Goldstein’s
Funeral Home
1/3 “People have underlying
conditions that are sometimes
exacerbated by fasting. Ask your
rabbi for a heter to eat if you need
medication or have issues.”
ALEX POLLAK
John Pregulman, a Denver couple who launched the nonprofit 3½ years
ago. In May, the organization announced a new initiative to expand
the aid it provides, partnering with the Seed the Dream Foundation
to launch Kavod Survivors of the Holocaust Emergency Fund (SHEF).

It’s made possible by a national fundraising campaign with mon-
ey raised in 12 local communities across the country matched dol-
lar-for-dollar by a coalition of national donors. The additional $3.6
million, raised over two years, will be used to help survivors pay for
medical bills, rent, food and home repairs.

“The issue is so striking,” said Amy Israel Pregulman, who serves
as Kavod’s executive director. “It’s such a crisis that’s happening across
the country, and internationally as well, that these individuals who
have suffered a tremendous, horrific experience that most of us can’t
even wrap our heads around, that at this stage in their lives that they’re
still struggling just [with] day-to-day basic needs. When we share the
issue with people, it doesn’t take much for them to say, ‘Oh my gosh,
how can I help?’”
One of the communities that partnered with Kavod to raise funds
for the initiative is Philadelphia, with 100 percent of the money raised
locally going to survivors throughout the area.

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