Ha. Take a look at my organization’s website – www.veahavta.org – and click on the big box in the upper right hand corner stating: Ve’ahavta Radio and Television. We have developed an online radio and tv show which has to do exclusively with tikun olam – repairing the world. The idea behind these shows are [...]
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Starry Nights 2011 – a Huge Tikun Olam Success
We just successfully held Starry Nights 2011. It was quite an evening, one which I am very proud of. Take a look at www.veahavta.org for pictures and some editorial on the evening which featured Chantal Kreviazuk and such honorary (tikun olam award winners) as Alice Bartole, the director of the House of Hope Orphanage in Haiti. [...]
Ve’ahavta’s New Office Space…Mazel Tov!
I have taken a hiatus from writing. I began putting much more of my energy and attention into art, and I am enjoying it a lot. I don’t think I am a natural writer. I do feel that way about art however. I have struggled and learned so that I would become a better artist. Ve ’ahavta’s [...]
Geldof Lost His Mom at 7 – my Canadian Jewish News article
Geldof lost his mom at 7 Thursday, 18 November 2010 When Sir Bob Geldof was seven years old, his mother died. I know this because he was the keynote speaker at Ve’ahavta’s Starry Nights 2010 event on Nov. 7, and he said so. His father was a salesman and travelled all week, and his two [...]
A Child from Haiti
Recently a Veahavta staff member and board member visited Haiti and the orphanage – House of Hope – we are involved with. Stop by Ve’ahavta’s website – www.veahavta.org to see more pictures and get a sense of our operations there, and how you might help. God bless the people of Haiti, and those working [...]
On Launching a Charity: Succeed Right Away with a Good Team
I launched Ve’ahavta: The Canadian Jewish Humanitarian & Relief Committee in 1996. I did not do it alone, but it was lonely regardless. I say this, because prior to Ve’ahavta’s establishment, and my working with it full time, I had been working at the United Jewish Appeal in Toronto. I had been promoted to Associate [...]
Ve’ahavta & Kinder Kits…..Help Kids!
Ve’ahavta donates more than 1,000 school supply kits By RITA POLIAKOV, Staff Reporter Wednesday, 09 December 2009 TORONTO — To some children, taking notes in class is an annoyance. To others, it’s a luxury. Ve’ahavta volunteers Mikki Noble-Gresty and Bunny Vyner (right), pack achool supplies to be shipped to Zimbabwe under the organization’s Kinder [...]
Haiti: Disaster of Historic Proportions (100,000 Dead?)
It seems that the world is responding to the earthquake in Haiti, as though it’s Pompeii. By this I mean the devastation in this poor Western country seems to be so great it feels as if it has been sucked into a vortex of nothingness. While the Tsunami destroyed many lives and an awful lot [...]
Ve’ahavta Launches Haiti Earthquake Relief Fund
On Tuesday, January 12th, a massive earthquake occurred in Haiti. According to UN estimates, thousands are likely dead. Untold numbers of people remain trapped under the rubble of crumbled and collapsed infrastructure. Aid agencies are still struggling to make contact with their key personnel on the group to assess the impact of this disaster. With [...]
