Youth & Education
CENTERS FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF LEARNING
diagnose and treat the special needs of
children with learning disabilities:
The Joyce and Stanley Black & Family
Center for the Advancement of Learning, Carmelia, donated by the Blacks of Los
Angeles.
The Child Development Center (CDC) and
Outpatients Clinic at the Bnai Zion Medical
Center, a gift from Pamela and Stanley Chais
of Beverly Hills
The Toby and Saul Feldberg Center for the
Advancement of Learning, Neve Sha'anan,
donated by the Feldbergs of Toronto.
The Habib Khayat Center for the
Advancement of Learning, Hadar Hacarmel, a
gift from Mary Khayat Haifa.
DAYCARE CENTERS FOR AT RISK-CHILDREN, and
related programs, provide Haifa's neediest
youngsters with a warm second home and hot
meals; cultural, educational and social
activities; and individual and family
therapy:
The Ori and Malka Fogel Children's
Daycare Center, Neve Paz, for children ages
3-9, donated by the Fogels of Bel Air,
California.
Neve David Youth Center, donated by the
Clore Foundation to serve a neighborhood of
5,400 residents, nearly half of them new
immigrants from Ethiopia and the former
Soviet Union.
Psychotherapy Room, Na'amat Daycare
Center, Kiryat Sprinzak, a gift of Norma
Fine of Boston
The Emerich Ressler Memorial Youth
Center, Kiryat Chaim, donated by Sue Ressler
of Philadelphia with the assistance of
fellow Philadelphians Renee and Joe Zuritsky,
members of Renee's family from Canada, and
the London-based Dorset Foundation, for the
benefit of 1,000 youngsters including many
new immigrants from Ethiopia and the former
Soviet Union.
The Alexandra Tuvim Children's Daycare
Center, Hod Hacarmel, established by her
son Dory of Alberta, Canada together with
the Hod Hacarmel Rotary Club.
LIBRARY RESOURCE CENTERS in schools and
community centers give Haifa's children and
adults access to books, audio-visual and
music corners, group reading activities and
tutoring, and computer stations with Internet
access:
Aliyah Elementary School Library Resource
Center, Bat Galim, donated by Suzanne and
Moshe Azoulay and serving
250 pupils.
Ehud Elementary School Library Resource
Center, Ahuza, donated by Barbara and Martin Coopersmith of Philadelphia and serving 620
K-8 pupils.
Gordon Elementary School Computer Center,
Kiryat Chaim, donated by Younes Nazarian of
Los Angeles and serving 350 pupils.
Herzl Elementary School Library Resource
Center, Carmelia, donated by Neil Shore
of Toronto and
the D'Angeli and Goodman families
and serving 500 pupils.
Ibn Gvirol School Library Resource
Center, Kiryat Sprinzak, the gift of an
anonymous donor and serving 80 special needs
junior-high and high-school pupils.
Nasser Community Library, Kiryat Sprinzak,
donated by Nancy and Albert Nasser of New
York and equipped with computers contributed
by Yael and Michael Haft of Haifa, serves
thousands of children, many of them native
Russian-speakers, from this sprawling
neighborhood and its 5 elementary schools and 2
high schools.
Nativ Eliezer School Library Resource
Center, Ahuza, donated by Sandi and Don
Epstein of Elkins Park, Pennsylvania and
serving 243 1st-6th grade pupils, among them
40 Ethiopian immigrants.
Nirim Elementary School Computer Center,
Neve David, donated by Dorit and Avi Abekasis of Haifa and serving 300 pupils.
Nirim Elementary School Library Resource
Center, Neve David, donated by Eugene Feiner
of Philadelphia.
Rambam Elementary School Library Resource
Center, Neve Sha'anan, donated by Alex
Rosenberg of Newton, Massachusetts from
his
Bar-Mitzvah gifts, and serving 348 orthodox
or traditionally religious pupils, among
them many new immigrants from Ethiopia and
the former Soviet Union.
