫ – ”ורוח נכון חדש בקרבי‬that our spirit should
Our gifts are the awards and first places in
competitions in Israel and worldwide, won be renewed and we be inspired to do more
by the students of the Emunah Appleman to support those who depend on Emunah
College for the Arts. every day of the week.
Our gifts are empowered women who
succeed in rebuilding their lives and those Liora Minka Dina Hahn
of their families.
Our gifts are victims of terror and President, Emunah Israel President, World Emunah
traumatized children who are able to
continue their lives due to the support and
solutions provided by Emunah during times
of emergency and under fire.

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OUR MISSION

Emunah walks the path of life side by side
with the most vulnerable people in Israel.
From birth through golden age we use the
power of Emunah and Jewish social values,
to provide services that will guide, support and empower
children, women and families, towards a better future.

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OUR WORK

115 9 5

Emunah Day Care Centres Emunah Multipurpose Emunah Children’s Homes
provide early childhood Day Care Centres provide residential and
education and care afternoon care, a safe
within a warm, Jewish give intensive support to haven for hundreds of
environment. vulnerable,at-riskchildren abused, traumatised and
from dysfunctional homes neglected children who
and to their parents and have been removed from
their families by child
families. protection services and
the family courts.

2 10 125 students

Emunah Crisis Emunah Family Counseling Machon Be’er Emunah
Centres and Trauma Centres
combines professional
are on-call day and night offer a wide range training with Jewish values.
to receive abandoned of psychotherapy, The centre prepares
or neglected young therapeutic interventions educators to work in
babies, children and and complementary the fields of marriage
teenage girls, in need of treatments for individuals, counselling, healthy
couples and families. sexuality, parenting and
immediate shelter. g e r o n t o l o g y.

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4 400 students 100 students

Emunah High Schools The Emunah Appleman Academic Preparatory
provide quality and diverse College of Arts & Technology Programme (Mechina)
education, offering a
variety of courses, which offers unique learning provides new hope
include art, drama, music, opportunities for religious to students who were
technology, biomedical young women to earn a previously unable to
engineering, computing degree in the fields of fine matriculate from high
arts, graphic design, drama school due to personal
and Torah studies. challenges, giving them
and Jewish studies. the opportunity to continue

to higher education.

Emunah Promotes Emunah Maayan Rivka Additional Emunah Projects
Women’s Status Golden Age Restaurant Mechinat Lapidot
Emunah
in the public arena and provides nutritious Bat Ami National Service
in the rabbinical court meals in a welcoming Midreshet Emunah Neve
and vigorously support atmosphere for lonely Michael
legislation in the Knesset seniors, offering them the Batei Midrash
advancing the rights of opportunity to spend time English speaking
women and families in with others. chapters

Israel.

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OUR IMPACT

10,000 75

children and families are cities and towns in Israel have

helped by Emunah, every day Emunah centres providing the

local community with vital services

300 15,000

students graduate hours of therapy are given

from Emunah schools and in our children’s homes, schools,
children’s homes every year day care centres and counselling
centres, every year
7 millions
3,000
nutrious meals are
Emunah provides livelihood to
produced and served by
Emunah every year three thousand Israeli families

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Emunah Changes Lives

Emunah provides life-changing services to help the most
vulnerable Emunah provides diverse life changing services and
programmes, helping Israel’s most vulnerable to break the cycle
and build their own rewarding and stable lives and families.
The impact of the work of Emunah is visible throughout Israeli
society . Our successes belong to the individuals and families
who find their strengths, character and skills thanks to thousands
of Emunah professionals who dedicate themselves to ensure that
their stories have a happy ending.

The following are just a couple of these stories...

