On May 8th, Rabbi Levi Lauer and ATZUM were awarded the 2011 Roger E. Joseph Prize. The Prize recognizes an individual or organization that, by virtue of religious and moral commitment, has made a distinctive contribution to humankind. Some former recipients of this prize are Victor Kugel (the man who gave refuge to Anne Frank), Raoul Wallenberg, Rosa Parks, Teddy Kollek, Father Mychal Judge (posthumously) and the City of New York Fire Department. ATZUM is deeply honored and humbled to receive this award. The Roger E. Joseph Prize, for $10,000, will support ATZUM’s work in Israel to help victims of terror rebuild their lives, to express gratitude to the Righteous Among the Nations by helping them live with dignity, and to prevent the crime of human sex trafficking. There is no better way to express our appreciation to the Joseph family than by pledging to continue ATZUM’s work to make Israel a more just and caring nation.
Archives for May 2011
A Letter of Thanks
May 17, 2011 by
It’s always very rewarding to see our clients succeed in their rehabilitation. In most cases this is a long and arduous journey. Recently ATZUM was privileged to assist A., who in 2002 was seriously injured at the age of 18 while studying in a pre-army preparation program in Atzmona . He reached his goal [Read more…]
Yom Hazikaron
May 9, 2011 by
Last night in Israel we entered upon Yom Hazikaron , our national day of mourning and honoring the memory of Israel’s fallen soldiers and victims of terror. This year, just like every year, I phoned many of the families ATZUM has worked with over the years. [Read more…]
Yom HaShoah
May 1, 2011 by
The official Hebrew name for Holocaust Remembrance Day, is Yom Hazikaron L’Shoah V’Lagvurah (Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Day). By using the term gvurah, heroism, we usually refer to the Jewish heroes who went through the atrocities of the Holocaust.
However, there is another type of heroism that we can find in the Holocaust, and that is the heroism of the Righteous Among the Nations. Non Jews who defied all of their surroundings, who went against the laws of their countries, who acted differently than all of their society, who risked their own lives, and very often the lives of their families, all in order to save Jews.
Click here to read stories of the Righteous Among the Nations, the rescuers.
Yael Rosen
Project Coordinator, Righteous Among the Nations