Henrietta Szold School Library, Kiryat
Eliezer, donated by Sarah and Yves Nahmias
of Toronto and the Hadassah, the
Women's Zionist Organization of America and
serving 64 special-needs pupils ages 6-15.
HIGHER EDUCATION
The Arab Friends of the Haifa Foundation
Scholarship Fund, spearheaded by the Mattar
family of Haifa and New Jersey and
members
of New Jersey's Arab community, has made
higher education possible for over 600 local
Arab students to date.
The HAIFA FOUNDATION
invites you to consider our
YOUTH &
EDUCATION projects
Immigrant Absorption
Since the start of mass immigration to
Israel from Ethiopia and the former Soviet
Union in 1989, the HAIFA FOUNDATION has
played a major role in assisting The City's
absorption of tens of thousands of
newcomers. Amharic- and
Russian-speaking immigrants and their
children account for approximately 15% of
Haifa's current inhabitants. Neighborhoods
with large immigrant populations living
alongside native Arabic- and Hebrew-speakers
include Ahuza, Hadar Hacarmel, Kiryat Chaim,
Kiryat Sprinzak, Neve David, Neve Sha'anan
and Wadi Nisnas. Immigrants and their
children benefit from neighborhood-based,
HAIFA FOUNDATION sponsored educational,
community, cultural and coexistence projects
made available to them through community
centers, local schools, and daycare centers
for children and the elderly.Our most
recently realized project is the
Emerich Ressler Memorial Youth Center which
serves the Ethiopian youngsters.
The HAIFA FOUNDATION
invites you to consider our
IMMIGRANT
ABSORPTION projects
Community Services
"Magen David Adom" Headquarters, downtown
Haifa, renovated by Arie and Joshua Lapsker
of Toronto in memory of their parents, Tzila
and Aharon Lapsker, coordinates the delivery
of lifesaving services to Haifa's 270,000
residents.
The Ressler Day Centers for the Elderly,
gifts of Sue and the late Emerich
Ressler of Philadelphia:
The Ressler Day Center for the Elderly, Hadar Hacarmel, provides daily physical and
occupational therapy, crafts and music
workshops, and hot meals to 60 seniors on
site, among them the visually impaired, and
delivers an additional 720 meals-on-wheels
to seniors at home.
The Ressler Day Center for the Elderly,
Upper Carmel, assists 120 infirm and
mobility impaired seniors per day,
prioritizing those with Alzheimer's disease.
Soup Kitchen, Neve Sha'anan, established
by Rachel Marom-Marmorstein, her late
husband Abraham Marom, and Ze'ev Onphus, in
memory of the Marom's son who was killed in
battle, feeds 150 hungry people per day.
The HAIFA FOUNDATION invites you to
consider our
COMMUNITY SERVICES
projects
Culture & Sport
ARTS AND CULTURAL CENTERS
Beat Music and Arts Center, Central
Carmel:
Established by Aaron Fogel of Haifa and
Stanley Gold of Los Angeles, BEAT provides
high-school pupils with music workshops and
the community with musical performances.
A gift to BEAT from CRIF (Conseil
Representatif des Institutions Juives de
France) has expanded the music studies
curriculum and brings outstanding artists
and orchestras to Haifa.
The Gaston Defferre Israel-France
Cultural Center, French Carmel, home to the
French Cultural Center and the Association
of Israeli Journalists in Haifa and the
North, serves to strengthen the ties between
France and Israel and especially between
sister cities Marseille and Haifa.
The Haifa Municipal Museum, German
Colony, renovated with the help of a number
of German cities, the Zeit Foundation of
Germany and the German Foreign Ministry,
conveys the origins of Haifa.
The Beit Hecht Cultural Center, Central
Carmel, donated and recently renovated by
the Hecht Foundation, makes available
cultural and social workshop activities to
neighborhood residents of all ages.