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Motti

When social workers were called to his home 16, Motti became a junior counsellor and
at 3am, they found 8-year-old Mordechai, or a role model for younger children. With the
Motti as his mom called him, with the police. support of Emunah, he excelled at school
He had woken up feeling very ill, found and was even elected chairman of the
himself alone and began to cry. A neighbour student council.
on his way home from work, heard Motti and Even after Motti left the home and enlisted in
called the police. Investigation uncovered the IDF in a combat role, his Emunah family
that that Motti’s mother, an alcoholic, had left was close by, enjoying his achievements
him alone and gone in search of a bottle of and supporting him through challenges and
vodka. The next morning, under emergency more difficult times.
court order, Motti was placed in an Emunah After completing his service, Motti fulfilled a
children’s home. At first, he was angry and dream - to open his own business. Today,
behaved violently. He cried for his mother using his own two creative hands, Motti
and asked why he was being punished. designs and manufactures wooden garden
Over time, he became close to the staff, furniture, patios and pergolas. He is self-
who recognised and nurtured his strengths sufficient and talks openly about creating
and talents. His relationship with is mother, his own family. “My family will be different
while still complex, improved, as she was from the one in which I grew up.” The most
encouraged to participate in parenting important rule will be no alcohol allowed.
workshops and parent-child activities. At

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Zehava

One morning in 2016, 15-year-old Zehava Soon after starting at Emunah Elisheva Zehava
appeared at the gate of one of Emunah’s shared that her dream has always been to
Elisheva High School begging to be admitted. learn to sing. Unfortunately, as the result of her
“I haven’t been to school for more than a year,” traumatic experiences, when she arrived at the
she told Riki, the principal. “We have had school, she found speaking very difficult and
problems at home, and I was too upset. Most singing impossible. Slowly but surely, supported
mornings, I couldn’t even get out of bed and my by her her teachers and by her fellow students,
mom made me babysit my brothers and sisters, and even encouraged her mother, Zehava’s
so she could go to work. I want to graduate, and confidence grew significantly. She learned
promise that if you accept me, I will be your best to trust the world and has come to terms with
student ever”. her family situation. She has also received
One of 8 children, Zehava was raised in the therapy and support at one of Emunah’s Family
North of Israel. Her mother left her father after Counselling Centres.
discovering that he had been unfaithful. Zehava’s Recently, only 2 years after knocking in the
mother had no income and no way of supporting school gate, Zehava performed in front of an
her large family. As a result, Zehava initially, had appreciative audience at a prestigious music
to stay home, to care for her siblings, while her festival.
mother worked at any job available in order to Emunah, together with Zehava’s courage and
feed her family. perseverance, has succeeded in changing her
Zehava was accepted and placed in 9th grade. future. She is now hard at work preparing for
The staff of Emunah Elisheva literally adopted her final exams and true to her promise, is one
her. The family has no money for tuition, food, of the best students in the school.
bus fare, proper clothing or schoolbooks.

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Meet Tami Beck – An Emunah Hero

Tami Beck is the director of the Emunah Sarah Ronson Family Intervention and Trauma
Counselling Centre, one of Emunah’s unique and very highly regarded programmes. The
Centre provides professional support to the residents of Sderot and the surrounding
areas, who continue to live under the existential threat of rockets, missiles, incendiary
devices and uncertainty.

What is your professional background? Centre. When we wake up in the morning no one
knows what they day is going to bring. This makes
I have an MSW from Bar Ilan University and have our work diverse and demanding but also interesting
worked for 20 years at the Barzilai Medical Center and very rewarding.
in Ashkelon. I am certified in the treatment of PTSD, My job includes the administration and management
sexual abuse and family therapy. I am currently of the Centre, staff training and development and
studying psychoanalysis at the Ben Gurion University building strong community partnerships. As well as
in Beer Sheva. being director of the Centre, I continue to work as
an integral member of our therapeutic team. I love
Tell us about your role there? Is there a typical being a therapist and still treat 19 clients myself
day? every week.

There is no typical day and that is the both biggest
advantage and the greatest challenge for us at the

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You have 8 children of your own. How do you which attracted me (and my family) personally and

juggle family life with the demands of running professionally to make the decision to move there.

the Centre in Sderot? There is a unique atmosphere and the community is

First, I have to praise my family who show a great warm, resilient and supportive.
deal of understanding towards my absence from I am pleased to say that we have not regretted moving
home, the many phone calls and all that this job and to Sderot. I also believe that living in the region puts
our clients need. me in a unique position to empathize with our clients
Over the years, as the Centre has grown significantly and understand what they need.

