visit it. Th e Bikkur Cholim recently
received a call from someone in Israel
whose elderly mother, a Philadelphia
resident, had fallen and was staying at
Jeff erson Abington. She had no other
family living in the area.

“Within a half hour, maybe an hour,
I put out the word and somebody went
over, went to visit her mother and was
able to report back to her in Israel,”
Wohlgolernter said. "And it was just,
you know, the peace of mind.”
Th ough the Bikkur Cholim of
Philadelphia has been around since
1999, it’s been only recently that local
hospitals have been more receptive to
providing culturally competent accom-
modations to observant Jewish com-
munities, Wohlgolernter said.

“It was interesting that it took 20
years for us to push and then, all of
a sudden, it’s pretty open,” she said.

“And I think it’s just the climate in the
country that is more accommodating
for cultural diversity and willing and
wanting to help all types of people.” JE
srogelberg@midatlanticmedia.com Miriam Dachs (left) at the Sept. 22 ribbon cutting of the Bikkur Cholim kosher pantry at Jeff erson Abington Hospital
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