Neighborhood-based Kindergarten
Enrichment Centers provide young children
with creative arts and language activities,
among them listening corners and puppet
shows:
Kindergarten Enrichment Center, Kiryat
Chaim, a gift from Amy Goldman and Rabbi
Scott Rosenberg of Temple Reyim in Newton,
Massachusetts in memory of Bertha and Julius
Kronick
Kindergarten Enrichment Center, Neve
David, a gift from Neil Shore of Toronto
CINEMAS AND THEATERS
The Krieger Center for the Performing
Arts, French Carmel, realizes the wish of
the donor, the late Curly Krieger of Los
Angeles, to "afford pleasure to the people
of Haifa and Israel for decades to come"
through cinema and performances of dance,
music and theater.
The Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Theater
of Haifa, Hadar Hacarmel, renovated through
the generosity of the Joseph Meyerhoff
Family Charitable Funds, has made a name
creating its own prestigious theater
productions.
The 1,200-seat Rappaport Art and Culture
Center, Central Carmel, a gift of Ruth and
Bruce Rappaport of Haifa and Geneva, is
Haifa's main hall for cultural events and a
focus of artistic and cultural life for
Haifa and the North.
SPORTS AND RECREATION
The Eugene Feiner Sportec, Neve Sha'anan,
a gift of Eugene Feiner of Philadelphia,
provides city residents with a major sports
field and recreation facility.
Nof Sports Club, Neve Sha'anan, renovated
by the Los Angeles Friends of the Haifa
Foundation, including
"Shelters For Israel" under
Louis Kestenbaun of Beverly Hills,
serves teenaged competitive athletes among
Haifa's Russian-speaking new immigrants.
The HAIFA FOUNDATION invites you to
consider our CULTURE & SPORT
projects
Urban Renewal &
Beautification
CHILDREN'S PLAYGROUNDS:
Katy and Joseph Fattal Playground, Kiryat
Eliezer, established by David and Yitzhak Fattal in memory of their parents
Gan Haem Children's Playground, Central
Carmel, established by Trudy and Louis Kestenbaum of Los Angeles in memory of
their parents, who perished in the Holocaust
Tzachi Gozali Children's Playground,
Romema, established by friends and family
members in memory of Mr. Gozali, a Scouts
Youth leader who loved nature
Grenadir Playground, Ahuza, a gift of
Bruria and Dr. Ehud Grenadir in memory of
their son Elad, an IDF officer who fell in
battle in July 2002 while pursuing
terrorists near the town of Immanuel
Katav-Zur Playground, Ramat Eshkol,
donated by parents Hadassah and Eliyahu
Katav and Leah and Yossi Zur in memory of
their children, Meital Katav and Assaf Zur,
killed in the suicide bombing on bus 37 in
March 2003
Koren Playground, Ramat Golda, dedicated
by Rachel Koren in memory of her husband
Shimon and two sons Gal and Ran, who lost
their lives in a terror attack at Matza
Restaurant in March 2002
Danielle Menchel Playground, Ahuza,
dedicated by Doron Menchel in memory of his
daughter killed in the terror attack on
Matza Restaurant
Wilfred "Toots" Schwartz Children's
Playground, Hadar Hacarmel, established by
Mendl, Pauline and Stan Schwartz of Toronto
and their friends from proceeds of the
annual Give Peace a Chance golf classic in
Toots' memory
GARDENS
Ginsberg Garden, Upper Hadar, a gift in
memory of Abraham Ginsberg, Haifa's first
gardener, by his sons Baruch and
Jonathan of Haifa.