(from three to thirty therapists in 12 years), and in What makes Emunah’s Sarah Ronson Therapy

addition to the blessing of the growth of my family, Centre special?

this task has indeed become “I also believe that First and foremost, the unique
more demanding. Requests
for assistance, consultation living in the region puts human and professional tapestry
and support come at all hours that makes up our team. In addition,
of the day and night, even on me in a unique position to the Centre is home to a diversity
weekends. This is especially true of projects, all under one roof.
during periods of heightened empathize with our clients One example we’re particularly
stress caused by the security proud of is our Complementary
situation. and understand Medicine programme, initiated and
co-managed by Dr David Mandell.
You previously lived with ”what they need Our underlying philosophy is that
body and soul coexist and affect
your family in the relative

safety and stability of Rishon each other.

LeZion. What motivated you to choose to move What is currently the Emunah Sarah Ronson

to Sderot and to work for Emunah? Centre’s greatest need?

I accepted the position as director of the Emunah More space. The Centre is seriously short of space,
Centre even though we lived in Rishon LeZion, near limiting our ability to answer the growing demand
Tel Aviv. I was so drawn by the mission of helping for services. We are open daily from 8am to 11pm
others to cope with the worsening security situation and still unable to meet all the needs of our clients.
that the distance and the challenge didn’t deter me. Fortunately, we have acquired a larger building and
However, I soon learned that Sderot is not only are currently working to raise the more than 2 million
about the rockets and the proximity to the Gaza ILS needed to refurbish this new facility.
Strip. There is something special about this city

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INNOVATIVE
PROGRAMMES

“All the World’s a Stage” - Sea Scouts Therapy
At-risk teenage boys removed from their
Community Theatre families, are empowered, learn to work as a
Parents and children from dysfunctional team in and on the water, acquiring vital life
families working together strengthen skills and building self-confidence in and on
relationships and parenting skills, using the water.
the powerful medium of drama therapy and
theatre.

ODT - Emunah Outdoor Therapy Youth Business Initiatives
Whether trekking the Israel Trail, hiking Empowering students and children in
from “Yam L’Yam” (coast to coast – from residential care is one of Emunah’s primary
the Mediterranean to the Sea of Galilee) goals. Towards this aim Emunah homes
or conquering a climbing wall, children and schools have opened youth business
from Emunah homes and schools learn to initiatives providing our young people with
face challenges, overcome obstacles and the opportunity to experience success
work together experiencing the feeling of while leaning about the ins and outs of
success and achievement, often for the running a small business.
first time in their lives.

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Emunah is at the chalk face of social intervention in
Israel, changing society by offering the highest level
of professional services and an amount of innovative
programmes at Emunah Centres throughout Israel

Social Clowning Therapy Certification of Female
A powerful therapeutic intervention for
traumatised children developed by Emunah Kashrut Supervisors
and offered exclusively in our residential Emunah is changing the face of kashrut
homes and soon, in Emunah multipurpose supervision, and indeed religious life in
day care centres. Israel by providing, for the first time ever,
training and certification of women wishing
to work as Kashrut supervisors.

Communications and Diplomacy High Healthy Sexuality Education Training

School Track Programme for Religious Educators
Emunah Elisheva High School, Pardes Machon Be’er Emunah addresses this
Hanna is the only girls’ school in Israel important need by conducting programmes
offering this major in cooperation with the in sexuality education, geared towards
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and providing training teachers, rabbis, and community
students with the tools to potentially further figures to promote a healthy approach
a career. to understanding sexuality as part of a
normative lifestyle.

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FINANCIALS

Expenses Early Education Day
Care Centres 50%

Educational Institutions- Central Administration 2%
Children’s Homes, Schools World Emunah-
and College 34% Fundraising 2%
Bat Ami Chapters and
National Service 9% Community
Family Counselling Centres 1% Activities 1%

Department Expenses USD

Early Education – Day Care Centres 57,750,000
Educational Institutions – Children’s Homes, Schools and College 40,725,000
Bat Ami National Service (50%) 10,200,000
Chapters &Ccommunity Activities 1,630,000
Family Counselling Centres
World Emunah 933,000
Central Administration 2,500,000

TOTAL 1,960,000

115,698,000

96% of Emunah expenses go directly to our projects

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Income Government Funding 67%