Shaul Sali Garden, Danya, established by
his son Jacob Kiferbaum of Chicago
PARKS AND REST AREAS
Alex Park, Haifa shoreline, dedicated by
Ukrainian-born New Yorker Nelly Braginsky in
memory of her son Alex, a victim of the
September 11, 2001 terrorist attack on the
World Trade Center in New York City
Aptowitzer Rest Area, Haifa Lawn Bowling
Center, donated by Willi Z. Aptowitzer in
memory of his wife Manzi
Gan Binyamin, Hadar Hacarmel, Israel's
first public garden (est. 1920's), renovated
by Herbert Bloch of Haifa in memory of his
wife Margalit (Margitta) Vero
Zipporah and Moshe Gotel Levine Rest
Area, Ramat Sapir, a gift of their daughter,
Malka Levin, in memory of her parents
Louis Promenade, Carmel Mountain, donated
by May and Paul Arieli-Goldschmidt in memory
of their son Louis
The 7-acre Louis Ariel Goldschmidt Haifa
Educational Zoo, Central Carmel, donated in
memory of Louis by his parents May
and Paul Arieli-Goldschmidt, and home to nearly 400
well-loved animals
SCENIC OBSERVATION POINTS
San Francisco Observatory on top of
Carmel mauntain at Stella Maris (Star of the
Sea) in memory of Yekutiel and Samo
Federmann pioneers of tourim, established by
The Ministry of Tourism, and the Dan
Hotels.
Faber Memorial Observation Point, Haifa
Scenic Drive, honoring the memory of
engineer Eliahu Faber, a gift of his family
initiated by his son-in-law Yehudah
Greenberger
Zaid Observation Point, Haifa Scenic
Drive, donated by family members in memory
of Shaul Zaid, one of Israel's first
certified surveyors
TRAFFIC CIRCLES AND CITY SQUARES
Bulgaria Square, Western Carmel, an
initiative of the Rotary Clubs of Israel and
Sofia, Bulgaria, honoring the Bulgarian
people's rescue of that nation's Jews during
Nazi occupatio
Derech Hayam Circle, Western Carmel marked by a
nautical sundial, dedicated in memory of
former Deputy Commander of Israel's Navy and
shipping magnate Mila Brenner by his widow
Michal and two sons, Avner and Dani
Brenner
Yekutiel Square, French Carmel donated in
memory of Israeli tourism pioneer Yekutiel
Federmann by his son Michael Federmann and
family
PUBLIC BENCHES
Hundreds of park BENCHES named in honor
of donors' loved ones have been placed on
sidewalks and in parks throughout The City
for the enjoyment of city residents and
guests.
The HAIFA FOUNDATION
invites you to consider our
URBAN RENEWAL & BEAUTIFICATION
projects
Jewish-Arab Co-existence
Clore Children's Library and Cultural
Centre, Wadi Nisnas, provides the
neighborhood's young Arab and Jewish readers
with thousands of Arabic-, Hebrew-, Russian-
and English-language books and access to
video cassettes, computerized encyclopedias
and the Internet.
Clore Neighbourhood Community Centre, Ein
Hayam, affords the residents of this mixed
Arab-Jewish quarter with a gathering place
for cultural and social events.
Elkarma Arab Theater of Beit Hagefen
Arab-Jewish Cultural, Community & Youth
Center, Wadi Nisnas, annually presents 400
shows to Arabic- and Hebrew-speaking
children and adults throughout Israel, and
over the years has brought Haifa's message
of multicultural coexistence, neighborliness
and tolerance to performances in the
Palestinian Authority, Morocco, Belgium,
France, Germany and Spain.
The Gould-Shenfeld Community Center,
Hadar Hacarmel, established by Helaine and
Fred Gould of New York in memory of their
parents, and home to the Seeds of Peace
organization, nurtures the leadership
potential of Arab and Jewish teenagers
committed to the values of dialogue,
coexistence and peace-building.
The Theater Hall of Beit Hagefen
Arab-Jewish Cultural, Community & Youth
Center, a gift from the Beracha Foundation
in memory of Lord Sieff of Brimpton,
England, provides a stage for promoting
coexistence through cultural cooperation.
The HAIFA FOUNDATION
invites you to consider our
Jewish-Arab Co-existence projects
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