Fundraising 5%

Parents and Clients
payments 28%

Department Funding Source Expenses USD

Early Education – Day Care Centres Government 28,150,000
Tuition 29,600,000
Educational Institutions – Children’s Homes, Schools and College 39,225,000
Bat Ami National Service (50%) Government 10,200,000
Chapters & Community Activities Government 1,177,000
Family Counselling Centres Fundraising & operating budget
World Emunah/ Fundraising Operating budget 833,000
Fundraising in Israel Fundraising 5,513,000
Fundraising 1,000,000
TOTAL
115,698,000

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LEADERSHIP

Emunah Israel

Liora Minka Chana Ruzabi Jeanette Hillman Sarah Lazerowitz
President Chani Shumacher Malka Angerman Shoshana Farchi
Chaya Ishon Adv. Miriam Rechtman Smadar Elimelech
Adv. Dina Hahn Daniella Perl Miriam Zeevi Tamar Rabin-Laufer
Chairman of the Board Debbi Nagar Myrna Cohen Varda Spokoiny
Eilat Kaufman Oshrit Setbon Yaen Naveh
David Hadari Adv. Elisheva Ansbacher Paulette Dalach Yael Marian
Chief Executive Officer Esti Friedman Rachel Batito Yael Nativ
Evelyn Paluch Rachel Ronen Yael Talmon
Ada Krell Galit Mansbach Rachel Oved Rabbanit Dr Yaffa Giesser
Dr Aliza Bloch Hadassa Ganor Renee Becker Yehudit Fromovitz
Anat Ben-Dror Dr. Chana Friedman Ricki Kiedar Yehudit Horowitz
Annie Golan Hana Melamed Rona Schiff Yifat Sela
Avigayil Bracha Hana Rozbi Ranit Koesner Yoela Rabinowitz
Rabbanit Dr Ayala MK Idit Silman Adv. Ruth Ofri-Taub Yona Hizmi
Glicksberg Ilana Ben Yishai Sarah Ben Michael
Bracha Moshe
Dr Carole Golding
Dr Chana Friedman

World Emunah

Executive Ivriah Levine Tema Klausner
Honorary Past Chairman Treasurer
Adv. Dina Hahn
President Dr Carole Golding Frances Israel
Judy Cohen Honorary Past Chairman Recording Secretary
Vice President
Naomi Leibler Hana Melamed
Honorary Past President Honorary Past Chairman

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Presidium Miri Wajsblat July Moritz
President, Emunah Brazil President, Emunah South Africa,
Liora Minka Rosalyn Liss Johannesburg
President, Emunah Israel Chairman, British Emunah Hilary Osrin
Johanna Guttman Herskowitz Rochelle Rein President, Emunah South Africa,
National President, National President, Cape Town
Emunah of America Emunah Canada Naomi Cohn
Susan Boltin Rabbanit Yael Kassabi President, Emunah Switzerland,
National President, President, Emunah France, Paris Basel
Emunah Australia Perla Perez Michal Pluznik
Debbie Nossbam President, Emunah France, Strasbourg Israel Liaison, Emunah Switzerland,
National President, Zurich
Emunah Australia Evelyne Paluch
Di Kuchar Frances Israel Renee Becker
President, Emunah Sydney Judy Pachino Ronnie Rudnitsky
Leah Aharonov Shulamit Isaacs
Board of Directors Lilian Brodie Tema Klausner
Melanie Lasry Yifat Sela
Anne Oster
Beverly Segal Laurie Szenicer Lisa Hamaoui
Daphne Kaufman CEO, Emunah of America Director, Emunah Canada
Della Worms Deborah Nathan Debby Kloot
Elisheva Ansbacher Executive Director, British Emunah Executive Associate,
Ellen Toby Kaufman Emunah Australia
Nurit Glyn
Professional Executive Ruth Guggenheim Yael Cohenca
Yehudit Felemovicius
Shlomo Kessel
Director, World Emunah
Frieda Ross
Associate Director, World Emunah

Professional Staff

Debbie Siman Tov
Fanny Atlan

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Emunah 2018 Annual Report produced by World Emunah

Editors: Yael Cohenca and Fanny Atlan
Design: Anna Cohenca - Student at the Emunah Appleman College of the Arts.